Saturday’s Willa on the Move Stakes for distaff sprinters might be the deepest and most intriguing event on a solid, four-stake Laurel Park card.
Laurel Park’s Saturday card will feature four stakes, including Eighttofasttocatch’s last race in the Jennings and a deep renewal of the Willa on the Move.
Eighttofasttocatch was the late Arnie Heft’s dream, says his daughter. Now there’s just one race left in that dream — and one last goal to achieve.
The claiming statistics and leaders for the month of November, in our Claimbox Report.
Eighttofasttocatch will make his final start in Saturday’s Jennings Handicap, aiming for a fourth win in the event and $1 million in career earnings.
Four stakes scheduled for Saturday at Laurel Park have drawn a combined total of nearly 120 nominations.
In our weekly feature, Maryland Jockey Club analyst Gabby Gaudet analyzes Laurel’s featured allowance race and provides a Pick 3 play.
Jockey Trevor McCarthy has opened a 20-win lead on his nearest pursuers.
In this second of our series, we’re thankful for, well, Thanksgiving Day racing!
Today’s RaceBrief features the A Huevo Stakes and more.