Lane 5 and firm (GS 10.9) for the turf on a cloudy civic holiday, with a change of rain.
Post time for the first of nine races on the stakes-less card 1 p.m.
Patrick Husbands is off his mounts.
The Jackpot Hi 5 carryover heading into the nightcap is a whopping $681K. The $16K maiden route on the turf has a full field and is wide open. The dropping Mark Casse charge Rare Gem is the 5-2 morning line favorite under Gary Boulanger, who must work out a good trip after breaking from post 11.
The early double consists of a pair of $45K allowance preps for two $200K yearling sales stakes for 2yos on Aug. 30.
Get My Gist should be prominent in the opener off an authoritative $25K maiden score, from which he was claimed by trainer Conrad Belaire on behalf of former trainer Mort Hardy.
The Casse-trained maiden Safe to Say is the 9-5 morning line favorite in the second, which also contains the fast-working firster Clickety Clack. Romia ships in from Maryland off a fourth-out win vs. $25K maidens at Laurel. Her trainer, Martin Hinckson, sends out Pachi the Grey in the first.
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