Jim Dunleavy
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Laurel
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03/30/2018
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Race 3
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DRF Live
Posted : Mar 30, 2018, 2:46 PM
Tais Lyapustina scored her 1st professional win in 3rd race at Laurel Park on Friday by guiding Esken Lady to a $33.40 victory for trainer Jose Corrales.
Lyapustina won an amateur riders' race at Laurel in November 2014. She is now 2 for 61.
According to track Laurel racing analyst Stan Salter, Lyapustina was brought to the U.S. from Russia as a child and grew up near Bowie, Md.
She received a water-bucket dousing at the jockeys' room following her win.
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