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Laurel Park

Sat 16th May

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8.30

Race 9 - James W. Murphy Stakes

of $100,000.00 3-y-o 1m. 8 Declared

8.30 1m. Flat 3-y-o 8 Declared

Race 9 - James W. Murphy Stakes

of $100,000.00

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1st - $63,000.00 2nd - $20,000.00 3rd - $10,000.00 4th - $7,000.00

Formscan - PROTON looks the one to beat after a respectable runner-up effort in the Columbia Stakes at Tampa Bay Downs and has C&D winning form. Turf Star and My Favorite Bird also merit consideration.

1^¹

1232

ch g 8-6

Noble Bird (USA)-Polly(Brethren)

(14) d¹ (Starry Night Racing)
Rated 95

J Sweezey

Flavien Prat

2^²

1317

ch c 8-10

Collected (USA)-Candy Bay(Candy Ride)

(28) d² (Kent, Bradley D And Reimer, Ken T)
Rated 90

Steven Asmussen

Jose Ortiz

3^³

b g 8-6

Quality Road (USA)-Theodora B.(Ghostzapper)

(44) (Augustin Stables)
Rated 103

Jonathan Thomas

Irad Ortiz Jr

4^⁴

1-79

ch c 8-10

Vekoma (USA)-Graceful Witch(Street Boss)

bl¹(43) d¹ (Rainbow's End Racing Stable Llc And West Paces Racing Llc)
Rated 98

Ricardo Jr Santana

Thomas Morley

Ricardo Jr Santana

5^⁵

4-27

b g 8-10

Astern (AUS)-Charged(Elusive Quality)

(43) d¹ (Stone Farm, Reiman, Tom, Wheeler, Jr , Ken, Napier, Lynwood And Easter, Deborah A)
Rated 101

H Motion

John Velazquez

6^⁶

2-69

b c 8-6

Caravaggio (USA)-Starstruck(Galileo)

(56) d¹ (Calumet Farm)
Rated 96

Jorge Ruiz

H Motion

Jorge Ruiz

7^⁷

01-4

b g 8-6

Mosler (USA)-Miracle Mischief(Into Mischief)

(20) (No Guts No Glory Farm)
Rated 78

Xavier Perez

John Robb

Xavier Perez

8^⁸

b c 8-6

Basin (USA)-Animalistic(Animal Kingdom)

(Abdala Iii, Albert P And Brooklin Farm)
Rated 79

Mychel Sanchez

Marya Montoya

Mychel Sanchez

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First Time - Blinkers Attfield» Full list of First Time Gear

Probable SP 9/5 Proton, 5/2 Turf Star, 9/2 Attfield, 6/1 Zihnal, Thebabeslayer, 10/1 My Favorite Bird, 30/1 J Cody, Jessica's Eyes.

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