Laurel Park Race 8 - Race 8 - Ratings Optional Claiming
THE TOWN (4) lifted strongly to score by 0.8 lengths three runs back at Ellis Park (Dirt) before filling a minor placing at his last two starts. Nicely placed and is sure to prove tough to beat. SHAFT'S BULLET (5) is going well with three minor placings from three starts this campaign. Continued the trend last start when third over 1609m at this track (Dirt) after he was handy all the way. Has the class to figure prominently. OTAGO (1) made progress last time out, finishing 2.75 lengths from the winner in third at the end of 1710m at this track after being in the firing line on the corner. Well placed and there is no reason he cannot find winning ways. ASSUME NOTHING (7) comes here off a last-start fourth, beaten 0.9 lengths, over 1673m at Delaware Park. Reunites with Jamie Rodriguez who is yet to miss the top three from six rides, including two wins. Among the main hopes.

Jockey: Tais Lyapustina
Weight: 56kgs
Stats
Comments
At the latest run rolled along in front before being edged out 2nd of 7 at this track on September 26 over 1609m, 1.5 len behind Honor Mags carrying 56kg at $5. The start before that 3rd of 9 at Colonial Downs on August 22 over 1710m, 1.0 len behind Freedom Road carrying 54.5kg at $9.50. Good job last start and has top-three aspirations.
Last Starts 15 days since last start
| Place | Date | Days | Class | Prize | Track | Dist. | Cnd. | Jockey | Weight | Race Time | In Run | Gate | Result | Margin | Starting Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2/7 | 26/09/2026 | 35 | ALLOW 3U | $69,472.00 | Laurel Park | 1609m | Fast | Tais Lyapustina | 56kg | 1:40.40 | 1-1-2 | 5 |
| 1.5L | $5.00 |
| 3/9 | 22/08/2026 | 13 | ALLOW 3U | $71,327.00 | Colonial Downs | 1710m | Fast | Tais Lyapustina | 54.5kg | 1:40.23 | 1-2-3 | 6 |
| 1.0L | $9.50 |
| 1/8 | 09/08/2026 | 10 | CLM 3U | $39,943.00 | Colonial Downs | 1710m | Fast | Tais Lyapustina | 56kg | 1:42.00 | 2-1-1 | 7 |
| 1.8L | $2.80 |
| 2/8 | 30/07/2026 | 21 | CLM 3U | $36,284.00 | Colonial Downs | 1609m | Fast | Tais Lyapustina | 56kg | 1:35.90 | 3-1-2 | 8 |
| 2.3L | $3.40 |
| 3/8 | 09/07/2026 | 25 | CLM 3U | $36,284.00 | Colonial Downs | 1609m | Fast | Tais Lyapustina | 56kg | 1:35.72 | 3-3-3 | 8 |
| 4.3L | $6.00 |
| 1/8 | 14/06/2026 | 22 | CLM 3U | $30,321.00 | Laurel Park | 1609m | Fast | Tais Lyapustina | 54kg | 1:40.06 | 1-1-1 | 4 |
| 7.3L | $11.10 |

Jockey: Mychel J. Sanchez
Weight: 56kgs
Stats
Comments
Last start 4th of 7 at Delaware Park on September 17 over 1207m, 4.5 len behind Kerness K carrying 53kg at $5.80. Before that ran last in a small field at Colonial Downs on August 22 over 1207m, 5.5 len behind Kerness K with 55.5kg at $2.20. Well held last time and facing tough task today.
Last Starts 24 days since last start
| Place | Date | Days | Class | Prize | Track | Dist. | Cnd. | Jockey | Weight | Race Time | In Run | Gate | Result | Margin | Starting Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4/7 | 17/09/2026 | 26 | HCP 3U | $37,500.00 | Delaware Park | 1207m | Good | Emanuel Rosario | 53kg | 1:10.61 | 7-3-4 | 4 |
| 4.3L | $5.80 |
| 6/6 | 22/08/2026 | 47 | ALLOW 3U | $71,327.00 | Colonial Downs | 1207m | Fast | Pascacio Lopez | 55.5kg | 1:08.68 | 5-4-6 | 5 |
| 5.7L | $2.20 |
| 5/5 | 06/07/2026 | 23 | ALLOW OCLM 3U | $116,110.00 | Colonial Downs | 1308m | Fast | Sonny Leon | 57kg | 1:14.34 | 5-5-5 | 2 |
| 6.6L | $7.80 |
| 1/6 | 13/06/2026 | 15 | ALLOW OCLM 3U | $76,709.00 | Monmouth Park | 1207m | Fast | Pascacio Lopez | 56kg | 1:10.02 | 5-1-1 | 2 |
| 4.5L | $4.70 |
| 1/7 | 29/05/2026 | 34 | ALLOW OCLM 3U | $83,128.00 | Laurel Park | 1408m | Fast | Jeiron Barbosa | 56kg | 1:23.69 | 6-3-1 | 1 |
| 0.5L | $18.70 |
| 3/7 | 25/04/2026 | 36 | ALLOW 4U | $94,614.00 | Tampa Bay Downs | 1408m | Fast | Israel O Rodriguez | 52kg | 1:22.51 | 6-4-3 | 2 |
| 1.5L | $29.90 |

Jockey: Jean Gregor Briceno
Weight: 56kgs
Stats
Comments
At the latest run got back early 6th of 8 at this track on September 25 over 1710m, 7 len behind Next Level carrying 56kg at $33.90. The run before that 5th of 7 at Delaware Park on September 5 over 1673m, 7 len behind Embrace My Uncle with 56kg at $16.20. Hard to have on recent performances.
Last Starts 16 days since last start
| Place | Date | Days | Class | Prize | Track | Dist. | Cnd. | Jockey | Weight | Race Time | In Run | Gate | Result | Margin | Starting Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6/8 | 25/09/2026 | 20 | HCP 3U | $54,528.00 | Laurel Park | 1710m | Fast | Jean Gregor Briceno | 56kg | 1:44.62 | 7-7-6 | 8 |
| 7.3L | $33.90 |
| 5/7 | 05/09/2026 | 22 | HCP 3U | $41,369.00 | Delaware Park | 1673m | Fast | Raul Mena | 56kg | 1:43.13 | 4-7-5 | 3 |
| 7.6L | $16.20 |
| 5/5 | 14/08/2026 | 14 | ALLOW OCLM 3U | $105,563.00 | Colonial Downs | 1710m | Fast | Jose E Vargas | 56kg | 1:41.29 | 5-5-5 | 1 |
| 8.5L | $16.00 |
| 6/6 | 31/07/2026 | 23 | ALLOW OCLM 3U | $55,635.00 | Penn National | 1673m | Fast | Angel Cruz | 56.5kg | 1:42.45 | 5-5-6 | 6 |
| 10.0L | $5.90 |
| 1/5 | 08/07/2026 | 18 | ALLOW 3U | $53,701.00 | Penn National | 1673m | Fast | Angel Cruz | 55kg | 1:41.00 | 5-3-1 | 5 |
| 1.0L | $6.60 |
| 3/5 | 20/06/2026 | 29 | ALLOW 3U | $41,841.00 | Laurel Park | 1609m | Fast | H Karamanos | 56kg | 1:38.92 | 5-4-3 | 5 |
| 8.5L | $3.10 |

Jockey: Jose A. Batista
Weight: 54.5kgs
Stats
Comments
Racing well recently. Comes off a 44 day let-up. Most recently 3rd of 9 at Colonial Downs Inner Turf on August 28 over 1811m, 1.75 len behind The Brigade with 53.5kg at $9.70. The race before that 3rd of 8 at Ellis Park on August 7 over 1609m, 5.5 len behind Bourbon Flight carrying 54.5kg at $6.17. Sure to be right there at the business end.
Last Starts 44 days since last start
| Place | Date | Days | Class | Prize | Track | Dist. | Cnd. | Jockey | Weight | Race Time | In Run | Gate | Result | Margin | Starting Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3/9 | 28/08/2026 | 21 | ALLOW 3U | $78,459.00 | Colonial Downs | 1811m | FM | Mychel J Sanchez | 53.5kg | 1:47.18 | 7-5-3 | 1 |
| 1.8L | $9.70 |
| 3/8 | 07/08/2026 | 26 | ALLOW 3U | $65,977.00 | Ellis Park | 1609m | Fast | Ben Curtis | 54.5kg | 1:35.98 | 8-5-3 | 5 |
| 5.5L | $6.17 |
| 1/8 | 12/07/2026 | 22 | ALLOW 3U | $61,684.00 | Ellis Park | 1609m | SP | Ben Curtis | 54.5kg | 1:37.73 | 6-3-1 | 1 |
| 0.8L | $6.65 |
| 1/12 | 20/06/2026 | 57 | CLM 3U | $86,471.00 | Churchill Downs | 1609m | FM | I Ortiz Jr | 53.5kg | 1:34.38 | 5-4-1 | 3 |
| 0.3L | $3.23 |
| 6/7 | 24/04/2026 | 26 | ALLOW 3U | $94,614.00 | Gulfstream Park | 1609m | FM | Samy Camacho | 54.5kg | 1:34.85 | 7-6-6 | 6 |
| 4.4L | $4.70 |
| 6/9 | 29/03/2026 | 30 | LR OPEN 3 | $154,494.00 | Tampa Bay Downs | 1710m | FM | I Ortiz Jr | 54.5kg | 1:43.20 | 9-7-6 | 4 |
| 5.0L | $2.10 |

Jockey: Paco Lopez
Weight: 56kgs
Stats
Comments
Form hard to fault. Comes off a 30 day let-up. Last start 3rd of 8 at this track on September 11 over 1609m, 7 len behind Adero with 56kg at $11.50. Before that 2nd in a small field at Delaware Park on July 21 over 1673m, 1.0 len behind Tracking Error carrying 51.5kg at $3.80. Can take this out.
Last Starts 30 days since last start
| Place | Date | Days | Class | Prize | Track | Dist. | Cnd. | Jockey | Weight | Race Time | In Run | Gate | Result | Margin | Starting Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3/8 | 11/09/2026 | 52 | ALLOW OCLM 3U | $82,889.00 | Laurel Park | 1609m | SP | Jose E Vargas | 56kg | 1:36.42 | 5-3-3 | 3 |
| 7.8L | $11.50 |
| 2/4 | 21/07/2026 | 32 | ALLOW OCLM 3U | $69,666.00 | Delaware Park | 1673m | Fast | Emanuel Rosario | 51.5kg | 1:43.92 | 3-2-2 | 2 |
| 1.0L | $3.80 |
| 2/7 | 19/06/2026 | 384 | ALLOW OCLM 3U | $87,699.00 | Laurel Park | 1207m | Fast | Emanuel Rosario | 52.5kg | 1:11.49 | 2-1-2 | 5 |
| 0.1L | $12.90 |
| 4/7 | 31/05/2025 | 10 | ALLOW OCLM 3U | $75,000.00 | Delaware Park | 1673m | Fast | Jorge Ruiz | 54.5kg | 1:41.66 | 7-4-4 | 7 |
| 11.5L | $6.00 |
| 4/7 | 21/05/2025 | 18 | ALLOW 3U | $78,125.00 | Delaware Park | 1207m | Fast | Yan Rodriguez | 51.5kg | 1:11.92 | 7-5-4 | 1 |
| 1.6L | $15.80 |
| 4/9 | 03/05/2025 | 62 | ALLOW OCLM 3U | $98,094.00 | Laurel Park | 1710m | Fast | Yan Rodriguez | 52.5kg | 1:43.31 | 5-2-4 | 7 |
| 16.1L | $7.80 |

Jockey: Jeiron Barbosa
Weight: 54kgs
Stats
Comments
At the latest run got back early 4th in a small field at Charles Town on September 19 over 1408m, 6 len behind Ray Of Sunshine carrying 56kg at $7.90. The run before that won by 0.8 len at Colonial Downs on August 15 over 1609m defeating Neon Nights with 56kg at $1.80. Might need easier race.
Last Starts 22 days since last start
| Place | Date | Days | Class | Prize | Track | Dist. | Cnd. | Jockey | Weight | Race Time | In Run | Gate | Result | Margin | Starting Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4/6 | 19/09/2026 | 35 | ALLOW OCLM 3U | $50,833.00 | Charles Town | 1408m | Fast | V Rodriguez | 56kg | 1:25.60 | 5-5-4 | 2 |
| 6.5L | $7.90 |
| 1/4 | 15/08/2026 | 24 | CLM 3U | $57,061.00 | Colonial Downs | 1609m | Fast | Forest Boyce | 56kg | 1:34.52 | 4-2-1 | 1 |
| 0.8L | $1.80 |
| 5/7 | 22/07/2026 | 12 | HCP 3U | $43,541.00 | Delaware Park | 1609m | M | Carol Cedeno | 55kg | 1:39.47 | 4-6-5 | 2 |
| 2.6L | $11.00 |
| 4/7 | 10/07/2026 | 19 | ALLOW 3U | $46,444.00 | Delaware Park | 1609m | M | Brittany Scampton | 55kg | 1:39.08 | 4-5-4 | 4 |
| 5.5L | $6.70 |
| 8/8 | 21/06/2026 | 37 | ALLOW OCLM 3U | $76,709.00 | Laurel Park | 1609m | FM | Raul Mena | 56kg | 1:34.74 | 8-8-8 | 8 |
| 9.6L | $16.10 |
| 4/6 | 15/05/2026 | 28 | ALLOW OCLM 3U | $83,436.00 | Laurel Park | 1710m | Fast | Raul Mena | 56kg | 1:44.03 | 3-4-4 | 3 |
| 10.0L | $9.10 |

Jockey: Jaime Rodriguez
Weight: 56kgs
Stats
Comments
Form hard to fault. At the latest run 4th of 7 at Delaware Park on September 18 over 1673m, 0.9 len behind Embrace My Uncle with 54.5kg at $6.50. Before that 2nd of 7 at Parx on August 26 over 1609m, 5 len behind Dreambuilder carrying 55.5kg at $8.10. No surprise if he was in the finish.
Last Starts 23 days since last start
| Place | Date | Days | Class | Prize | Track | Dist. | Cnd. | Jockey | Weight | Race Time | In Run | Gate | Result | Margin | Starting Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4/7 | 18/09/2026 | 23 | ALLOW OCLM 3U | $65,278.00 | Delaware Park | 1673m | Fast | Cipriano Gil | 54.5kg | 1:42.91 | 1-1-4 | 6 |
| 0.9L | $6.50 |
| 2/7 | 26/08/2026 | 34 | ALLOW OCLM 3U | $74,180.00 | Parx | 1609m | Fast | Jamie Rodriguez | 55.5kg | 1:38.61 | 1-2-2 | 3 |
| 4.8L | $8.10 |
| 3/6 | 23/07/2026 | 25 | HCP 3U | $43,541.00 | Delaware Park | 1710m | Fast | Martin Chuan | 56kg | 1:46.17 | 5-3-3 | 6 |
| 2.3L | $2.40 |
| 1/10 | 28/06/2026 | 39 | ALLOW 3U | $139,470.00 | Belmont At The Big A | 1811m | Fast | Jamie Rodriguez | 57kg | 1:51.21 | 2-1-1 | 3 |
| 1.3L | $9.21 |
| 1/5 | 20/05/2026 | 26 | CLM 3U | $39,106.00 | Parx | 1673m | Fast | Yedsit Hazlewood | 53kg | 1:43.21 | 3-1-1 | 5 |
| 4.3L | $4.00 |
| 6/6 | 24/04/2026 | 399 | ALLOW OCLM 3U | $56,769.00 | Penn National | 1673m | Fast | Martin Chuan | 54.5kg | 1:42.06 | 1-6-6 | 3 |
| 45.5L | $9.70 |

Jockey: Carlos Eduardo Lopez
Weight: 56kgs
Stats
Comments
Last start 3rd of 8 at this track on September 25 over 1710m, 2.75 len behind Next Level with 56kg at $6.30. Before that ran last of 8 at Colonial Downs Turf on August 14 over 1811m, 10 len behind Covert Law with 55.5kg at $17.30. Well placed to take this out.
Last Starts 16 days since last start
| Place | Date | Days | Class | Prize | Track | Dist. | Cnd. | Jockey | Weight | Race Time | In Run | Gate | Result | Margin | Starting Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3/8 | 25/09/2026 | 42 | HCP 3U | $54,528.00 | Laurel Park | 1710m | Fast | Carlos Eduardo Lopez | 56kg | 1:44.62 | 5-1-3 | 6 |
| 2.8L | $6.30 |
| 8/8 | 14/08/2026 | 40 | ALLOW OCLM 3U | $105,563.00 | Colonial Downs | 1811m | FM | Samuel Marin | 55.5kg | 1:48.33 | 1-6-8 | 1 |
| 10.0L | $17.30 |
| 7/8 | 05/07/2026 | 44 | ALLOW OCLM 3U | $116,110.00 | Colonial Downs | 1811m | FM | Jareth Loveberry | 55.5kg | 1:46.83 | 6-7-7 | 8 |
| 12.8L | $24.30 |
| 1/7 | 22/05/2026 | 15 | CLM 4U | $125,698.00 | Churchill Downs | 1609m | SP | Axel Concepcion | 53.5kg | 1:38.72 | 1-2-1 | 5 |
| 0.1L | $14.38 |
| 7/10 | 07/05/2026 | 69 | ALLOW OCLM 3U | $187,151.00 | Churchill Downs | 1609m | FM | Axel Concepcion | 55.5kg | 1:33.38 | 2-6-7 | 4 |
| 6.4L | $28.03 |
| 6/8 | 27/02/2026 | 41 | ALLOW OCLM 3U | $151,213.00 | Turfway Park | 1609m | Fast | V Carrasco | 56kg | 1:38.89 | 5-5-6 | 7 |
| 9.3L | $30.45 |