Laurel Park 2026 Stakes Plays
Saturday’s (3-21-26) stakes picks from Laurel Park (Race 8).
LRL 8 (Private Terms, 3yo, 8.5f dirt) – Post Time 3:28 PM ET
Primary – #1 LET’S GO LANDO, #4 Hollywood Import
Secondary – #2 Code of Silence
Horse Comments:
#1 Let’s Go Lando (5-2) ran well in his last five starts. He stalked wide from the outside post and graduated by 8+ lengths as the favorite in a local MSW affair at 1 1/16 miles in November. He was a wide 3rd of 4 at a mile and a sixteenth in December, and he cut back to a mile and rolled to a big win from off the pace Jan. 10. He stepped up to face stakes foes in the Miracle Wood at one mile Feb. 21 and he stalked front running winner Taj Mahal and missed by a neck. He is getting faster and this is his winning maiden distance.
#4 Hollywood Import (2-1) is sharp and versatile. He rallied from off the pace to graduate at DEL in October, and he rallied from far back to land the place behind Balboa in the James F. Lewis III in the mud on Nov. 9. He was fourth as the even money favorite at one mile on good dirt Nov. 23, and he set the pace and wired the field as a 9-1 longshot in the Heft at seven panels on Dec. 27. He stretches out after settling the pace and battling back to win the Spectacular Bid at seven panels on Feb. 4.
#2 Code of Silence (5-1) rallied for the place in his MSW bow at 10-1 odds. He closed to finish a clear third in a stakes sprint at DEL second time out and winner Probably Dreaming clicked right back in the Rocky Run. This one had early trouble and ended up 6th of 13 in the Maryland Million Nursery on Oct. 11, and he added blinkers, returned to the maiden ranks, and went last-to-first as the favorite Nov. 16 (runner-up next-out winner). He was my top choice in the Maryland Juvenile at seven panels on Dec. 6 and he rallied to win by a neck as the favorite. He rallied for the show at one mile in the slop Jan. 10, and he closed from the back of the pack to pick up the show in the Spectacular Bid last time.
Wagers:
#1 to win
Exacta box 1-4
Trifecta 1-4/1-2-4/1-2-4
Laurel Park 2026 Free Pick Stakes Winners
Jan. 17 (Geisha) – TAKETHEMONEYHONEY ($2.20)
Feb. 21 (Miracle Wood) – Taj Mahal/Let’s Go Lando Exacta ($11.80), Trifecta ($29.40)
