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Michael Scheffres . Big Bet Winner element it in narrowly beaten in a pair of suburban-classed shares last year, will have a home-field advantage when he returns to the classified company in the $250,000 General George Stakes (G3) prize on February 18 at Laurel Park.

Factor It In 7 years old owns 11 career victories, 8 wins in 13 attempts at Laurel. Eight of those wins have come since being claimed by coach Carlos Mancilla for $25,000 in the win in November 2019.

“Me and my owner, we always talk when asking for a horse. I went to the racecourse that day and we were lucky to win it because there were two people who wanted the horse, me and another. Thank God we were. got it,” Mancilla said. . “What a claim.

“He had some minor problems, but we fixed them. (Last year) I said to my employer, ‘Give him a few months off,’ and he said, ‘Yes, why? Are not.’ In the end, we gave him 10 months and that worked for him. It helped a lot,” he added. “He’s a changed horse. He’s a completely different horse.”

Factor It In crossed the line from September 2021 to July 2022 and is back in top form, banking nearly half of his $490,120 in four wins. wins, one second and two thirds after seven starts.

Factor It In placed third in 3rd grade consecutive attempts to sprint six long distances in aqueductwas beaten half-length in the Bold Ruler (G3) on October 29 and one neck in the fall heavyweight division (G3) on November 26, before going home to win the six-stroke Dave’s Friend on the 30th. December and 6 1/2 -Flulong Fire Plug January 21st.

“I think as the horse gets older, it gets better,” says Mancilla. “I’m very confident. I think he’s going to be tough. I know the other horses in there are tough too. It’s a stake race and they get tough horses, but my horse is mine. It’s also been hard. We’re going home, and he loves Laurel. We can’t wait. It’s going to be so much fun.”

Angel Cruz, who has featured in each of the last two wins, received a call back from the top eight on Factor It In, who finished sixth in the General George 2020 contest.

Another horse with an affinity for Laurel looking for a breakthrough graded victory is East Bay , one of three General George entries for owner/trainer Norman ‘Lynn’ Cash of the built Wright Stables. 9-year-old girl Eastern Bay has 18 wins, 14 matches at Laurel.

In the last two starts, Eastern Bay is the champion sprinter in 2022 elite power in the seven-feathered Vosburgh (G2) on 8 October at the Aqueduct and was defeated as runner-up in the six-feathered Bold Ruler three weeks later. William Humphrey goes from lesson 7.

Cash will also be represented by Rick the pirate And Sir Alfred James .

Farm St. Omer and Christopher Feifarek’s Beren Euro Stable’s John the bear Who is winning consecutively, Fire Plug runner-up Yodel EA Ai And Momo complete this field.

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Deposited shippers have been classified Beyond Champagne And union lake will meet Fille d’Esprit And Swinging back and forth multi-stakes winners on their home turf, in the $250,000 competitive edition of Barbara Fritchie (G3) Stakes on Saturday.

RA Hill Stable, Purebred Black Type, Rock Ridge Racing, BlackRidge Stables and James Brown’s Pass the Champagne, a 5-year-old Flatter mare, will be starting her career for the seventh time after a long pause due to minor setbacks over the past two years.

Pass the Champagne has been purchased separately after her launch in January 2021 at Gulfstream Park and graduated next month in the first of her new relationships. From there, they elevated her to Ashland Stakes (G1), where she was hit in the head by the then two-time champion. Malathaat .

After finishing the chessboard in Kentucky Oaks (G1), Pass the Champagne went to the sidelines and returned with an optional 2 3/4 long allowance to claim victory last February at Gulfstream. She went on to win again until January 14, when she finished second in the 1 1/16-mile Wayward Lass race at Tampa . Bay.

“It seemed like the right race to get her back on track,” Weaver said. “We thought she was the better one-turn runner and it was a two-turn race. We’re looking forward to getting back to the one-turn race. Seven eighths or a flat mile, a one-turn situation has its place. is probably best for her.”

Cruz will guide Pass the Champagne from lesson 3 in the eight-person field.

Steven Schoenfeld’s Union Lake proved third-best in the six-part Prioress Stakes (G2) at Racecourse Saratoga behind many classified stake winners evil aura in September of last year. Fille d’Esprit has 14 career wins, 12 of which came in 19 games that started at Laurel, where she worked with coach Jerry Robb. Baxter Racing Stable’s Swayin to and Fro won last year’s 7-inch Safely Kept, 6 1/2-inch Willa On the Move, and placed second in What a Summer Stakes on January 21.

Rounding the field is Liscolvin , moody woman , prodigy doll And Quiet imagination .

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