When Quint’s Brew made his long-awaited return in the $100,000 Bender Memorial at Laurel Park last month, Ned Allard was expecting a resurgent victory. Instead, the trainer was left frustrated again when the gelding was boxed in the entire way and had to settle for second. “We stayed in the pocket from the half-mile pole to the quarter pole,” Allard said. “The rider had his head turned sideways, and I just think he got about as bad of racing luck as you could get.” Just short of a breakthrough for most of his 2025 campaign, Quint’s Brew will start over in 2026. The 5-year-old is expected to be a heavy favorite in the $100,000 Jennings Stakes at Laurel on Saturday. It is the race that put him on the map last year, when he won it by six lengths. Before he was a close runner-up in two graded stakes at Aqueduct last spring, Quint’s Brew established himself as a Mid-Atlantic star, winning the Jennings and $200,000 General George by 11 1/2 combined lengths. Allard intends to take the same path this year, and taking on seven Maryland-bred rivals is the first step. There are no concerns about Quint’s Brew’s ability at a mile, and apprentice Yedsit Hazlewood, the leading rider at the Laurel fall meet, will take the mount for the first time. :: Access the most trusted data and information in horse racing! DRF Past Performances and Picks are available now. Geisha Takethemoneyhoney, an undeniable contender in seven career starts, will make her 5-year-old debut as a heavy favorite in the $100,000 Geisha Stakes at Laurel. The two-time stakes winner has never fired anything but her best shot for trainer Mike Moore, who thinks she’s ready to stretch back out to a mile. “Whether it’s distance or style, she’s versatile,” Moore said. “She can go to the front, and stretching out to a mile, you figure she’s got to be placed up front or near the front. If not, she can rate.” In the $100,000 Politely against Maryland-breds on Dec. 20, Takethemoneyhoney settled off the pace at six furlongs and cruised home to win by a length. She will face state-restricted rivals again in the Geisha and will enter with a similar advantage. Takethemoneyhoney’s last start in a route was at Monmouth Park in May, when she dueled for the early lead and prevailed by a nose in the $100,000 Serena’s Song. The greatest competition for Moore’s filly could come from Brittany Russell, who will enter the runners-up in the last two editions of the Geisha. Oncourtcommentator has not run since her two-length defeat in this race last January, while Northern Glow, the 2024 runner-up, will make her first start since an allowance victory at Pimlico in May. Fire Plug Trainer Anthony Farrior feels like he and Petingas Twin have finally come to an understanding. After years of brilliant flashes and backslides, the 5-year-old gelding has a chance at his third straight victory in the $100,000 Fire Plug overnight handicap that goes as race 9. “He can’t be doing any better,” Farrior said. “It looks like he’s got better since he last ran. He’s had three impressive works since his last race, so you just cross your fingers that everything goes smooth.” :: Subscribe to the DRF Post Time Email Newsletter: Get the news you need to play today's races!  In his first start under Hazlewood on Oct. 19, Petingas Twin showed Farrior that he was ready for another test when he cleared an allowance field by three lengths. In the $100,000 Dave’s Friend the following month, the sprinter earned his first stakes victory in a photo finish over Prince of Jericho. Farrior has been targeting the Fire Plug at 6 1/2 furlongs ever since, and Petingas Twin’s work in the morning has been exceptional, giving the trainer little reason to doubt his decision. What a Summer Hold Your Breath may be the likely favorite in the $100,000 What a Summer Handicap at Laurel, but after winning the $150,000 Garland of Roses at Aqueduct last month, the speedy filly could have a different sort of test in store. In order to prove her class with two likely pacesetters to her inside, she may have to win from off the pace for the first time in her nine-race career. “She doesn’t have to be in front,” trainer John Servis said. “If you go back to the races where she ran bad, she actually got hustled really, really hard and she didn’t need that. She really didn’t want any part of that, so I think she’s capable of sitting anywhere she wants.” Hold Your Breath is certain to use her speed in some capacity at six furlongs, but with Disco Ebo and Dwelling Legacy in the 1 and 2 posts, it will be immensely difficult for her to kick clear from the outside. The race is hers to lose, but it will be a new challenge for the talented filly before the $200,000 Barbara Fritchie at Laurel next month. :: Want to learn more about handicapping and wagering? Check out DRF's Handicapping 101 and Wagering 101 pages.