Gary Capuano is currently striking at a 37 percent clip at Laurel Park, but those odds weren’t good enough for the trainer in the $100,000 Private Terms Stakes on Saturday. Better make it a coin toss, as he has entered three of the six horses in the 1 1/16-mile race for 3-year-olds. To prepare his trio for two turns in the Private Terms, Capuano gave all of them a mile workout on March 14. Hollywood Import didn’t fare quite as well as his two stablemates, finishing up in 1:44.80, but he remains the only stakes winner among them, having won a pair of $100,000 stakes at seven furlongs in his last two starts. He won both sprints on the front end. “We’re just trying to see about the two turns with him,” Capuano said. “I’m a little unsure, not 100 percent. He ran a mile and kind of ran so-so. Two turns, I think, are better for him. Gives him a chance to settle in. He’s got speed.” Let’s Go Lando has handled the one-turn mile at Laurel well in his last two starts, most recently earning an 86 Beyer Speed Figure in the $100,000 Miracle Wood. The gelding came up a neck short behind Brittany Russell-trained Taj Mahal in that race, a sharp defeat that could make him the favorite Saturday. :: Access the most trusted data and information in horse racing! DRF Past Performances and Picks are available now. Capuano said Hollywood Import and Let’s Go Lando could both handle the two turns in the Private Terms, but he does not need to ask the question of Wild Warrior. A two-turn winner as a juvenile, Capuano felt highly uncomfortable when he entered him in the $100,000 Spectacular Bid at seven furlongs last month. In his first stakes and 3-year-old debut, Capuano was quietly impressed as the colt plugged away to finish fifth, 3 1/4 lengths behind Hollywood Import. Now, he will be rematched against his stablemate on his terms. “I thought he actually ran a pretty good race being down on the inside,” Capuano said. “He had to wait a little bit, and I thought it was a a lot better race than it looks on paper. And he’s another one training, really, really good.” Code of Silence, a 3-year-old gelding trained by Tim Keefe, is the only other stakes winner in the field, having won the $125,000 Maryland Juvenile on Dec. 6. He finished third behind Hollywood Import in the Spectacular Bid last time out. Beyond the Wire Peach Tie has been practically flawless for trainer Brittany Russell since her debut last August, winning all five of her starts on dirt and picking up two $100,000 stakes victories. Russell isn’t getting creative with her now, and has entered her as the near-certain favorite in the $100,000 Beyond the Wire Stakes for 3-year-old fillies on Saturday. Russell said the Laurel stakes program for 3-year-olds is an excellent way to gradually stretch her horses out in distance, and there is little reason to doubt that Peach Tie is ready to ease forward to a one-turn mile. Despite facing short fields in her two stakes attempts at seven furlongs, she has taken down three stakes winners in commanding fashion. “She just seems to take each next test that we throw at her,” Russell said. “I’m optimistic she’ll handle the mile, but we’ll find out.” In the $100,000 Wide Country at Laurel last month, jockey Sheldon Russell successfully piloted Peach Tie through a tricky race, in which all four fillies in the field went for the early lead on a muddy track. Law School, a filly trained by Jamie Ness, was not quite as lucky and had to settle for second. “She was in there and then backed out, never should have done that, and lost a couple [lengths] on the turn,” Ness said. “And that’s what she got beat by. She never could recover. That horse of Brittany’s is too good to give her an extra length.” Ness wanted a quick bounce-back for Law School and entered her in the $75,000 Main Line at Parx on March 3, but she struggled to handle two turns on a sloppy track, finishing 5 1/4 lengths back as a 1-5 favorite. “I never really did a good job with her,” Ness said. “I’ve been fighting weather all spring, like everybody, and I never could get her in the right pattern. The last few times she was running an off track. We don’t really think she cared for it that well, so throw them out. It’s coming back a little quick, but you know, with 3-year old fillies, you’ve got to go when the races come up.” A seven-length stakes winner at Parx in December, she will return to Laurel in search of clear skies ahead of her rematch with Peach Tie. :: Want to learn more about handicapping and wagering? Check out DRF's Handicapping 101 and Wagering 101 pages.