Congrats Gal drops in class for allowance

The status of the Friday races at Laurel Park depends on how much rain and wind Hurricane Florence flings north after coming ashore in the Carolinas early in the morning. The card is a good one if the weather cooperates and includes a first-level optional-claiming race for 2-year-old fillies and two first-level allowance races for 3-year-olds and up.

The filly to beat in race 8, the allowance for juvenile fillies, is Congrats Gal, a runaway debut winner for trainer Cal Lynch who has since placed in two stakes.

Following her maiden win, Congrats Gal rallied to finish third after dropping back on the far turn of the Grade 3 Schuylerville at Saratoga. She was sent off an odds-on favorite in the White Clay Creek at Delaware Park off that effort but was run down in the stretch after opening a clear lead and had to settle for second.

Congrats Gal has worked twice in preparation for Friday’s race.