Laurel: Lynch collects three stakes wins
Trevor McCarthy won the most races at Laurel Park last week but Feargal Lynch won the right races.
McCarthy leads the jockey standings with 59 wins – 13 more than runner-up Horacio Karamanos. He went 6 for 23 last week.
Lynch won with five of his 16 mounts, but won three of the four stakes on Saturday. He won the $123,000 Federico Tesio aboard Twisted Tom for trainer Chad Brown, the $120,000 Weber City Miss on Lights of Medina for Todd Pletcher, and the $75,000 Henry Clark on Ascend for Graham Motion, who doubled up himself by winning the $75,000 Dahlia with Danilovna.
Lynch now has 35 wins at the meet, which concludes May 7, and is tied for third in the standings with Jevian Toledo and Steve Hamilton.
Forest Boyce also won five races last weekend from her 15 rides.
◗ On Friday at Laurel, the late pick five has a carryover of $4,898. The Rainbow 6 will start the day with a carryover of $2,671.