LAUREL, Md. – Lights Out Leni could be outclassed at Laurel Park on Friday, but trainer Chad Summers cannot help but take a chance on the exciting second-time starter. Coming off a sharp maiden victory at Aqueduct last month, the filly is expected to seriously challenge a group of far more seasoned 3-year-old fillies in the Grade 3 Miss Preakness Stakes. “If she breaks, I would imagine that she’ll be pretty forward,” Summer said. “She broke out of the gate pretty good first time out. It looks like there’s some speed, but not a ton of speed for a six-furlong sprint.” In her first start on April 3, Lights Out Leni went unchallenged while cruising through 6 1/2 furlongs. Up by nearly six lengths on the far turn, she easily held by 2 1/4 lengths and received an 83 Beyer Speed Figure, among the highest earned in the Miss Preakness field. That race might have put Lights Out Leni on the map among female sprinters, but Summers and the speedy runner’s connections were high on her long before that. A $300,000 purchase at the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky fall yearling sale, owner Al Gold named her after his granddaughter. She breezed with Napoleon Solo in his final workout before the Grade 2 Wood Memorial, another clear indicator that her trainer had high hopes. :: Get ready for Preakness with DRF past performances, picks, and betting strategies! In the Miss Preakness, Summers’s filly is the only runner with fewer than six career starts. Saffie Joseph Jr. said Late Night Text will scratch, leaving a field of six 3-year-old fillies. Joseph also entered three-time stakes winner Tessellate, a much more seasoned runner than Lights Out Leni. The Florida-bred will run outside her home state for the first time in her eighth career start. Joseph said Tessellate’s distant finish in the Grade 3 Forward Gal on Jan. 31 was not a result of a hike in class, but rather a poor trip on a “dead rail.” She redeemed herself in March, easily handling statebred rivals in the $100,000 Sophomore Fillies at Tampa. “This seems like a good opportunity to jump into graded stakes company again,” Joseph said. “I think six furlongs is very good for her. She has tactical speed and she can come from behind.“ Little Miss Curlin will make her first start for new trainer Steve Asmussen, having run for Patrick Devereaux Jr. in her first six starts. The Louisiana-bred filly, undefeated in statebred company, bounced back from a stakes defeat at Oaklawn to win an open-company allowance by 2 3/4 lengths in April. “[Devereaux] ran her out of our barn at Oaklawn when she won,” Asmussen said. “I’ve seen her run on many occasions. Obviously, she’s a very talented filly that just happens to be a Louisiana-bred.” Peach Tie, a two-time stakes winner at Laurel, will cut back to six furlongs after regressing in the $100,000 Beyond the Wire at a mile last time out. Russell said she was testing the filly’s ceiling and will stick to sprints for now. Victory Music is the only other filly with a win at Laurel, as trainer Michael Maker shipped her from Kentucky and won the $100,000 Xtra Heat in February. Maker said it was encouraging to see her get a win on the track before trying a tougher race. :: Get Preakness Betting Strategies for exclusive wagering insights, contender analysis, and more