Littlestitious has to remain at Laurel due to quarantine

Littlestitious successfully shipped up from her Fair Grounds base to grab the $100,000 Beyond the Wire for 3-year-old fillies at one mile last weekend at Laurel Park. She’ll stay in Maryland longer than expected due to circumstances beyond her control.

“Right now, Laurel is under a herpes quarantine and we’re not going anywhere,” trainer Tom Amoss said from New Orleans. “We’re going back into training Thursday morning with Brittany Russell. She’s kinda steering the ship right now. Plotting the next race, a lot depends on what happens in Maryland versus when this restriction is going to get lifted.”

Fraudulent Charge earned her third consecutive stakes placing with her runner-up effort.

“Our filly did come back a little bit tired,” said trainer Lacey Gaudet. “I don’t know if it was the first time stretching out. She ran her eyeballs out. We were absolutely pleased.”

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Gaudet is looking forward to getting Fraudulent Charge out around two turns. The next local divisional race is the Weber City Miss at 1 1/16 miles on April 17.

Gaudet’s multiple stakes-winning sprinter Dontletsweetfoolya was forced to pass on last Saturday’s Correction at Aqueduct due to the equine herpesvirus quarantine.

“She worked fantastic the other day,” Gaudet said. “I think our hands are going to be tied. We’ll probably just give March a rest.”

Gaudet mentioned the $100,000 Primonetta on the Tesio undercard as a potential goal.