Takethemoneyhoney must bear the burden of heavy favoritism before she can reap the rewards on Saturday at Laurel Park. The 5-year-old mare seems ideally prepared as a heavy favorite in the $100,000 Heavenly Cause Stakes, but trainer Mike Moore is understandably wary of near-certainties. “You want to be the favorite, but I do think you feel a little pressure,” Moore said. “If you win, you’re supposed to win, and if you don’t win, everybody says, ‘Whoa!’ ” Moore cross-entered Takethemoneyhoney in the Grade 3 Distaff on Saturday at Aqueduct, but for now, the trainer said the softer spot is best for his filly. In 10 career starts, she has won seven times, including four stakes, and has never lost by more than a head. After a hard-fought defeat in the $200,000 Barbara Fritchie in February, the Maryland-bred star caught a three-horse field in the $100,000 Conniver last month and kicked clear by five lengths. She will stretch back out to a one-turn mile Saturday and drew the outside post in the field of six. “She draws perfect,” Moore said. “Whether she wants to go or wants to sit, she really doesn’t have to be committed to either with the draw outside like that.” Among those staring down the likely favorite, trainer Gary Capuano could have the best chance with Atlantis Queen. The 4-year-old filly improved to win the $100,000 Nellie Morse by 4 1/4 lengths Feb. 14, another success story for Capuano in a white-hot winter meet. :: Access the most trusted data and information in horse racing! DRF Past Performances and Picks are available now. Primonetta While her stablemate takes a shot against Takethemoneyhoney, Capuano-trained filly Dwelling Legacy could find greener pastures at six furlongs in the $100,000 Primonetta Stakes on Saturday. The trainer said entering the 5-year-old mare against Takethemoneyhoney in the Conniver was like “hooking a buzz saw,” but she remains firmly on course to notch her first stakes victory. “She ran her race, just was second best that day,” Capuano said. “She came out of the race good in training, so we’ll see how this shakes out.” In place of a classy local rival, Dwelling Legacy’s stiffest competition in the Primonetta will likely come from last-out allowance winners shipping in. Mike Moore said Alani will scratch, which will cut the field down to four. Twirling Beauty, a 4-year-old filly trained by David Duggan, improved dramatically on a muddy track at Aqueduct last time, kicking clear to win an $86,000 allowance by 5 1/2 lengths. Duggan attributed the victory to the removal of Lasix, which helped to regulate an electrolyte imbalance. “Whether she can carry forward to the next level, I’d like to think she will,” Duggan said. “But at least we know she can run off Lasix. All the others have to jump that bridge.” Wondrous, who recently moved from Louisiana to Oaklawn for trainer Brendan Walsh and Godolphin, will ship to Laurel for her first stakes start on dirt. The 4-year-old filly is coming off a 4 3/4-length romp in a first-level allowance at Fair Grounds. Native Dancer Since saddling his first starter at Laurel Park in 1979, Rick Dutrow has seen a great deal in the racing world. But when the trainer reviews Over and Ollie’s recent efforts, he’s as puzzled as everyone else. “He doesn’t perform at a steady pace all the time,” Dutrow said. “I don’t know why.” Maybe returning home will do the trick for the trainer, as his 6-year-old gelding will ship from New York for the $100,000 Native Dancer Stakes on Saturday. He will stretch out to 1 1/8 miles and is easily the most unpredictable contender in the field of nine. In his first start for Dutrow last July, Over and Ollie gave the trainer every indication that he was ready for a stakes when he won a second-level allowance at Saratoga by four lengths with a 95 Beyer Speed Figure. His next three starts were all disasters, as he finished last in the Grade 1 Forego and Grade 3 Forty Niner and unseated his rider in an Aqueduct allowance in October. “Going into the Forego, I was just so excited, man,” Dutrow said. “I knew that he was going to be in the game, and just from the first five or 10 jumps, he was not even in contact with the field.” Then, as if those races had no effect, he came back to win a $92,000 allowance in December with a 97 Beyer. Dutrow, encouraged by the effort, entered him in the $150,000 Toboggan in his 6-year-old debut in February. He faded to last by 18 lengths. Since he entered his barn last year, Dutrow has considered trying the Canadian-bred around two turns. The waters are already muddy, giving him the chance to try something new. Among the local contenders, Wild Vine and Pay Billy will return to stakes company off convincing allowance victories. Trainer Mike Gorham said Pay Billy has come a long way since his showing in the Preakness last year. Trainer Rob Atras said New York-based runner Otello will stay home for the $150,000 Excelsior. :: Want to learn more about handicapping and wagering? Check out DRF's Handicapping 101 and Wagering 101 pages.