OLDSMAR, Fla. – Parlor raced only twice as a juvenile last year, but he made a big impression, winning his career debut and then coming within a neck of winning a rich stakes race at Kentucky Downs. On Wednesday at Tampa Bay Downs, the son of Lonhro will try to pick up right where he left off when he makes his 3-year-old debut in a first-level allowance. Parlor will face six other 3-year-olds in the $22,500 allowance, which covers one mile on the turf course and carries an optional $75,000 claiming condition. The allowance is carded as the fifth race on a nine-race program and shares the spotlight with race 7, a third-level allowance/optional claimer that also covers one mile on turf. Parlor, owned by Anderson Thoroughbreds LLC, won a maiden special weight race by 2 1/2 lengths on the Ellis Park turf course last August, then came up just short against All Right in the $342,855 Kentucky Downs Juvenile. The 74 Beyer Speed Figure he earned in that stakes race is the highest last-race mark in Wednesday’s field. Parlor has been training steadily at Palm Meadows for his 2017 debut, with six workouts since Jan. 5, including two bullet five-furlong moves on turf in 59 seconds and 59.20 this month. “I think the time off has really helped him,” trainer Eddie Kenneally said. “He’s a stronger version of what he was in the fall. He’s a better horse now, he’s matured and developed, and I think he’ll continue to improve. We hope that he’ll be able to run well in the 3-year-old grass stakes this spring and summer. He’s training really well. You always need a race when you’re coming off the bench – you haven’t run in a while and are running against fit horses – but he’ll be right there. I think we have him pretty ready.” Parlor will be tested by Hot and Heavy and Musical America, who finished first and second in an identical race Jan. 28 for trainers Anthony Pecoraro and Arnaud Delacour. Hot and Heavy is eligible for the race because he is entered for the tag. The field also includes No Boundaries, a 5 1/4-length winner of a maiden special weight race on the Tampa turf last month for trainer Chris Block, and Speed Game, who has won two straight races for trainer Tom Proctor. In race 7, Johnny Bear will try to duplicate his career-best effort from Jan. 13, when he won a second-level allowance/optional $32,000 claimer by three lengths for trainer Ashlee Brnjas. The field also includes Gold Shield, who has not raced since finishing third, beaten half a length by the Grade 3-placed Roman Approval, in a 1 1/4-mile optional claimer on turf at Belmont Park in October. The 5-year-old son of Medaglia d’Oro has been training well at Payson Park for trainer Shug McGaughey, with six breezes since Jan. 7, including a bullet half-mile in 47 seconds on turf Feb. 11. ◗ Surgical Strike, the winner of the Grade 3 Arlington Classic last May, breezed five furlongs in 1:03.80 last Saturday and likely will begin his 4-year-old season in an allowance at Keeneland this spring, trainer Ben Colebrook said. Colebrook said Limousine Liberal, most recently fourth in the Breeders’ Cup Sprint, is targeting the Grade 3, $250,000 Commonwealth, a seven-furlong sprint for older horses at Keeneland on April 8. China Grove, the winner of the $75,000 Wide Country Stakes at Laurel Park last Saturday, likely will start in the Grade 3, $100,000 Bourbonette Oaks at Turfway Park on March 25, Colebrook said. ◗ Dynatail, whose three-race winning streak includes the $100,000 fillies’ division of the OBS Championship last month, worked a half-mile in 49.80 seconds last Saturday. She remains on track for the Grade 3, $200,000 Florida Oaks on turf here March 11, according to trainer Mike Dini. ◗ Coco as in Chanel, the winner of the Stormy Blue Stakes at Pimlico last June, worked a half-mile in 49 seconds Sunday and might start in the $75,000 Captiva Island Stakes, a five-furlong turf race for older fillies and mares at Gulfstream Park on March 11, owner Scott Heider said. The 4-year-old filly won a turf-sprint allowance here last month. ◗ Lady Fog Horn, who won the Grade 2 Falls City Handicap in her most recent start Nov. 24, moved closer to her 5-year-old debut by working a half-mile in a bullet 47.40 seconds here Monday. She will be nominated to the Grade 2, $200,000 Hillsborough Stakes, a 1 1/8-mile turf race for older fillies and mares here March 11, trainer Anthony Granitz said.