Laurel Park has put together four competitive $100,000 stakes for Saturday, including a pair for 3-year-olds in the 1 1/16-mile Private Terms and the one-mile Beyond the Wire for fillies. The card also includes the 1 1/8-mile Harrison E. Johnson Memorial and the one-mile Nellie Morse for older fillies and mares. The Private Terms and Beyond the Wire should produce starters for next month’s $200,000 Federico Tesio and $125,000 Weber City Miss, which are Win and You’re In races for the Preakness and Black-Eyed Susan, respectively. The Private Terms field of eight is deep. The highest recent Beyer Speed Figures belong to Took Charge and Big City Bob, but they each face challenges. Big City Bob, who is trained by Jorge Duarte, will be making his first start since finishing third last October in the Grade 1 Champagne to Tiz the Law. Took Charge will be stretching out from six furlongs to 1 1/16 miles for Chris Englehart. Big City Bob, who won the one-mile Sapling at Monmouth Park last summer, could need a race to be at his best. :: To stay up to date, follow us on: Facebook | Instagram | Twitter “He had a little setback after the last race, nothing bad,” Duarte said. “He spent some time in Florida and then came back up to us. [This race] will give us a good line to see where we’re at and hopefully move forward to the Tesio or something like that.” If the Beyer boys have difficulty, Lebda and Mine Not Mine, the first- and second-place finishers in last month’s one-mile Miracle Wood, stand tall. Lebda, went wire to wire for trainer Claudio Gonzalez, opening up a seven-length lead in the stretch before holding on to win by three-quarters of a length after the early pace (22.96 seconds, 45.57, 1:11.16) caught up to him. “I was very happy with that race because he went very fast,” Gonzalez said. “I believe he’s going to be okay with a mile and a sixteenth.” Mine Not Mine rallied from far back for second in his first start for trainer Brittany Russell after being purchased for $210,000 at the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic December mixed and horses of racing age sale. He races for Cash Is King Stable, DJ Stable, and LC Racing and has every right to improve. Not to be overlooked is Awesome Party, a son of Curlin who was purchased for $700,000 by Mike Repole and St. Elias Stable at Keeneland September in 2018. Although Awesome Party will have to improve on the 63 Beyer he was given for his neck maiden win going 1 1/8 miles at Aqueduct in February, he is trained by Todd Pletcher, who has a 1-2-0 record from three starts at the current Laurel meet, and will be ridden by Trevor McCarthy, who leads the local standings by 13 wins coming into the race week. The Beyond the Wire will rematch four fillies from the seven-furlong Wide Country Stakes in February. The main questions are, can Naughty Thoughts duplicate her front-running 4 3/4-length victory and will 4-5 Wide Country favorite Bella Aurora bounce back from her non-threatening fifth-place finish? Naughty Thoughts’s 8-1 victory gave trainer Jonathan Maldonado his first stakes victory. Maldonado, who has trained since 2010, runs a blue-collar stable that specializes in claiming runners. He took Naughty Thoughts on behalf of Rafael Lopez for $25,000 last November and in five starts since she has put together a 2-1-2 record. Her Wide Country Beyer of 82 is the highest in Saturday’s lineup. Bella Aurora was taken out of her game in the Wide Country when she was bumped solidly at the start after breaking from post 1. She dropped back to last position and didn’t fire her best shot that day for trainer Michael Trombetta. In her prior outing, she rallied from eighth-position to win the Gin Talking Stakes for Country Life Farm. Miss Tap Dance and Long Point Beach are in sharp form. Miss Tap Dance is 2 for 3 and trained by Jamie Ness. She turns back slightly in distance off a 1 1/16-mile allowance win. Long Point Beach has won two straight, both for Lacey Gaudet – a mile optional claimer in the mud and a waiver-claiming maiden race in the slop. Johnson Memorial: Senior Investment and Alwaysmining – last year’s Private Terms winner – are at the top of their game. Senior Investment, whom Scott Lake claimed for $50,000 in September, has paired up wins in a no-conditions Parx allowance and a third-level optional claimer at Laurel. Alwaysmining earned a career-best 103 Beyer for his ultra-game neck victory over Monongahela in the John B. Campbell. Alwaysmining has won two straight stakes, both for Kelly Rubley, and may be able to control the pace Saturday. Someday Jones, trained by John Servis, also fits here. The 7-year-old beat Alwaysmining by two lengths in the Native Dancer in December and finished third, beaten 1 1/2 lengths in the Campbell. The problem is, he might not get the pace setup he needs Saturday. Nellie Morse: Arrifana figures prominently for Rubley but will be facing some tough rivals while making her first start in more than three months. Arrifana has not raced since finishing second to Bellera in the Grade 3 Comely at Aqueduct last November. Bellera, who is now 4 for 7, came back to win Ladies Handicap. Arrifana’s competition includes Jennemily, who is 2 for 2 at Aqueduct for Steve Asmussen since being claimed for $35,000, and Victim of Love, who won the What a Summer at Laurel in January and is coming off a runner-up finish in the Grade 3 Barbara Fritchie for Penn National-based Todd Beattie.