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Three stakes highlight Martin Luther King Jr. holiday weekend

David Grening|Jan 11, 2021

Laobanonaprayer wins Fifth Avenue 12-6-2020

Susie Raisher Laobanonaprayer paid $4 in winning the Fifth Avenue Division at Aqueduct on Sunday.

OZONE PARK, N.Y. – This week’s racing schedule has a tweak due to the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday. While there will be no live racing Thursday, the four-day race-week will remain intact with programs Friday through Monday.

Three stakes, each worth $100,000, are scheduled over the weekend, with the Franklin Square for New York-bred 3-year-old fillies on Saturday, the Ladies Handicap for older females on Sunday, and the Interborough for older female sprinters on Monday.

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Aqueduct will resume its regular Thursday-through-Sunday schedule beginning Jan. 21.

Laobanonaprayer will seek her third consecutive stakes victory when she heads a likely short field expected for Saturday’s Franklin Square at 6 1/2 furlongs. A winner of the Maid of the Mist at Belmont and the Fifth Avenue division of the New York Stallion Series at Aqueduct, Labaononaprayer worked five furlongs in 1:02.24 at Parx last Saturday.

Others expected for the Franklin Square are A Life That’s Good, Rossa Veloce, and Vacay.

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