Trainer Allsop wins with first starter

Trainer Carl Allsop won with his first starter on Sunday at Laurel Park, when Antoaneta won a first-level allowance race on turf by a head. She paid $17.20.

Allsop works for Reid Nagle, who owns Big Lick Farm near Ocala, Fla., and keeps horses at the Braeburn Training Center in Virginia. Allsop is based at Braeburn.

A native of England, Allsop met Kiaran McLaughlin while breaking young horses for Shadwell Stable in Dubai. He came to the United States and worked with McLaughlin for five years, then became Dominick Schettino’s assistant trainer. He worked for Ralph Nicks for four years before partnering with Nagle in April.

Sanford next for Our Braintrust

Laurel Park horseman Cal Lynch is pointing his undefeated 2-year-old Our Braintrust to the Grade 3 Sanford Stakes at Saratoga. Our Braintrust followed up his Laurel debut win by rallying up the inside to take the $150,000 Tremont Stakes on June 8 at Belmont Park.

The $150,000 Sanford is a six-furlong race July 21.

Lynch bought Our Braintrust privately for $25,000 after he failed to meet his reserve at the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic fall yearlings sale at Timonium last October. He owns him with his longtime client Bo Smith.

Lynch and Smith campaigned Javerre together from 2012-16. Javerre earned $490,000 and won seven races, including the Grade 3 General George at Laurel and the New Jersey Breeders’ Handicap at Monmouth Park.

Our Braintrust is a Maryland-bred son of Freud. He is eligible for statebred races at Laurel and Pimlico as well as the New York Stallion series.

◗ The Friday card at Laurel Park concludes with a playable late pick five sequence. The 12 percent takeout pick five includes a pair of $25,000 starter races, a first-level allowance, a second-level optional claimer, and a $16,000 claiming race.

There is a carryover into the rolling Super Hi 5 on Friday of $1,426. The Rainbow 6 carryover is $3,156.