On an afternoon in which favorites and second favorites won most of the six stakes at Laurel Park during its Winter Sprintfest program Feb. 20, Edward Seltzer and Beverly Anderson's homebred Hibiscus Punch paid off for longshot backers in the $250,000 Runhappy Barbara Fritchie Stakes (G3).

Perseverance and patience have paid handsome dividends for the connections of Eres Tu as the 4-year-old filly has returned from a 571-day layoff to win three consecutive races, including Saturday's Grade 3 Allaire du Pont Stakes at Laurel Park.

Into Mischief filly earned 10 points Feb. 8 on the Road to the Kentucky Oaks. Lucrezia  put on a show and picked up 10 points on the Road to the Kentucky Oaks Feb. 8 at Tampa Bay Downs, where she was much the best in the $100,000 Suncoast Stakes.

Lucrezia made the most of her first stakes start on the main track on Saturday at Tampa Bay Downs, running down Two Sixty to win the $100,000 Sandpiper S. by 1 ¾-lengths (SEE VIDEO). The 2-year-old Into Mischief filly is the 21st stakes winner this year for her sire. Into Mischief now has a total of 209 overall winners this year, nearly 40 more than any other sire.

Edward Seltzer and Beverly Anderson's Chapalu brought his record to two wins and a second from three starts after taking the $130,900 Grey Stakes (G3) in wire-to-wire fashion Oct. 27 at Woodbine.

Tropic Lightning Racing LLC’s Take Command moved to the leaders with a rush nearing the head of the stretch in Saturday’s $75,000 Carry Back Stakes at Gulfstream, took charge in the final furlong and drew away late to a four length victory.

Florida-bred Drafted secured his first group stakes score Jan. 31 when he finished powerfully to take command in the final furlong of the $200,000 Al Shindagha Sprint Sponsored By Jebel Ali Port (G3) at Meydan.

Edward Seltzer and Beverly Anderson's homebred Surgical Strike captured Saturday's Grade 3 Arlington Classic by a head, covering the 1 1/16 miles in 1:47.51 over the yielding turf course. This was the first career graded stakes win for the sophomore son of Red Giant trained by Ben Colebrook.

Surgical Strike earned the first stakes victory of his career in the $100,000 John Battaglia Memorial on Saturday night at Turfway Park – but more importantly, he earned experience that will serve him well as he steps into the Kentucky Derby hunt.

Shortleaf Stable’s Pangburn, trained by Anthony Dutrow and ridden by Jevian Toledo, drove four-wide entering the stretch to win the $75,000 Maryland Racing Media by a half length over Joint Return.