
Due to necessary turf maintenance and the available lanes that are able to utilized, distances for the turf stakes Dahlia and Henry Clark on April 17 at Laurel Park must be changed to 1 1/16 miles on the turf.
The purse for each stakes is $100,000. The Dahlia, for fillies and mares 3-year-olds and up, and the Henry Clark for 3-year-olds and up, had both been scheduled for one mile on the grass.
Nominations to both stakes close April 3.




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