A love affair: Neolithica and Laurel Park

Neolithica has won seven times in her career, and six of her successes have come at Laurel Park.

The latest Laurel score by the 4-year-old Maryland-bred filly by Neolithic was a convincing wire-to-wire performance in a $32,780 starter optional claimer at seven furlongs. Horacio Karamanos was aboard the $30,000 Timonium October yearling, and he guided to a 4 1/2-length victory in 1:24.77, her third in her last five starts.

The filly bred by Maria M. Haire paid $7.20 and earned a check for $20,010. She raised her record to 7-2-1 in 18 starts, and boosted her bank account to $150,590, with $63,310 coming this year.