Switzerland draws rail in Maryland

Switzerland, a two-time allowance winner this year at Oaklawn Park, drew the rail this week for the Grade 3 $250,000 Frank J. DeFrancis Memorial Dash Stakes today at Laurel Park in Maryland for Hall of Fame trainer Steve Asmussen.

Probable post time for the 6-furlong DeFrancis Memorial Dash, which goes as race 10, is 4 p.m.

After leaving Hot Springs, Switzerland stretched his winning streak to four in the Grade 3 $150,000 Maryland Sprint Stakes on May 19 at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore before finishing fifth in his last start, the Grade 1 $350,000 Alfred G. Vanderbilt Handicap on July 28 at Saratoga Race Course in New York.

Oaklawn stakes winners Gentlemen’s Bet and Ivan Fallunovalot won the DeFrancis Memorial Dash in 2015 and 2016, respectively.

Scuba, another Oaklawn-raced horse, is entered in the $100,000 Laurel Turf Club Stakes on the DeFrancis undercard. Probable post time for the 1 1/2-mile event, which goes as race 8, is 3 p.m.

Salt Bae, runner-up in the $150,000 Purple Martin Stakes for

3-year-old female sprinters March 24 at Oaklawn, is entered in today’s $100,000 Dogwood Stakes at Churchill Downs. Probable post time for the 7-furlong Dogwood, which goes as race 10, is 4:26 p.m.

Diamondcoat, who broke her maiden on March 30 at Oaklawn, is entered in today’s Grade 3 $300,000 Charles Town Oaks for

3-year-old fillies Saturday at Charles Town in West Virginia. Probable post time for the 7-furlong Charles Town Oaks, which goes as race 11, is 9:15 p.m.

Owner Ron Paolucci said Oaklawn-raced Fuhriously Kissed was an allowance winner Wednesday at Thistledown in Ohio. The race was a prep for the Grade 1 $500,000 Spinster Stakes on Oct. 7 at Keeneland Race Course in Kentucky.

Fuhriously Kissed finished second in two maiden special weights events in 2016 at Oaklawn before being claimed by Paolucci for $62,500 March 15 at Gulfstream Park in Florida. In Fuhriously Kissed’s first start for her new connections, she ran third in the Grade 1 $700,000 Apple Blossom Handicap for older fillies and mares on April 13 at Oaklawn.

Also pointing for the Spinster is Eskimo Kisses, who broke her maiden and won a first-level allowance race this year at Oaklawn. Eskimo Kisses won the Grade 1 $600,000 Alabama Stakes for

3-year-old fillies Aug. 18 at Saratoga in her last start.