Six races on the grass Thursday at Laurel Park

Nine races, six scheduled for its world-class turf course, are on tap when live racing returns to Laurel Park Thursday.

Thursday’s feature comes in Race 8, a third-level optional claiming allowance for fillies and mares 3 and up sprinting 5 ½ furlongs on the All Along. Among the field of 10 are Five Hellions Farm’s Dontletsweetfoolya, a multiple stakes winner on dirt making her turf debut in her first start since June 13; Can the Queen, winner of the five-furlong Sensible Lady Turf Dash July 24 at Pimlico; New York-bred stakes winner Robin Sparkles; and Dendrobia and Quiet Company, respectively 2-3 in in Pimlico’s July 4 Jameela. Multiple stakes winner Needs Supervision, unraced since March 6, is entered for main track only.

Thursday’s Race 3 is a maiden special weight for 2-year-old fillies going 5 ½ furlongs on the Dahlia that attracted 13 entries including six first-time starters and Determined Hope, a $350,000 2-year-old in training purchase in May winless in her first two tries. A second maiden special weight comes in Race 7 for juvenile fillies sprinting 5 ½ furlongs on the main track led by Towser, a homebred daughter of Into Mischief making her second start and first on dirt, and first-time starter All in Jest, trained by Hall of Famer Shug McGaughey.

Laurel will host Fall Festival of Racing Saturday, Oct. 2 featuring five turf stakes worth $600,000 in purses co-headlined by the $150,000 Laurel Futurity for 2-year-olds and $150,000 Selima for 2-year-old fillies, each going 1 1/16 miles.