With a good performance in the $100,000 Fire Plug for 4-year-olds and upward at 6 1/2 furlongs, multiple Grade 3 winner Repo Rocks will surpass the $1 million mark in career earnings.

“Laurel has the big sweeping turns, which he likes,” said trainer Jamie Ness. “He’s ready to run a big one.”

Repo Rocks returns to a sprint for the first time since a restricted allowance victory at Colonial on Aug. 22. In the interim, he has placed in two stakes around two turns at Parx, most recently finishing third in the Kris Kringle on New Year’s Eve.

Multiple stakes-winner Prince of Jericho drew the rail post for the third consecutive race after placing in a pair of high-level allowances to close out his 2024 campaign.

“It’s incredible how many times this horse draws the rail,” said Brittany Russell, Maryland’s leading trainer in 2024 by wins. “There’s been a couple of times where I wonder what would have happened had he drawn outside just a bit. He knows what he’s doing from there. I like the spot.”

Tudox Opportunity ships up from Penn National for owner Tudox Farm and trainer Elisha Perez. A pace-pressing winner around two turns in the restricted Chocolate Town on Nov. 27, Tudox Opportunity has also earned four sprint victories.

“He was kind of a slow learner,” Perez said. “In his [early] workouts, he never showed too much, but suddenly, his light bulb came on. Ever since then, he matured and figured out running. He likes to run now and is not afraid of competition.”

Perez praised Tudox Opportunity’s versatility. “He’s not a speed horse; he can sit from off the pace or come from behind. He’s got different buttons on him.”

Stakes-placed Freeze the Fire, razor-sharp Full Irish, No Easy Days, and On the Mark also entered.

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