Racing News

Trainer Capuano Chases First Stakes Win in $100,000 Fire Plug

01/17/2023

Swayin to and Fro Goes for Third Straight in $100,000 What a Summer

BALTIMORE – A week after getting his first wins as a trainer out of the way, Phillip Capuano will go after his first stakes win with Mopo Racing’s Alwaysinahurry in the $100,000 Fire Plug Saturday at Laurel Park.

The 6 ½-furlong Fire Plug for 4-year-olds and up and $100,000 What a Summer for fillies and mares 4 and older going six furlongs are among six stakes, including four sprints, worth $550,000 in purses on a nine-race Winter Sprintfest program.

Coffeewithchris Seeks Second Straight Win in Spectacular Bid

01/16/2023

Maryland Million Winner Chickieness Returns in $100,000 Xtra Heat

BALTIMORE – Coffeewithchris, who became a stakes winner with his 16-1 upset of last month’s Heft in his juvenile finale, wheels back in three weeks looking to maintain that momentum in Saturday’s $100,000 Spectacular Bid at Laurel Park.

Jackie A Seeks to Maintain Momentum in Monday Feature

01/15/2023

Post Time 12:25 P.M. for Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday Card

BALTIMORE – Mopo Racing’s Jackie A faces seven rivals including stakes winners Jalen Journey, Shackled Love and Local Motive as he chases his sixth career win, fourth in five starts and second in a row in the Race 7 feature on Monday’s special Martin Luther King Jr. holiday program at Laurel Park.

Post time for the first of nine races is 12:25 p.m.

Trainer Phillip Capuano Registers First Two Maryland Victories

01/14/2023

Shake Em Loose Set to Return in Laurel Sunday Feature
Jockey Kevin Gomez Gets First Win of Comeback Saturday
Rainbow 6, Super Hi-5 Carryovers for Eight-Race Card Sunday

BALTIMORE – Louis Ulman’s 3-year-old colt Imagine a Cure ($12) dug in again after being passed by Bubba Chrome in mid-stretch and surged late for a half-length victory in Race 2 Saturday at Laurel Park to give trainer Phillip Capuano his first career winner in Maryland.

Apprentice Jhovany Paredes Rides First Career Winner Friday

01/13/2023

Stakes Winner Galerio Launching Comeback in Saturday Feature

BALTIMORE – Ten-pound apprentice rider Jhovany Paredes celebrated his 22nd birthday in style Friday at Laurel Park by registering his first career victory, a front-running triumph aboard 5-year-old mare I Can Do It.

Bred, owned and trained by Robert Gamber, I Can Do It ($17.80) ran seven furlongs in 1:27.29 over a main track rated good to capture the claiming event for maiden fillies and mares ages 4 and 5 by a length over Brzina.

Jockey Kevin Gomez Continues Comeback Friday at Laurel

01/12/2023

Five Mounts to Open Weekend for Journeyman Hurt in Oct. 21 Spill
Rainbow 6, Late Pick 5 Carryovers for Friday’s Nine-Race Program
Laurel Hosting Special Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday Card Monday

Undefeated Post Time, Recruiter Top Spectacular Bid Nominations

01/08/2023

7F Sprint for 3YOs Among Six Stakes Worth $550,000 in Purses Jan. 21
$100,000 Xtra Heat for 3-Year-Old Fillies Attracts 17 Nominees
Late Pick 5, Rainbow 6 Carryovers for Jan. 13 Return of Live Racing

BALTIMORE – Undefeated stakes winners Post Time and Recruiter and Grade 3-placed Prove Right top 24 nominations to the $100,000 Spectacular Bid for newly turned 3-year-olds Saturday, Jan. 21 at Laurel Park.

Laurel’s Barbosa Eclipse Finalist for Champion Apprentice

01/07/2023

19YO Won Three Individual Meet Titles in Maryland in 2022
Caravel Among Finalists for Champion Female Sprinter
Live Eight-Race Program Sunday to Wrap Up Weekend

BALTIMORE – Teenage jockey Jeiron Barbosa, based year-round in Maryland, was named Saturday as one of three Eclipse Award finalists for North America’s champion apprentice rider of 2022.

Laurel’s Saturday Feature Draws Quartet of Stakes Winners

01/06/2023

Multiple G3 Placed Threes Over Deuces 8-5 Program Favorite
Trainer Magee, Apprentice Barbosa Register Friday Hat Tricks

BALTIMORE – Pocket 3’s Racing’s multiple Grade 3-placed Threes Over Deuces, scratched as the defending champion from the $100,000 Dave’s Friend Dec. 30, and fellow stakes winners Gagetown, Exculpatory and Indian Lake look to get the 2023 season off to a winning start in Saturday’s fourth-race feature at Laurel Park.

Nominations Close Saturday for 6 Stakes Jan. 21 with Purses Worth $550,000

01/05/2023

Racing Returns This Weekend at Laurel
Friday Includes MSW, $54,000 Allowance               

BALTIMORE – Nominations close Saturday for six stakes at Laurel Park on January 21 with total purses worth $550,000.

The six stakes are: