Friday’s Stronach 5 Features Four Tracks, Two Turf Races, 12-Percent Takeout
All in One Hour BALTIMORE – In approximately one hour, Friday’s Stronach 5 will feature races from Laurel Park, Santa Anita Park, Gulfstream Park and Golden Gate Fields, a low 12-percent takeout, full fields, and two turf races. The action begins at 4:28 ET. Laurel’s ninth race, a $10,000 claimer at seven furlongs, starts the […]
Laurel Cancels Thursday’s Live Program
BALTIMORE – The Maryland Jockey Club has canceled Thursday’s nine-race program at Laurel Park because of the lingering effects of a winter storm earlier in the week that brought rounds of sleet, freezing rain and snowfall to the area. Laurel, Pimlico, Rosecroft and the MJC OTB Network remain open for simulcasting. Live racing is set […]
Two Winning Tickets in Stronach 5 Worth $43,647
BALTIMORE – There were two winning tickets in Friday’s Stronach 5, each worth $43,647.40. The popular wager featured races from Laurel Park, Gulfstream Park, Santa Anita Park and Golden Gate Fields as well as a low 12-percent takeout. The Stronach 5 began with longshot Up Against It winning Laurel’s eighth race and returning $61.20. The […]
Toledo, Gonzalez Reign as Maryland’s Leading Jockey, Trainer
Laurel Park Hosting Nine-Race New Year’s Day Holiday Program BALTIMORE – Journeyman Jevian Toledo returned to the top of the state rider standings for the first time in four years, and Claudio Gonzalez continued his dominance among trainers that dates back to 2017 as Maryland closed the book on its 2021 racing season Friday at […]
Mandatory Payouts Scheduled for New Year’s Eve Program
Jockey Toledo, Trainer Gonzalez Lead Meet & Overall Standings BALTIMORE – Laurel Park puts the finishing touches on its calendar year-ending fall meet with a nine race card Friday that will include mandatory payouts in the Rainbow 6, Late Pick 5 and Super Hi-5 wagers. Post time is 12:25 p.m. The $1 Super Hi-5 will […]
Cordmaker Fitting Winner of $100,000 Robert T. Manfuso
Miss Leslie Runs Win Streak to Three in $100,000 Carousel BALTIMORE – In a fitting end to his 6-year-old season, Hillwood Stable’s Cordmaker paid tribute to his breeder by earning his 12th career victory and eighth against stakes company in Sunday’s $100,000 Robert T. Manfuso at Laurel Park. The inaugural Manfuso for 3-year-olds and up […]
Threes Over Deuces Narrow Winner of $100,000 Dave’s Friend
Late Surge Powers Kaylasaurus in $100,000 Willa On the Move BALTIMORE – Pocket 3’s Racing’s Threes Over Deuces, narrowly beaten in his previous two starts, came out on the winning end of another close finish by surging between horses approaching the wire and getting his head down first to capture Sunday’s $100,000 Dave’s Friend at […]
Shake Em Loose Pulls 59-1 Shocker in $100,000 Heft
Buy the Best Extends Streak to Four in $100,000 Gin Talking BALTIMORE – JR Sanchez Racing Stable’s Shake Em Loose, making his seventh career start and the first for new connections, paid immediate and thrilling dividends by collaring Last Romance approaching the wire and pulling away to a 59-1 upset in Sunday’s $100,000 Heft at […]
Cordmaker Can Honor Breeder in $100,000 Robert T. Manfuso
Belle of the North Goes for Two Straight in $100,000 Carousel BALTIMORE – Hillwood Stable’s multiple stakes winner Cordmaker, still going strong at the age of 6, looks to close out a solid campaign by stringing together back-to-back wins for the first time in more than two years in the $100,000 Robert T. Manfuso Dec. […]
Shippers Run to Daylight, Amidships Back for $100,000 Heft
Beneath the Stars Gets Chance to Shine in $100,000 Gin Talking BALTIMORE – Two-time stakes winner Run to Daylight and West Virginia-based stablemate Amidships, off the board in their last stakes trip to Maryland, are entered for a chance at redemption in the $100,000 Heft Dec. 26 at Laurel Park. The 20th running of the […]