Starstruck Notion Seeking Stakes Success in $125,000 Turf

Precious Avary Back to Make Title Defense in $125,000 Ladies Among 8 Stakes, 4 Starter Stakes on ‘Maryland’s Day at the Races’ BALTIMORE – Never closer to becoming a stakes winner than last fall at Laurel Park, Ken Garcia’s New Jersey homebred Starstruck Notion returns with a chance to secure that breakthrough victory again in […]

Trainer Ashby Seeking Maryland Million Juvenile Sweep

  Stakes Winner Re Markably Takes Aim at $100,000 Nursery No Need to Ask Goes for Second Straight in $100,000 Lassie BALTIMORE – While the primary focus of her business is managing Marlyn Meadow, the Wilmington, Del. farm where young horses are broken, given their early training and state-certified, Lynn Ashby has found plenty of […]

Witty Looking to Make History in $100,000 Turf Sprint

Band Camp Chasing First Stakes Win in $100,000 Sprint Champions, Stakes Winners Line Up in $100,000 Distaff BALTIMORE – Already a three-time stakes winner on both grass and dirt, 5-year-old gelding Witty can become just the second member of an exclusive club by capturing Saturday’s $100,000 Maryland Million Turf Sprint at Laurel Park. The 5 […]

Ain’t Da Beer Cold Back for More in Maryland Million Classic

Feeling Woozy Narrow 9-2 Favorite in 1 1/8M Stakes Worth $150K Richest of 8 Stakes, 4 Starter Stakes on ‘Maryland’s Day at the Races’ BALTIMORE – Matt Spencer, Kelly Jo Cox and Bonuccelli Racing’s Ain’t Da Beer Cold, a 36-1 winner last year after being placed first due to a disqualification, will attempt to defend […]

$150,000 Maryland Million Classic Draws Field of 13

Richest of Eight Stakes, Four Starter Stakes Worth $1.08M ‘Maryland’s Day at the Races’ Set for Saturday, Oct. 12 BALTIMORE – Ain’t Da Beer Cold and Market Maven, the top two finishers from last fall, stakes winner Vance Scholars and Preakness (G1) contender Mugatu are among a wide-open field of 13 entered Sunday for the […]

G2-Placed Witty Breezes Saturday Ahead of Maryland Million

5YO Half-Brother to Caravel Pointed to $100k Turf Sprint Oct. 12 Laurel Wraps Up Weekend with Eight-Race Program Sunday BALTIMORE – Elizabeth Merryman-bred, owned and trained Grade 2-placed turf sprint specialist Witty, who earned a sixth career stakes victory in his April season opener at Laurel Park, breezed Saturday ahead of a planned return trip […]

Post Time Headed to Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile (G1)

Multiple Graded Winner Training Up to Nov. 2 Race Trainer Brittany Russell: ‘We’re All Really Excited’ BALTIMORE – Hillwood Stable’s Maryland-bred and based multiple graded-stakes winner Post Time, dominant in capturing the one-mile Polynesian last month at Laurel Park, will make his next start in the $1 million Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile (G1). Trainer Brittany […]

39th Jim McKay Maryland Million Attracts 270 Pre-Entries

Defending Champ Ain’t Da Beer Cold Among 18 in $150K Classic Laurel to Host ‘Maryland’s Day at the Races’ Saturday, Oct. 12 BALTIMORE – Five defending champions, seven prior winners and four past Maryland-bred champions are among 270 pre-entries in eight stakes and four starter stakes on the 39th annual Jim McKay Maryland Million Day […]

Laurel Futurity Winner Pascaline: ‘This is a Fun Horse’

Trainer Brittany Russell Notches Four-Win Day Sunday Thursday, Oct. 3 Marks Return of Four-Day Race Schedule BALTIMORE – When it comes to finding the next spot for West Point Thoroughbreds, Jimmy Kahig Racing, CJ Stables and Edwin Barker’s Pascaline, impressive winner of the $150,000 Laurel Futurity in just his second start, trainer Arnaud Delacour plans […]

Pascaline Sweeps to $150,000 Laurel Futurity Victory

Pure Majestic Makes It Two Straight in $150,000 Selima G3 Winner Dean Martini Rolls in $100,000 Japan Turf Cup BALTIMORE – West Point Thoroughbreds, Jimmy Kahig Racing Stables, CJ Stables and Edwin Barker’s Pascaline, making just his second career start, swept to the lead at the top of the stretch and turned back a bevy […]