$200,000 General George (G3) Attracts 24 Nominations
G1 Winner Daddysruby Tops Nominees to Barbara Fritchie (G3) Sprints Headline Four Stakes Worth $600,000 in Purses Feb. 17 BALTIMORE – Veteran campaigners Greeley and Ben, Little Vic and Super Chow, all with Grade 3 credentials, head a list of nine multiple stakes winners among 24 horses nominated to the $200,000 General George (G3) Saturday, […]
Apprentice Jean Aguilar Rides First Two U.S. Winners Friday
Puerto Rico Native Scores Back-to-Back Victories at Laurel Park BALTIMORE – Less than a month after venturing to the United States from his native Puerto Rico, 10-pound apprentice Jean Aguilar rode his first two domestic winners Friday at Laurel Park. Aguilar, 18, scored with Taking Risks Stable and Louis Ulman’s 3-year-old gelding Malinois ($12.80) in […]
Prodigy Doll Pointed for Third Try at $200,000 Barbara Fritchie (G3)
Winter Heritage Meet Scheduled to Resume with 10-Race Program Friday Trainer Lynch, Jockey Boyce Nearing 1,000 Career Win Milestone Nominations for Four Winter Carnival Stakes Feb. 17 Due Saturday BALTIMORE – HnR Nothhaft Horse Racing’s 6-year-old stakes-winning mare Prodigy Doll is being pointed to a third straight run in the $200,000 Barbara Fritchie (G3) following […]
Post Time Rolls to Easy Victory in $75,000 Jennings
Malibu Moonshine Narrow Winner of $75,000 Geisha Guanare, Roanan Goddess Take First 3YO Stakes in Maryland BALTIMORE – Hillwood Stable’s Post Time, patiently ridden by jockey Sheldon Russell, trailed early before working his way between horses in the stretch and powering to a popular 6 ½-length triumph in Sunday’s $75,000 Jennings at Laurel Park. The […]
Concepcion Credits Maryland for Championship Season
Teenager Earns Eclipse Award as Leading Apprentice Rider BALTIMORE – His first career win came in Louisiana, and he now calls Kentucky home, but newly crowned Eclipse Award-winning apprentice jockey Axel Concepcion is most grateful for the place where he cultivated his championship season – in Maryland. A native of Rio Grande, Puerto Rico who […]
MJC Cancels Friday’s 10-Race Program at Laurel Park
Live Racing Scheduled to Resume Saturday with 11:40 A.M. Post Saturday Features $100,000 Spectacular Bid, Xtra Heat for 3YOs BALTIMORE – Adverse weather conditions from last weekend’s winter storm and an ongoing forecast for rain throughout the Mid-Atlantic region has caused the Maryland Jockey Club to cancel Friday’s 10-race program at Laurel Park. Laurel, Pimlico […]
Copper Tax Seeks Rebound in $100,000 Spectacular Bid
Heart, Reconcile Stepping Up in $100,000 Xtra Heat Canceled Stakes Redrawn for Friday, Sunday at Laurel BALTIMORE – Rose Petal Stable’s multiple stakes winner Copper Tax, who lost for the first time in six starts last time out, embarks on starting a new streak when he makes his sophomore debut in Saturday’s $100,000 Spectacular Bid […]
Laurel Park Cancels Sunday Card Due to Weather
Four Stakes Being Brought Back Next Weekend $100K Fire Plug & What a Summer Return Jan. 26 $75K Jennings & Geisha Coming Back Jan. 28 $100K Spectacular Bid & Xtra Heat for 3YOs Jan. 27 BALTIMORE – Due to lingering effects of a winter storm that hit the Mid-Atlantic region, the Maryland Jockey Club has […]
Weather Forces Cancellation of Saturday’s Laurel Races
Live Racing Scheduled to Resume Sunday Starting at 12:25 BALTIMORE – Poor weather conditions due to the ongoing winter storm in the Mid-Atlantic region has caused the Maryland Jockey Club to cancel Saturday’s 10-race program at Laurel Park. Laurel, Pimlico Race Course, Rosecroft Raceway and the MJC OTB network will remain open Saturday for simulcasting. […]
Laurel Cancels Friday’s Program
Racing Resumes Saturday with Four Stakes BALTIMORE – The Maryland Jockey Club has cancelled Friday’s races at Laurel Park due to a winter storm that has dropped several inches of snow across Northern and Central Maryland. Due to dangerous driving conditions simulcast wagering has also been cancelled today at Laurel and Pimlico Race Course. Racing […]