Royal Ship Launching Comeback in $100,000 Frank Whiteley
Six Stakes Winners to Line Up in $100,000 Native Dancer ‘Cats’ and ‘Kisses’ Top $100,000 Heavenly Cause Disco Ebo Looks to Bounce Back in $100,000 Primonetta BALTIMORE – A career that began in 2019 in his native Brazil and included a three-year stay on the West Coast punctuated by a pair of graded-stakes wins will […]
Copper Tax Among 26 Nominees to $125,000 Federico Tesio
‘Win & In’ for Triple Crown Nominees to 149th Preakness (G1) Tops Five Stakes Worth $550,000 in Purses Saturday, April 20 Weber City Miss Qualifier for $250,000 Black-Eyed Susan (G2) Henry S. Clark, Dahlia, King Leatherbury First Turf Stakes Live Racing for Laurel Spring Meet Resumes Friday, April 12 BALTIMORE – Stakes winners Copper Tax, […]
Jockey Katie Davis Returning to Laurel Park Sunday
Named to Ride 5YO Mare Funny How in Allowance Feature BALTIMORE – While Adelphia Racing Club and Cutair Racing’s Grade 3-placed stakes winner Funny How will be racing for the first time outside of her native New York in Sunday’s feature at Laurel Park, she’ll be accompanied by a familiar face. Jockey Katie Davis, a […]
Laurel-Based Celtic Contender Nominated to Triple Crown
Impressive Maiden Winner Possible for Federico Tesio April 20 Federico Tesio, Weber City Miss Nominations Close Saturday Jockey Raul Mena Doubles on Friday’s Opening Day Program BALTIMORE – Lewis Family Racing Stable’s 3-year-old Maryland homebred Celtic Contender, an eye-catching Laurel Park maiden winner in February for trainer Hamilton Smith, is among the newest nominees to […]
JACK HARLOW TO HEADLINE PREAKNESS LIVE, CAPPING OFF PREAKNESS 149 CELEBRATIONS ON SATURDAY, MAY 18
149th Preakness Stakes Purse Increases to $2 Million to Kick Off $25 Million New Racing and Incentive Series connecting 1/ST Premier Events BALTIMORE – 1/ST, the innovative brand behind North America’s most prestigious Thoroughbred horse racing, entertainment and wagering events, announces the return of Preakness 149 to Pimlico Race Course, featuring a weekend of world-class […]
American War Hero Set to Make Sophomore Debut Friday
TC-Nominated Colt in Laurel’s Spring Meet Opening Day Feature Federico Tesio, Weber City Miss Top Nine Stakes Worth $950,000 Friday Carryovers Include $20,865 in 20-Cent Rainbow 6 BALTIMORE – Triple Crown-nominated American War Hero, unraced since running a troubled fourth in the Heft Stakes in late December, is entered to make his 3-year-old debut in […]
THE JOCKEY CLUB PARTNERS WITH 1/ST TO LINK UP TOP-QUALITY TURF CONTESTS IN THE UK AND NORTH AMERICA
BALTIMORE – The Jockey Club today announces an exciting new partnership with The Stronach Group’s 1/ST, North America’s preeminent Thoroughbred racing and pari-mutuel wagering company. This ground-breaking initiative will create links between historic races in the UK and high-profile, valuable turf contests at 1/ST courses in North America. The aim is to build the international […]
G2 Winners Royal Ship, Double Crown Top Native Dancer Nominees
Among Four $100,000 Stakes April 13 to Launch Spring Stakes Schedule BALTIMORE – Grade 2 winners Royal Ship and Double Crown and local stakes winners Be Better, It’s Sizzling Time and Shaft’s Bullet are among 19 horses nominated to the $100,000 Native Dancer Saturday, April 13 at Laurel Park. The 1 1/8-mile Native Dancer for […]
Jamie Ness Wins Twice Friday to Clinch Training Title
Takes 28-24 Lead into Saturday’s Closing Day Program BALTIMORE – Jamie Ness won with two of his five starters Friday, both under stable rider Jaime Rodriguez, to clinch the calendar year-opening Heritage Meet training title at Laurel Park. Ness entered Friday’s penultimate day of the Heritage Meet with a 26-23 lead over Brittany Russell, who […]
Heritage Meet Leading Trainer Going Down to Wire
Ness Leads Russell by Two Wins Entering Final Weekend Laurel Doors Open at 8:30 A.M. Saturday for Dubai WC Nominations Close Saturday for Four $100K Stakes April 13 BALTIMORE – While Jaime Rodriguez has already secured Laurel Park’s winter Heritage Meet riding title, the race for leading trainer is still very much up for grabs […]