Leading Rider Jeiron Barbosa Returning to Action Next Weekend
3YO Filly Baby Man Takes Two-Race Win Streak into Stakes Debut BALTIMORE – Jeiron Barbosa, the leading rider at Laurel Park’s ongoing fall meet and a top contender for the Eclipse Award as champion apprentice, will return to action next weekend after escaping serious injury from a Nov. 8 fall at Parx. Agent Tom Stift […]
Live Racing Returns Friday with $23,677 Rainbow 6 Carryover
9 Live Races, Food & Drink Specials on Military Appreciation Day Maryland Stakes Winners Among Challengers in Claiming Crown Jewel Nominations for Thanksgiving Weekend Stakes Close Friday, Saturday BALTIMORE – A pair of allowance races, a five-figure jackpot carryover in the 20-cent Rainbow 6 and a salute to military families highlight Friday’s return of live […]
‘Fit’ Honeyquist Staying Home for $100,000 James Lewis III
Unbeaten Bound by Destiny Tests Streak in $100,000 Smart Halo BALTIMORE – Honeyquist, a son and grandson of juvenile champions, will get a chance to further the family legacy when he faces stakes company for the second straight start in Saturday’s $100,000 James F. Lewis III at Laurel Park. The 11th running of the Lewis […]
Malibu Beauty Chasing Fourth Stakes Win in Thirty Eight Go Go
Anchors Three Stakes Worth $300,000 in Purses Saturday at Laurel BALTIMORE – ZWP Stable, Inc. and Non Stop Stable’s Malibu Beauty, exiting a runner-up finish in the Maryland Million Distaff for a second straight year, goes up against the likes of graded-stakes placed Hybrid Eclipse and Beguine as she chases a fourth career stakes victory […]
Merryman Celebrates Caravel’s Breeders’ Cup Triumph
Maryland Native Bred 42-1 Upset Winner of G1 Turf Sprint Laurel to Host First of Three Straight Live Monday Programs BALTIMORE – One year after congratulating her older sister, Laurel Park-based trainer Katy Voss, on breeding a Breeders’ Cup winner, Elizabeth Merryman got a turn on the receiving end. A member of one of Maryland’s […]
G3 Winner Cordmaker Chasing $1 Million Mark in Friday Feature
7YO Fan Favorite Less than $11,000 Shy of Milestone After 36 Starts BALTIMORE – Some 259 days since he last raced, and nearly two weeks after he was last entered, Hillwood Stable’s fan favorite Cordmaker will make his long-awaited return with the chance to become a millionaire in Friday’s feature at Laurel Park. It will […]
Live Friday Through Monday Race Schedule Starts Nov. 4
Fan Favorite G3 Winner Cordmaker Set to Launch Comeback Advance Wagering Friday on Saturday’s Full Breeders’ Cup Card Rainbow 6 Carryover $16,775 Friday; 11:25 A.M. Post Saturday BALTIMORE – The return of fan favorite Cordmaker, advance wagering on Saturday’s entire Breeders’ Cup program from Keeneland, and a 20-cent Rainbow 6 carryover approaching $17,0000 will be […]
Twixt Winner Battle Bling Tops Thirty Eight Go Go Nominees
James F. Lewis, Smart Halo for Juveniles Also on Nov. 12 Card 3YO Colt Mauritius Makes Successful Return to Racing Sunday BALTIMORE – A quartet of multiple stakes winners and three graded-stakes placed horses led by recent Twixt winner Battle Bling are among 20 fillies and mares nominated to the $100,000 Thirty Eight Go Go […]
Prince of Jericho Impressive Maiden Winner Friday
Jockeys Barbosa, Karamanos Register Friday Hat Tricks BALTIMORE – Michael Dubb and Morris Bailey’s 2-year-old colt Prince of Jericho graduated with aplomb in his second career start, rolling to a popular 11 ¾-length maiden special weight triumph Friday at Laurel Park. Ridden by Sheldon Russell for his wife, trainer Brittany Russell, Prince of Jericho ($5) […]
Recuperating Luna Belle Targeted for Return in 2023
Safeen Rewards Backers with Determined Maiden Win Thursday BALTIMORE – Luna Belle, Maryland’s champion juvenile filly of 2021 and a four-time stakes winner at 3, is recuperating in South Carolina from bone bruising but expected to resume her career in 2023 as a 4-year-old. Owned by Deborah Greene and trainer Hamilton Smith and bred by […]