Live Racing Returns to Laurel Park Friday for 48-Day Fall Meet
November to Feature Three Monday & Thanksgiving Day Programs 37th Jim McKay Maryland Million Tops 33 Stakes Worth $3.205 Million BALTIMORE – On the heels of a successful fall boutique meet at historic Pimlico Race Course, live racing shifts to Laurel Park for its calendar year-ending fall stand that begins Friday and features 33 stakes […]
Maker to Have Presence in Maryland Through Fall at Laurel Park
Apprentice Barbosa Leads Fall Meet Riders; Logjam in Trainer Standings BALTIMORE – Mike Maker, annually among the country’s leading trainers in starts, wins and purses earned, is planning to have a presence in Maryland this fall. The 53-year-old Maker, based primarily in the Midwest but with seasonal strings in Arkansas, Florida, Indiana, Louisiana, New York […]
Carotari Determined Winner of $100,000 Laurel Dash
Noses Comedy Town at Wire in Five-Furlong Turf Sprint Mandatory Payouts on Sunday’s 11-Race Closing Day Card BALTIMORE – William Branch’s Carotari, returning to the site of his most recent victory, fended off Comedy Town the length of the stretch and got his nose down in time for a dramatic triumph in Saturday’s $100,000 Laurel […]
Smash Ticket Impressive in $100,000 Weather Vane Victory
Benevengo Wins Polynesian BALTIMORE – Brad King, Stan Kirby, Suzanne Kirby and Barbara Coleman’s Smash Ticket registered her first stakes victory in emphatic fashion, sprinting to a popular front-running 6 ¼-length decision in Saturday’s $100,000 Weather Vane at historic Pimlico Race Course. The third running of the six-furlong Weather Vane for 3-year-old fillies and 18th […]
Can the Queen Retains Crown in $100,000 Sensible Lady
Five-Furlong Turf Dash First Stakes Win for Trainer Shankle BALTIMORE – Joanne Shankle’s Can the Queen will reign for another year after reeling in pacesetter Spicy Marg and drawing away by 1 ¾ lengths to defend her title in Saturday’s $100,000 Sensible Lady Turf Dash at historic Pimlico Race Course. The fifth running of the […]
G1 Winner Decorated Invader Launching Comeback Saturday
GS Winners Fancy Liquor, Wootton Asset Among Allowance Rivals 11-Race Program Features Four Stakes Worth $400,000 in Purses 3YO Colt Mo Money Mo Honey Stays Undefeated in Friday Feature BALTIMORE – West Point Thoroughbreds, William Freeman, William Sandbrook and Cheryl Manning’s Decorated Invader, a Grade 1 winner at 2 that has gone unraced in more […]
Plot the Dots Targets Elusive Stakes Win in $100,000 Polynesian
Among Four Closing Weekend Stakes Worth $400,000 in Purses BALTIMORE – Danny Chen’s Plot the Dots, placed twice in Maryland stakes this year, faces eight rivals including Grade 2 winner Brooklyn Strong and multiple graded-stakes placed Double Crown as he chases an elusive first stakes victory in Saturday’s $100,000 Polynesian at historic Pimlico Race Course. […]
Lady Scarlet, Elm Drive Face Off in $100,000 Weather Vane
Graded-Stakes Winners Top Overflow Field of 15 in Filly Sprint BALTIMORE – Graded-stakes winners Lady Scarlet, already having proven successful at the course and distance, and Elm Drive, looking to rebound from a rare poor performance, will square off in an overflow field of 15 entered for Saturday’s $100,000 Weather Vane at historic Pimlico Race […]
Carotari Chasing Sixth Stakes Victory in Laurel Dash
Five-Furlong Sprint Among Four $100,000 Stakes Saturday BALTIMORE – William Branch’s Carotari returns to Maryland seeking to rediscover his multiple stakes-winning form at the site of his most recent victory in Saturday’s $100,000 Laurel Dash at historic Pimlico Race Course. The 24th running of the Laurel Dash, scheduled for five furlongs on the grass, is […]
Robin Sparkles Can Go Out a Winner in $100,000 Sensible Lady
G3 Winner Tops Overflow Field of 16 in Five-Furlong Turf Dash BALTIMORE – If it is indeed Robin Sparkles’ swan song, trainer Bruce Brown is hoping to send Michael Schrader’s 5-year-old mare out a winner in Saturday’s $100,000 Sensible Lady Turf Dash at historic Pimlico Race Course. Robin Sparkles, a multiple stakes winner on dirt […]