Tesio Favorite Joe, Stakes Winner on Dirt, May Have Future on Turf
Connections Being Rewarded for Faith in Champion Filly Luna Belle Primacy Looks to Extend Streak to Three with First Stakes Triumph BALTIMORE – At some point The Elkstone Group’s stakes-winning homebred Joe, Maryland’s champion 2-year-old male of 2021, will get another shot on the grass, where his career began last fall. But not now. Joe’s […]
English Jockey Humphrey Notches First U.S. Win Thursday
Seven-Pound Apprentice Guides Zorb to $20.20 Upset Victory BALTIMORE – Richard Burnsworth’s 6-year-old gelding Zorb sprung a 9-1 upset in Thursday’s second race at Laurel Park, rolling home by 4 ¼ lengths to give English jockey William Humphrey his first victory in the United States. Humphrey, 20, who rides with a seven-pound weight allowance, had […]
$100,000 Frank Whiteley Marks Return of American Patrol
MATCH Series Opener Among Four Stakes Worth $450,000 Saturday BALTIMORE – Nick Sanna Stables and Lynch Racing’s American Patrol, a 4-year-old son of 2015 Triple Crown champion American Pharoah unraced in nearly 10 months, will make his highly anticipated return to competition in Saturday’s $100,000 Frank Y. Whiteley at Laurel Park. The seven-furlong Whiteley for […]
Pennybaker Tests Win Streak in $100,000 Heavenly Cause
Godolphin Homebred Making U.S. Debut in One-Mile Stakes BALTIMORE – Godolphin homebred filly Pennybaker will put a four-race win streak on the line when she tries dirt and stakes company for the first time while making her stateside debut in Saturday’s $100,000 Heavenly Cause at Laurel Park. The one-mile Heavenly Cause for fillies and mares […]
Luna Belle Looks to Extend Win Streak in $125,000 Weber City Miss
‘Win & In’ for 3-Year-Old Fillies to 98th Black-Eyed Susan (G2) May 20 BALTIMORE – Luna Belle, Maryland’s champion 2-year-old filly of 2021 that has gone unbeaten through three starts at 3, goes after her fifth consecutive stakes victory and a chance at possible graded glory in Saturday’s $125,000 Weber City Miss at Laurel Park. […]
Last Chance to Play the Stronach 5
Races Friday from Laurel, Gulfstream, Santa Anita and Golden Gate Low 12 Percent Takeout More Innovative Wagering Opportunities Coming BALTIMORE – Friday’s Stronach 5 will give bettors one more chance to reap the rewards of a low 12 percent takeout and what has been a strong return on investment since 2018. The wager will feature […]
PREAKNESS 147 ANNOUNCES ADDITION OF PREAKNESS LIVE CULINARY, ART & MUSIC FESTIVAL CELEBRATING THE BEST OF BALTIMORE ON BLACK-EYED SUSAN DAY AS PART OF PREAKNESS WEEKEND MAY 20 & MAY 21
MS. LAURYN HILL, MEGAN THEE STALLION, BRITTNEY SPENCER, D-NICE AND DARIN ATWATER & THE SOULFUL SYMPHONY TO PERFORM ALONGSIDE CELEBRITY CHEFS TOM COLICCHIO, MARCUS SAMUELSSON AND GAIL SIMMONS AND BALTIMORE STAR CHEFS SAON BRICE AND MARIO MOISE CREATED BY 1/ST EXPERIENCE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH BALTIMORE NATIVE AND ENTERTAINMENT VISIONARY KEVIN LILES, PREAKNESS LIVE IS PART […]
Shake Em Loose Chasing Third Straight Victory in $125,000 Federico Tesio
‘Win & In’ for Triple Crown-Nominated Horses to 147th Preakness (G1) May 21 BALTIMORE – Rudy Sanchez-Salomon will continue chasing the dream when the owner-trainer sends out his claimer-turned-multiple stakes winner Shake Em Loose in search of a third straight victory and Triple Crown race berth in Saturday’s $125,000 Federico Tesio at Laurel Park. The […]
Delgado Holds Fond Tesio Memories with Oliver’s Twist
Video: Winner Went on to Run Second in 1995 Preakness (G1) BALTIMORE – Nearly three decades have passed, but the memory of Oliver’s Twist winning the 1995 Federico Tesio – and nearly duplicating that success on the national stage four weeks later – are sharp as ever for Alberto Delgado. “The Tesio is one of […]
Jemison Beats the Boys in Career Debut Sunday at Laurel
4-Year-Old Filly is Half-Sister to G1 Winner Shedaresthedevil Thursday’s Return of Live Racing Features Start of Turf Season BALTIMORE – Jemison, a 4-year-old half-sister to three-time Grade 1-winning multi-millionaire Shedaresthedevil, made it look easy beating the boys in her career debut Sunday at Laurel Park. Ridden by Jevian Toledo for trainer Brittany Russell, Jemison ($4.20) […]