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 […]
Anonymously Chasing Fifth Straight Win in Friday Feature
Six-Furlong Sprint for Older Females Tops Nine-Race Program Jockey Rodriguez Seeking Seventh Straight Multi-Win Day BALTIMORE – Diane Balsamo’s Anonymously will put a four-race win streak on the line against six rivals including stakes winners Tappin Josie and Prodigy Doll as the winter Heritage Meet resumes Friday at Laurel Park. Post time for the first […]
Brother Conway Puts Streak to the Test in $100,000 Fire Plug
G3-Winning Stablemate Classier Also Entered in Saturday Sprint Trainer Gaudet Carrying Momentum into $100,000 What a Summer BALTIMORE – Brother Conway, riding a four-race win streak, and Grade 3-winning stablemate Classier, each claimed last year by Kieron Magee, give the trainer a formidable hand against nine rivals in Saturday’s $100,00 Fire Plug at Laurel Park. […]
Post Time Among Five Stakes Winners in $75,000 Jennings
Malibu Moonshine Looks to Rediscover Form in $75,000 Geisha Among Four Stakes Worth $350,000 in Purses Saturday at Laurel BALTIMORE – Hillwood Stable’s Post Time, beaten just once in five starts and undefeated on his home track, is one of five multiple stakes winners among a field of eight in a competitive edition of Saturday’s […]
Copper Tax, Sweet Soddy J Head Spectacular Bid Nominations
Multiple Stakes Winner Carmelina Tops Jan. 27 Xtra Heat Noms Rodriguez, Russell Honored Sunday as Maryland’s 2023 Leaders BALTIMORE – Multiple stakes winners Copper Tax and Sweet Soddy J and last-out stakes winners Squints and Uncle Heavy are among 24 horses nominated to the $100,000 Spectacular Bid Saturday, Jan. 27 at Laurel Park. The seven-furlong […]