Anthony Laurino Captures MJC Champions Handicapping Tournament
Earns $12,000 in Prize Money and Berth in Breeders’ Cup Betting Challenge Laurel Park Winter Meet Ends March 31, Spring Stand Opens April 1 BALTIMORE – Anthony Laurino of Raleigh, N.C. finished with a balance of $3,502 to top a field of 146 entrants and capture the Maryland Jockey Club’s Champions Handicapping Tournament held Saturday, […]
MJC to Honor Hall of Fame Trainer Leatherbury Sunday
Ceremony to Celebrate Legendary Horseman’s 90th Birthday Video BALTIMORE – The Maryland Jockey Club and 1/ST Racing will celebrate Hall of Fame horseman King T. Leatherbury’s 90th birthday with a race and ceremony in his honor Sunday at Laurel Park. Laurel’s seventh race, a starter optional claimer for fillies and mares 4 and up sprinting […]
Laurel Futurity Winner Congruent Third Choice in Jeff Ruby (G3)
Rainbow 6, Super Hi-5 Carryovers When Live Racing Returns Friday Laurel Opening Doors Early Saturday for Dubai World Cup Wagering BALTIMORE – Tami Bobo and Lugamo Racing Stable’s Congruent, winner of the historic Laurel Futurity last fall at Laurel Park, is rated as the third choice in a field of 12 for his next start, […]
Champion Victor Carrasco Sixth in Return to Riding Sunday
Angel Cruz Triples Sunday; Factor It In Bounces Back in Feature Rainbow 6, Super Hi-5 Carryovers When Racing Returns Friday BALTIMORE – Nearly 4 ½ months after being injured in a spill at Laurel Park, journeyman Victor Carrasco made his long-awaited return to the races Sunday. Carrasco, 30, finished sixth aboard Sycamore Hall Thoroughbreds’ Libraryofcongress, […]
Hayes Strike Pulls Clear Late in $100,000 Private Terms
Multiple Graded-Stakes Placed Shipper Captures 3YO Stakes Lady Lowery Goes the Distance in $100,000 Beyond The Wire BALTIMORE – Dixiana Farms’ Grade 2-placed homebred Hayes Strike, back on dirt after a failed attempt on the synthetic, cruised up to front-running Coffeewithchris at the top of the stretch and outran the multiple stakes winner to the […]
Nimitz Class Proves Too Much in $100,000 Harrison Johnson
Breezy Gust Blows Past Rivals to Take $75,000 Not For Love Dramatic Late Rally Lifts Mavilus to $75,000 Conniver Win BALTIMORE – Bred in Pennsylvania and based at Parx, Thomas Coulter’s Nimitz Class has made Maryland his home away from home, rolling to a third consecutive stakes victory at Laurel Park with a popular 6 […]
Jaime Rodriguez Rides Record-Tying Seven Winners Friday
Class, Distance Test for Howgreatisnate in $100,000 Private Terms New York Shipper Register Narrow 3-1 Program Favorite in 3YO Stakes Five Stakes Worth $450,000 in Purses on Saturday’s 10-Race Program BALTIMORE – Paul Fowler Jr.’s 4-year-old gelding Shaft’s Bullett rolled to a popular victory in Friday’s Race 8 feature at Laurel Park to complete a […]
Hello Hot Rod at Home in $100,000 Harrison Johnson
G3 Winner Eastern Bay Returns in $75,000 Not For Love Stablemates Award Wanted, Street Lute Top $75,000 Conniver BALTIMORE – Brittany Russell didn’t have to think twice when owner George Sharp reached out a couple months back to ask if the Maryland’s two-time defending trainer of the year had room for one more horse. It […]
Coffeewithchris Stretches Out for $100,000 Private Terms
First Two-Turn Test for Multiple Stakes-Winning Sophomore Among Five Stakes Worth $450,000 in Purses Saturday, March 18 BALTIMORE – His connections will get a further indication of how far Coffeewithchris wants to go when their multiple stakes-winning sophomore attempts two turns for the first time in Saturday’s $100,000 Private Terms at Laurel Park. The 34th […]
Pharoahs Baby Gyal Stepping Up in $100,000 Beyond The Wire
Joined By Stablemate Cats Inthe Timber in 3-Year-Old Filly Stakes Among Five Stakes Worth $450,000 in Purses Saturday, March 18 BALTIMORE – G S S Tbred’s Pharoahs Baby Gyal, a daughter of 2015 Triple Crown champion American Pharoah exiting a mid-January romp over winners, is set to make her stakes debut in Saturday’s $100,000 Beyond […]