Dilodovico Takes Six-Race Win Streak into Thursday Program
Laurel-Based Trainer Goes Five-for-Five to Open Laurel’s Fall Meet Maryland Racing Commission Approves Monday Racing in November BALTIMORE – For a guy that spends racing afternoons working behind the scenes for the company that produces the Maryland Jockey Club’s simulcast broadcasts, trainer Damon Dilodovico spent an awful lot of time during opening weekend of Laurel […]
Early Move Propels Battle Bling to $100,000 Twixt Victory
Armando R Gets Up in Time in $100,000 Japan Turf Cup Owner Scheffres Earns First Stakes Win in $75,000 Challedon BALTIMORE – Michael Dubb and Gandharvi Racing Stable’s Grade 2-placed Battle Bling pounced on even-money favorite Coach down the backstretch and never looked back to earn her second career stakes victory in Saturday’s $100,000 Twixt […]
Born Dapper Handles Dirt for $150,000 Selima Victory
2YO Homebred Filly Professional Winner of Stakes Debut BALTIMORE – Augustin Stable homebred filly Born Dapper, already having shown an affinity for turf and synthetic surfaces, had no trouble adjusting to the dirt in her stakes debut in powering home a 3 ¼-length winner in Saturday’s $150,000 Selima at Laurel Park. The 93rd running of […]
Congruent Becomes Stakes Winner in $150,000 Laurel Futurity
Splits Horses, Fends Off Stretch Challenger to Win by 2 ½ Lengths BALTIMORE – Tami Bobo and Lugamo Racing Stable’s Congruent, the most expensive horse in the field, emerged from a tight pack on the far turn to split horses at the top of the stretch and put away a stubborn Otago through the lane […]
Samui Sunset Making Quick Turnaround in $100,000 Japan Turf Cup
Yodel E. A. Who Chasing Elusive Stakes Victory in $75,000 Challedon BALTIMORE – Less than a week after finishing off the board for the first time since joining owner-trainer Rudy Sanchez-Salomon this summer, Samui Sunset is entered for a shot at redemption in Saturday’s $100,000 Japan Turf Cup at Laurel Park. The 59th running of […]
Coach Ready to Get Season Going Again in $100,000 Twixt
Multiple Stakes Winner Ends 232-Day Layoff in Saturday Stakes BALTIMORE – Kueber Racing’s Coach, a multiple Midwest stakes winner that is twice graded-stakes placed, will head east for her first start in 232 days and give two-time defending Eclipse Award-winning trainer Brad Cox the chance for a second straight win in the $100,000 Twixt Saturday […]
Hendrickson Carries Family Legacy into $150,000 Laurel Futurity
Among Five Stakes Worth $575,000 in Purses on Saturday Program BALTIMORE – Given his breeding, Yurie Pascarella, Carl Pascarella and Herringswell Racing Club II’s Hendrickson arrived at the races this year with great expectations. A son of Kentucky Derby (G1) winner Nyquist and grandson of Belmont Stakes (G1) winner Birdstone, he is out of the […]
Stablemates Delight, Born Dapper Among 10 in $150,000 Selima
Chad Brown Chasing Third Straight Win in Breeders’ Cup Prep BALTIMORE – After watching horses such as Sharing and Consumer Spending use the race as a path to the Breeders’ Cup and become graded-stakes winners, trainer Jonathan Thomas is hoping the same will prove true for either or both of Dapper and Born Delight in […]
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 […]