Racing News

$100,000 Stormy Blues June 16 Attracts 37 Nominations

Live Racing Resumes Friday, Belmont Day Watch Party Saturday

BALTIMORE – Grade 3-placed Amidst Waves and fellow stakes winners Cap Classique, Honey Dijon, Living Magic, Low Mileage, Miss Harriett and Toupie are among 37 3-year-old fillies nominated to the $100,000 Stormy Blues Sunday, June 16 at Laurel Park.

G3-Placed Discreet Ops May Try Turf in $100K Stormy Blues

De Francis Dash Possible for 10YO G3 Winner Greeley and Ben
Seven-Pound Apprentice Ederik Robles Registers Sunday Hat Trick

BALTIMORE – Charles J. Reed’s 3-year-old filly Discreet Ops, most recently third in the Miss Preakness (G3) on the Black-Eyed Susan (G2) undercard May 17 at historic Pimlico Race Course, breezed Sunday on the Laurel Park turf for what could be her grass debut in the $100,000 Stormy Blues June 16.

Post Time Breezes Saturday for Met Mile (G1) Start

Multiple SW Won Laurel’s General George (G3) Feb. 17
Copper Tax Sharp in Saturday Work, Saratoga Possible
Jockey Jorge Ruiz Triples Saturday; Nine Races Sunday

BALTIMORE – Hillwood Stable’s multiple graded-stakes winning 4-year-old Post Time, trained by Laurel Park-based Brittany Russell, breezed Saturday morning ahead of his next scheduled start in the $1 million Metropolitan Handicap (G1) June 8 at Saratoga Race Course.

Grooms All Bizness Pre-Entered for G1 July Cup in England

5YO Gelding Earned Automatic Entry with Jim McKay Turf Win
Nominations Close Sunday for $100,000 Stormy Blues June 16
Laurel Park Offering Advance Belmont Day Wagering June 7

BALTIMORE – Colts Neck Stables homebred Grooms All Bizness, comeback winner of the $100,000 Jim McKay Turf Sprint on the Preakness Stakes (G1) undercard May 18 at historic Pimlico Race Course, has been pre-entered for the My Pension Export July Cup (G1) in Newmarket, England.

Laurel Park Offering 11 Summer Stakes Worth $1.05 Million

Four Stakes July 28 Led by 33rd Frank J. De Francis Memorial Dash
33-Day Summer Meet Kicks Off with Nine-Race Program Friday

BALTIMORE – Eleven stakes, led by the esteemed Frank J. De Francis Memorial Dash for sprinters 3 and up, worth $1.05 million in purses highlight the summer meet at Laurel Park which opens with a nine-race program Friday.

The 33-day stand will run Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays through Sunday, Aug. 18, with no Friday racing scheduled Aug. 2, 9 or 16. Post time will be 12:25 p.m.

Five Alive for $5 million 1/ST Grand 3 Pick ‘Em Challenge

Five Alive for $5 million 1/ST Grand 3 Pick ‘Em Challenge

BALTIMORE – Five players remain alive for the $5 million 1/ST Grand 3 Pick ‘Em Challenge prize after successfully selecting the first four finishers in exact order in the 149th Preakness (G1) May 18 at Pimlico Race Course.

The leaderboard with the Top 50 players are available here: Click here to view.

1/ST CONTENT renews exclusive long-term global distribution deal with Breeders’ Cup; bolsters position as racing leader for the Americas

Horse racing’s “World Championships” agrees to a further three-year broadcast and fixed-odds rights extension with leading Stateside supplier, thanks to ongoing success and a growing global network of fixed-odds operators

Pimlico’s Mandatory Rainbow 6 Payout Returns $2,974

Rodriguez, Russell Finish as Preakness Meet Top Jockey, Trainer
Live Racing Returns May 31 to Open Laurel Park Summer Meet

BALTIMORE – A mandatory payout of the 20-cent Rainbow 6 on a special Memorial Day holiday program Monday at historic Pimlico Race Course produced multiple returns of $2,974.72 for selecting all six winners on closing day of the prestigious Preakness Meet.

Rainbow 6 Carryover Jackpot at $384,473 for Holiday Card

Mandatory Memorial Day Payouts in Rainbow 6, Pick 5, High 5
Trainer Ramsey, Jockey Robles Earn First Maryland Wins Sunday

BALTIMORE – Historic Pimlico Race Course will close its 11-day Preakness Meet with a special Memorial Day holiday program Monday featuring mandatory payouts in the 20-cent Rainbow 6, 50-cent Late Pick 5 and $1 Jackpot Super High Five wagers.

Post time for the first of nine races is 12:25 p.m.

Sunday’s Rainbow 6 Carryover Jackpot Stands at $363,540

Rominski Rolls in Stakes-Quality Allowance Feature Saturday

BALTIMORE – Unsolved for a seventh straight racing day Saturday, the 20-cent Rainbow 6 saw its carryover jackpot jump to $363,540.61 for Sunday’s nine-race program at historic Pimlico Race Course.

Post time is 12:25 p.m.