Racing News

Defy Gravity Gets Up In Final Strides To Win Smart Halo Stakes

LAUREL, MD. 11-19-11---R N R Stable’s Defy Gravity sat off a hotly contested pace but still needed to spilt the front runners in the final yards to win a spirited $75,000 Smart Halo Stakes for 2-year-old fillies at Laurel Park Saturday afternoon.

Two-Year-Old Fillies Take Center Stage In Smart Halo Stakes

LAUREL, MD. 11-18-11---Nine 2-year-old fillies are expected to face the starter in Saturday’s $75,000 Smart Halo Stakes, the headline race Saturday at Laurel Park.

Pino Passes Delahoussaye On All-Time Win List

     LAUREL, MD. 11-17-11---Mario Pino moved ahead of Hall of Famer Eddie Delahoussaye for 13th on the all-time win list when he guided 13-1 shot Torcello ($29) to victory in today’s second race at Laurel Park. The 50-year-old has 6,385 trips to the winners’ circle during his career.

Art Of The Hunt Wins Competitive Squan Song Stakes

LAUREL, MD. 11-12-11---Rosalee Davison’s Art of the Hunt was fifth at the top of the stretch but was altered six-wide for racing room by jockey Luis Garcia and got to the wire first in a competitive $60,000 Squan Song Stakes at Laurel Park Saturday afternoon. The seven-furlong test drew 10 Maryland-bred fillies and mares who have never won a stakes race.

Suzzona Preps For Winter In Florida With Six Turf Tally of '11

LAUREL, MD. 11-11-11---Multiple stakes winner Suzzona won with a workman like performance in Friday’s second race at Laurel Park, a $35,000 allowance race, holding off Miss Oil by a neck as a 2-5 favorite with Julian Pimentel aboard in a 5-1/2 furlong test. She will make her next start in the Lightning City Stakes at Tampa Bay Downs on December 3, a race she won a year ago.

Wide Open Squan Song Stakes Tops Saturday's Card

LAUREL, MD. 11-11-11---Rosalee Davison’s Art of the Hunt is the 5-2 morning line favorite to win Saturday’s $60,000 Squan Song Stakes at Laurel Park. The seven-furlong test drew 10 Maryland-bred fillies and mares who have never won a stakes race.

Pino Ties Delahoussaye for 13TH On The All-Time Win List

LAUREL, MD. 11-10-11---With a victory in today’s 8th race at Laurel Park, jockey Mario Pino moved into a tie for 13th on the all-time list with Hall of Famer Eddie Delahoussaye. Both riders have 6,384 career winners after Pino guided Filare L’Oro ($7.80) to an allowance score in the final jumps.

Karamanos Scores Tuesdays Turf Triple

LAUREL, MD. 11-08-11---Laurel Park carded three turf races this afternoon and Horacio Karamanos won all three of them.

Dale Capuano 20 Shy Of 3,000 After Two Win Afternoon

LAUREL, MD. 11-04-11---Only twenty-five trainers in North American history have saddled 3,000 winners. Laurel Park-based Dale Capuano moved to within 20 victories of the plateau after visiting the Laurel Park winners’ circle twice Friday afternoon: Bubbie Hon ($3.80-third) and Moises ($8.60-sixth).

Concealed Identity Headlines Saturday's Find Handicap In What Could Be Eddie Gaudet's Final Takes Race As A Trainer

LAUREL, MD. 11-03-11---Concealed Identity upset eventual Belmont Stakes winner Ruler On Ice in the Federico Tesio Stakes and earned a spot in the $1 million Preakness Stakes (G1), where he finished tenth. But it wasn’t until trainer Eddie Gaudet put on his 3-year-old on the turf course did the son of Smarty Jones reach his full potential.