Racing News

Stronach 5 Returns with Graded Winner Victim of Love

02/25/2021

Four Tracks, 12-Percent Takeout                                     

LAUREL, MD – Five races at four tracks comprise Friday’s Stronach 5, including the return of graded stakes winner Victim of Love.

Live Racing Returns to Laurel with Special Thursday Program

02/24/2021

Entire 10-Race Program Brought Back from Feb. 19 Postponement

LAUREL, MD – McElmore Avenue, riding a four-race win streak, and Grade 2 winner Shotski highlight the second of three straight allowance events as live racing returns to Laurel Park with a special Thursday program Feb. 25.

Thursday’s 10-race card was rescheduled in its entirety when Laurel’s Feb. 19 program was postponed due to inclement weather. First race post time is 12:25 p.m.

Connections Celebrating Graded Triumph with Hibiscus Punch

02/21/2021

Homebred Rallied to Upset Feb. 20 Runhappy Barbara Fritchie (G3)
Hello Beautiful Getting Break, Dontletsweetfoolya ‘Happy & Healthy’
Miracle Wood Winner Maythehorsebwithu Could Target Private Terms
Free Nominations for Five Stakes March 13 Worth $450,000

Carrasco Enjoys the 'Ride' in $250,000 General George

02/20/2021

Journeyman Earns First Career Graded Win in Sprint Stakes

LAUREL, MD – Silvino Ramirez’s Share the Ride soared through an opening along the rail entering the stretch and pulled away to earn his second career graded-stakes victory and give journeyman rider Victor Carrasco his first in Saturday’s $250,000 General George (G3) at Laurel Park.

Hibiscus Punch Springs 41-1 Upset in Barbara Fritchie

02/20/2021

Earns First Stakes Win as 2-5 Favorite Hello Beautiful Finishes Fifth

LAUREL, MD – Edward Seltzer and Beverly Anderson’s homebred Hibiscus Punch rolled up to dueling favorites Hello Beautiful and Dontletsweetfoolya on the far turn and cruised past once straightened for home, sprinting clear for a 41-1 upset in Saturday’s $250,000 Runhappy Barbara Fritchie (G3) at Laurel Park.

Maythehorsebwithu Goes Gate-to-Wire in Miracle Wood

02/20/2021

Street Lute Makes It Five in a Row in Wide Country

LAUREL, MD – Maythehorsebwithu, a 3-year-old gelding owned by Michael Dubb and Bethlehem Stables LLC, led every step of the way Saturday to win the $100,000 Miracle Wood at Laurel Park by four-lengths while covering a mile in 1:37.02.

Tiz Mandate, who broke last, closed to finish second, just a half-length in front of Spectacular Bid winner Kenny Had a Notion.

Bankit Gets the Money in $100,000 John B. Campbell

02/20/2021

Lucky Stride Proves Too Tough in $100,000 Nellie Morse

LAUREL, MD – Winchell Thoroughbreds and Willis Horton Racing’s well-traveled Bankit, making his 27th career start but first in Maryland, swept to the lead on the far outside and powered through the stretch to a 1 ¾-length triumph in Saturday’s $100,000 John B. Campbell at Laurel Park.

Gaudet Hoping to Add Another Chapter to Family's Success Story

02/19/2021

Trainer to Saddle Dontletsweetfoolya in Runhappy Barbara Fritchie (G3)

LAUREL, MD – Carrying the mantle for one of Maryland’s best known and respected racing families, trainer Lacey Gaudet has been proud to continue the tradition her late father, Eddie, began in the 1950s.

Saturday, the 33-year-old Gaudet is hoping to add another chapter to the family’s legacy and join her father as a graded-stakes winner.

Weather Pushes Laurel's Friday Card to Thursday, Feb. 25

02/19/2021

Weekly National Stronach 5 Wager Cancelled, OTBs Remain Open
Six Stakes Worth $900,000 in Purses for Saturday’s Winter Sprintfest

LAUREL, MD – A winter storm bringing freezing rain, snow and ice to the Mid-Atlantic region has caused the Maryland Jockey Club to postpone live racing Friday at Laurel Park and bring back the 10-race program in its entirety Thursday, Feb. 25.

The MJC’s OTB network, including Pimlico Race Course, will remain open for simulcasting.

Four Tracks, Competitive Fields in Friday's Stronach 5

02/18/2021

Two 7-5 Favorites in Final Two Legs

LAUREL, MD – The Stronach 5 goes coast-to-coast Friday, with races from Laurel Park, Santa Anita Park, Gulfstream Park and Golden Gate Fields along with an industry-low 12-percent takeout.

The Stronach 5 continues to show a strong return on investment. Multiple winning tickets last week returned $511.70 despite the fact only one winner returned more than $5.40. A couple of 7-5 favorites late in Friday’s sequence makes things interesting.