Racing News

Career Years Lift McCarthy, Gonzalez to 2019 Maryland Titles

01/02/2020

Third Overall Championship for Leading Jockey, Trainer
Live Racing Returns to Laurel Park Friday, Jan. 3

LAUREL, MD – Bolstered by career-best performances in both wins and purse earnings, Trevor McCarthy and Claudio Gonzalez finished 2019 as the Maryland’s leading jockey and trainer, respectively, for a third time.

Gulfstream, Santa Anita, Laurel and Golden Gate All Part of Friday's Stronach 5

01/02/2020

Three Turf Races, $100,000 Guaranteed Pool
Video: All-Star Ticket

HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Races from Gulfstream Park, Santa Anita Park, Laurel Park and Golden Gate Fields will all be featured Friday in the Stronach 5.

The popular wager will once again have a $100,000 guaranteed pool and industry-low 12-percent takeout.

McCarthy, Gonzalez Crowned Fall Meet Champions Sunday

12/29/2019

Trio of Mandatory Payouts on Closing Day Program
Live Racing Returns Wednesday with New Year’s Day Holiday Card

LAUREL, MD – A rainy Sunday couldn’t dampen spirits as jockey Trevor McCarthy and trainer Claudio Gonzalez put the finishing touches on another championship during closing day of Laurel Park’s calendar year-ending fall meet.

McCarthy Bags Three Stakes on Five-Win Afternoon

12/28/2019

Mandatory Payouts of Sunday’s Closing Day Program

LAUREL, MD – Jockey Trevor McCarthy celebrated Saturday’s Christmastide Day program at Laurel Park with five wins, including three of five stakes, and effectively clinched the fall meet riding title.

Someday Jones Runs Down Alwaysmining in $100,000 Native Dancer

12/28/2019

Among Five Stakes Worth $500,000 on Christmastide Day Card

LAUREL, MD – John Servis enjoyed some of the finest days of his career with 2004 Kentucky Derby (G1) and Preakness (G1) winner Smarty Jones. Now the veteran trainer is enjoying a multiple stakes-winning ride with a son of Smarty Jones.

Threefiveindia Becomes Stakes Winner in $100,000 Dave's Friend

12/28/2019

Majestic Reason Gets Job Done in $100,000 Willa On the Move
Jockey McCarthy Sweeps Sprint Stakes on Five-Win Day

LAUREL, MD – Rockingham Ranch’s 6-year-old gelding Threefiveindia, graded-stakes placed at 3 and 4, became a stakes winner for the first time while remaining unbeaten for his new connections with a three-quarter-length triumph in Saturday’s $100,000 Dave’s Friend at Laurel Park.

Monday Morning Qb Passes Test in $100,000 Heft

12/28/2019

Bella Aurora Sparkles in $100,000 Gin Talking Triumph

LAUREL, MD – Cash is King and LC Racing’s Monday Morning Qb, three weeks after a fever cost him a chance at making his stakes debut, returned to Laurel Park in full health and rebounded with a three-quarter-length score in Saturday’s $100,000 Heft Stakes.

Friday Stronach 5 Returns $5,404

12/27/2019

LAUREL, MD - There were 36 winning tickets in Friday’s Stronach 5, each returning $5,404.70.

Empire Maker Filly I Was Looking Up Graduates Friday at Laurel

12/27/2019

Five Stakes, Holiday Festivities for Saturday’s Christmastide Day Program

LAUREL, MD – I Was Looking Up, a $425,000 daughter of 2003 Belmont Stakes (G1) winner Empire Maker, forged a short lead at the top of the stretch and powered through the lane for a 2 ¼-length maiden triumph Friday at Laurel Park.

Graded Turf Winner Isotherm Cuts Back for $100,000 Dave's Friend

12/26/2019

Hockey Puck Shoots for Open Stakes Score in $100,000 Heft
Three-Way Battle for Fall Meet Jockey Title Going Down to Wire
$100,000 Guaranteed Pool for Friday’s National Stronach 5

LAUREL, MD – Matt Schera’s Isotherm, a two-time graded-stakes winner on the turf, will cut back to a dirt sprint for only the second time in his career and the first time in 20 months in Saturday’s $100,000 Dave’s Friend at Laurel Park.