Racing News

Dannhauser Holds Off The Closers In Laurel Turf Cup Score

LAUREL, MD. 10-27-12---Prince Farm LLC’s Dannhauser benefitted from a ground-saving ride by Laurel’s leading rider, Sheldon Russell, and held off a slew of closers to prevail by a neck in the $150,000 Laurel Turf Cup.

Jazzy Idea Upsets Ben's Cat In The Laurel Dash, Breaking Her Own Course Record

LAUREL, MD. 10-27-12---Edwin W. Merryman’s Jazzy Idea, the only filly in the field, broke her own course record over six furlongs on the turf to capture the $150,000 Laurel Dash for three-year-olds and up by ¾ of a length over defending champion Ben’s Cat.

Silver Screamer Gets Up In Time In Lady Baltimore Stakes

LAUREL, MD. 10-27-12---Michael Imperio & Donald W. Olson’s Silver Screamer showed that the Cozzene bloodline remains formidable on the turf as she galloped to victory in the $150,000 Lady Baltimore Stakes, one of six stakes on the Fall Festival of Racing card at Laurel Park.

Tate's Landing Pounces In The Laurel Futurity

LAUREL, MD. 10-27-12---Copper Penny Stables’ Tate’s Landing, who is based at Delaware Park, made his first trip to Laurel Park a winning one when he sat off the pace before charging up to win the $150,000 Laurel Futurity for 2-year-olds, one of six stakes races on the Fall Festival of Racing card.

Mystic Love Rallies To Win Selima Stakes

LAUREL, MD. 10-27-12---John Davison’s Mystic Love broke next to last, gradually settled into stride, then accelerated around the far turn and swept past the field of 2-year old fillies to be up in time to win the $150,000 Selima Stakes, the first of six stakes on the Fall Festival of Racing card at Laurel Park.

Dominguez Returns To The Scene Of His First Grade 1 Score

LAUREL, MD. 10-26-12---Before Ramon Dominguez became a two-time Eclipse Award winning jockey, he was the top rider in the mid-Atlantic in search of a Grade 1 victory. Dominguez earned his first in the Frank J. De Francis Memorial Dash aboard A Huevo on November 15, 2003 at Laurel Park.

Ben's Cat Looking To Repeat In Laurel Dash

LAUREL, MD. 10-25-12---While the $350,000 Frank J. De Francis Memorial Dash headlines Saturday’s 11-race Fall Festival of Racing card at Laurel Park, the star of the program is the remarkable Ben’s Cat, who is looking to defend his title in the $150,000 Laurel Dash, one of five turf stakes on the undercard.

Eleven Sprinters Entered In Saturday's Frank J. De Francis Memorial Dash

LAUREL, MD. 10-24-12---Eleven sprinters have been entered in Saturday’s 21st running of the $350,000 Frank J. De Francis Memorial Dash at Laurel Park. Post time for the 11-race card will be 12:35 p.m. Eastern. The De Francis Dash is the 10th race on the program with a post time of 5:14 p.m. The first 4,000 fans in attendance receive a complimentary Laurel Park sports cap.

Twenty-Eight Nominated To Next Saturday's De Francis Dash

LAUREL, MD. 10-19-12---Twenty-eight sprinters have been nominated to the 21st running of the $350,000 Frank J. De Francis Memorial Dash at Laurel Park next Saturday, Oct. 27.

2013 Preakness Tickets On Sale Today

 

Ticketfly Replaces Ticketmaster As New Ticketing Partner

BALTIMORE, 10-15-12---The Maryland Jockey Club today announced that tickets for 2013 Preakness day go on-sale at 10 a.m. Eastern this morning. The 138th running of the Preakness® Stakes will take place May 18, 2013 at famed Pimlico Race Course.