Racing News

Popular Multiple Stakes-Winning Sprinter Laki Retired

9-Year-Old Won 11 Races, Six Stakes, Including 2020 De Francis (G3)

LAUREL, MD – Hillside Equestrian Meadows’ Laki, a winner of six career stakes topped by the 2020 Frank J. De Francis Memorial Dash (G3) who became a fan favorite throughout the Mid-Atlantic over six seasons of racing, has been retired.

Bred in Maryland by Tom Michaels and Lorna Baker, the 9-year-old gelded son of Cuba out of the Swear By Dixie mare Truthful Dutch had not raced since last September when he finished eighth in defense of his De Francis victory.

Chez Pierre Stays Unbeaten in $100,000 Henry S. Clark Win

French-Bred Filly Rolls by 5 ½ Lengths in Turf Stakes Debut

LAUREL, MD – Looking right at home in his Maryland debut, Lael Stables’ Chez Pierre kept his perfect record intact by turning back multiple graded-stakes winner Field Pass in the stretch and going on to a 5 ½-length victory in Saturday’s $100,000 Henry S. Clark at Laurel Park.

Smooth Sailing for Rough Sea in $100,000 Native Dancer

Kaylasaurus Earns Second Stakes Win in $100,000 Primonetta

LAUREL, MD – Proud Stable, Inc.’s Rough Sea, making his 30th career start and first in a stakes, powered through the stretch on the far outside and pulled clear to spring a 40-1 upset in Saturday’s $100,000 Native Dancer at Laurel Park.

Deciding Vote Opens Season with $100,000 Dahlia Victory

5-Year-Old Mare Edges Favored In a Hurry in Mile Turf Stakes

LAUREL, MD – William Pape’s homebred Deciding Vote, making her stakes debut, reeled in favored front-runner In a Hurry in mid-stretch and surged past in the final eighth of a mile to capture Saturday’s $100,000 Dahlia at Laurel Park.

True Valour Makes Triumphant Return in $100,000 King T. Leatherbury

Multiple Graded-Stakes Winner Posts Front-Running Victory in Turf Sprint

LAUREL, MD – R. Larry Johnson’s multiple graded-stakes winner True Valour, an 8-year-old Irish-bred gelding racing for the first time in 13 months, made a triumphant return to competition with a front-running victory in Saturday’s $100,000 King T. Leatherbury at Laurel Park.

La Casa d’Oro Right at Home in Friday Maiden Triumph

Maryland-Bred Dialed In Filly Graduates for Trainer Russell
Jevian Toledo Doubles to Take Over Spring Meet Riding Lead

LAUREL, MD – The Elkstone Group’s Maryland homebred La Casa d’Oro, a 3-year-old daughter of Grade 1 winner Dialed In racing for the first time in her home state, put away a stubborn Visby inside the sixteenth pole to graduate by a length Friday Laurel Park.

Multiple Stakes Winner Dontletsweetfoolya Trying Turf in Dahlia

Cox Looking for Reason to Celebrate with Ain’t Da Beer Cold
American d’Oro Cutting Back for Season Debut in Leatherbury

LAUREL, MD – Five Hellions Farm’s 5-year-old mare Dontletsweetfoolya, a multiple stakes winner on the dirt, is entered to make her turf debut in Saturday’s $100,000 Dahlia at Laurel Park.

G3-Placed In a Hurry Getting Restarted in $100,000 Dahlia

11 Rivals in One-Mile Turf Stakes for Shug McGaughey Trainee

LAUREL, MD – Stuart Janney III’s homebred mare In a Hurry, Grade 3-placed two starts back for Hall of Fame trainer Shug McGaughey, returns to Laurel Park Saturday seeking her first stakes victory in the $100,000 Dahlia.

Multiple Stakes Winner Forewarned Tops $100,000 Native Dancer

Cinnabunny Takes on Stakes-Winning Stablemates in $100,000 Primonetta

LAUREL, MD – Trin-Brook Stables, Inc.’s 7-year-old gelding Forewarned, an 11-time career winner with multiple stakes victories in New York and Ohio, will continue chasing an elusive first victory in Maryland in Saturday’s $100,000 Native Dancer at Laurel Park.

Grateful Bred Launches Comeback in $100,000 King T. Leatherbury

Saturday’s Turf Sprint Among Five $100,000 Stakes, First Three on Grass

LAUREL, MD – When it comes to her stable star, trainer Madison Meyers has plenty to be Grateful about.

Gordon Keys’ Maryland homebred Grateful Bred provided Meyers with her first victory at a recognized flat track July 11, 2020 at Laurel Park, after she recorded previous wins in a 2016 amateur event at Great Meadow in Virginia and a hurdle race in the fall of 2019 in Aiken, S.C.