Forest Boyce Rides 1,000th Career Winner Friday at Laurel
Maryland Native Reaches Milestone on 3YOF Determined Driver LAUREL, MD – D Hatman Thoroughbreds’ Determined Driver reeled in favored I’m a Cutie Pie in deep stretch and pulled clear to give jockey Forest Boyce her 1,000th career victory Friday at Laurel Park. Determined Driver ($6.20), a Maryland-bred daughter of Dialed In making her third career […]
Champion Luna Belle: ‘She’s Going to Have a Great Life’
Multiple Stakes Winner Sold as Broodmare, Booked to Mage Trainer Brittany Russell has Four Triple Crown Nominees Live Racing Resumes Friday, 3YO Stakes Closing Saturday LAUREL, MD – Deborah Greene was in Kentucky this week to watch Luna Belle, the best horse she ever owned and the last foal her late father ever saw, go […]
$200,000 General George (G3) Attracts 24 Nominations
G1 Winner Daddysruby Tops Nominees to Barbara Fritchie (G3) Sprints Headline Four Stakes Worth $600,000 in Purses Feb. 17 LAUREL, MD – Veteran campaigners Greeley and Ben, Little Vic and Super Chow, all with Grade 3 credentials, head a list of nine multiple stakes winners among 24 horses nominated to the $200,000 General George (G3) […]
Apprentice Jean Aguilar Rides First Two U.S. Winners Friday
Puerto Rico Native Scores Back-to-Back Victories at Laurel Park LAUREL, MD – Less than a month after venturing to the United States from his native Puerto Rico, 10-pound apprentice Jean Aguilar rode his first two domestic winners Friday at Laurel Park. Aguilar, 18, scored with Taking Risks Stable and Louis Ulman’s 3-year-old gelding Malinois ($12.80) […]
Prodigy Doll Pointed for Third Try at $200,000 Barbara Fritchie (G3)
Winter Heritage Meet Scheduled to Resume with 10-Race Program Friday Trainer Lynch, Jockey Boyce Nearing 1,000 Career Win Milestone Nominations for Four Winter Carnival Stakes Feb. 17 Due Saturday LAUREL, MD – HnR Nothhaft Horse Racing’s 6-year-old stakes-winning mare Prodigy Doll is being pointed to a third straight run in the $200,000 Barbara Fritchie (G3) […]
Post Time Rolls to Easy Victory in $75,000 Jennings
Malibu Moonshine Narrow Winner of $75,000 Geisha Guanare, Roanan Goddess Take First 3YO Stakes in Maryland LAUREL, MD – Hillwood Stable’s Post Time, patiently ridden by jockey Sheldon Russell, trailed early before working his way between horses in the stretch and powering to a popular 6 ½-length triumph in Sunday’s $75,000 Jennings at Laurel Park. […]
Concepcion Credits Maryland for Championship Season
Teenager Earns Eclipse Award as Leading Apprentice Rider LAUREL, MD – His first career win came in Louisiana, and he now calls Kentucky home, but newly crowned Eclipse Award-winning apprentice jockey Axel Concepcion is most grateful for the place where he cultivated his championship season – in Maryland. A native of Rio Grande, Puerto Rico […]
MJC Cancels Friday’s 10-Race Program at Laurel Park
Live Racing Scheduled to Resume Saturday with 11:40 A.M. Post Saturday Features $100,000 Spectacular Bid, Xtra Heat for 3YOs LAUREL, MD – Adverse weather conditions from last weekend’s winter storm and an ongoing forecast for rain throughout the Mid-Atlantic region has caused the Maryland Jockey Club to cancel Friday’s 10-race program at Laurel Park. Laurel, […]
Copper Tax Seeks Rebound in $100,000 Spectacular Bid
Heart, Reconcile Stepping Up in $100,000 Xtra Heat Canceled Stakes Redrawn for Friday, Sunday at Laurel LAUREL, MD – Rose Petal Stable’s multiple stakes winner Copper Tax, who lost for the first time in six starts last time out, embarks on starting a new streak when he makes his sophomore debut in Saturday’s $100,000 Spectacular […]
Laurel Park Cancels Sunday Card Due to Weather
Four Stakes Being Brought Back Next Weekend $100K Fire Plug & What a Summer Return Jan. 26 $75K Jennings & Geisha Coming Back Jan. 28 $100K Spectacular Bid & Xtra Heat for 3YOs Jan. 27 LAUREL, MD – Due to lingering effects of a winter storm that hit the Mid-Atlantic region, the Maryland Jockey Club […]
