Stablemates Candy Light, Sparkle Blue Top Laurel’s Big Dreyfus

1 1/8M Turf Test First of Three Stakes Worth $300,000 in Purses Saturday LAUREL, MD – Stakes-winning stablemates Candy Light and Sparkle Blue, each making their third start of the year, seek to break through with the first win of their 4-year-old season in Saturday’s $100,000 Big Dreyfus at Laurel Park. The fourth running of […]

Eons Looking for Right Setup in $100,000 Prince George’s County

One of Three Stakes, Two on Turf, Worth $300,000 in Purses Saturday LAUREL, MD – Mark Grier’s Grade 3 winner Eons, beaten favorite in each of his last two races, will attempt to regain his winning form while defending his title in Saturday’s $100,000 Prince George’s County at Laurel Park. The fourth running of the […]

‘He’s Just Been a Remarkable Horse:’ Cordmaker Retired

8-Year-Old Gelding Having Surgery July 17 for Ankle Injury Millionaire Won 14 Races, 11 in Stakes, 2022 General George (G3) LAUREL, MD – Hillwood Stable’s 8-year-old millionaire gelding Cordmaker, whose steady success over seven seasons of racing earned him 11 stakes wins and the adulation of fans throughout the Mid-Atlantic, has been retired. Winner of […]

Hybrid Eclipse Making Title Defense in $100,000 Caesar’s Wish

Joins $100,000 Prince George’s County & Big Dreyfus on Grass July 15 Rainbow 6 Carryover of $22,223 When Live Racing Returns Friday LAUREL, MD – Over the course of five weeks last summer, Stuart Grant watched as Hybrid Eclipse became a stakes winner for the first time before purchasing her from previous connections at auction. […]

Zabracadabra Spoils Cordmaker’s Comeback in Friday Feature

Karamanos Extended Win Streak to Five with Emotional Victory Rainbow 6 Carryover for Saturday’s Live Nine-Race Program De Francis Day Stakes July 29 to Feature Tacos and Tequila LAUREL, MD – Frank Sample’s Zabracadabra tracked multiple stakes winners Cordmaker and Ournationonparade into the far turn before sweeping past both and going on to a popular […]

G3-Winning Millionaire Cordmaker Set to Launch Comeback

8YO Fan Favorite Returns Friday in Stakes-Level Allowance Test LAUREL, MD – Hillwood Stable’s 8-year-old millionaire Cordmaker, a Grade 3 winner that has established a large fan following over six seasons of racing, is set to launch his long-awaited comeback in Friday’s stakes-level feature at Laurel Park. A gelded son of two-time Horse of the […]

Laurel Cancels Balance of Thursday Card Due to Lightning

Live Action Scheduled to Return with Nine-Race Program Friday LAUREL, MD – The balance of Thursday’s 10-race program at Laurel Park was cancelled due to prolonged lightning in the area. Thunder and lightning were first reported approaching post time for Friday’s fourth race. Following a 30-minute delay, during which the main track was sealed and […]

G3 Winner Dr B Tops 22 Nominations to $100,000 Caesar’s Wish

Saturday, July 15 Program Includes Pair of $100,000 Grass Stakes LAUREL, MD – Grade 3 winner Dr B and multiple stakes winners Award Wanted, Falconet, defending champion Hybrid Eclipse and Malibu Beauty are among 22 horses nominated to the $100,000 Caesar’s Wish Saturday, July 15 at Laurel Park. The one-mile Caesar’s Wish for fillies and […]

Laurel Opens Four-Day Weekend with 10 Races Thursday

Five-Figure Carryovers in Rainbow 6, Jackpot Super High Five LAUREL, MD – Laurel Park will kick off a four-day weekend of live racing Thursday with a 10-race program postponed from last Friday due to air quality issues stemming from the eastern Canadian wildfires. Post time is 12:25 p.m. The entire June 30 card, as drawn, […]

Comeback on Horizon for Maryland Champion Luna Belle

Multiple Stakes Winner Galloping at Laurel Park for Return LAUREL, MD – Multiple stakes winner and two-time Maryland-bred champion filly Luna Belle, unraced in more than a year and without a timed work since late March, continues to make progress in her comeback. Owned by Deborah Greene and Laurel Park-based trainer Hamilton Smith and bred […]