Boyce Times it Right in Saturday Feature
Post Time has final workout before Churchill’s Grade 3 Blame Stakes LAUREL, MD – Jockeys are the toughest athletes on the planet. Baseball players risk beanings when they dig in at home plate. Basketball stars are often fouled hard when driving to the hoop. Football and hockey players suffer vicious collisions on the gridiron and […]
Devil Pays in Gold Wins One for David
Just Philtored an impressive debut winnerBrittany Russell snags Pimlico training titleJoyce Adamson wins $1,000 in “Charm City Challenge” LAUREL, MD – “We’ll give this one to David,” trainer Kieron Magee said after Devil Pays In Gold rallied to capture Friday’s featured seventh race, a $53,000 second-level allowance for fillies and mares at six furlongs. Trainer […]
The Maryland Jockey Club Names Board of Directors
LAUREL, MD — The Maryland Thoroughbred Racetrack Operating Authority (MTROA) proudly announces the inaugural board of directors for The Maryland Jockey Club, Inc., a newly formed nonprofit entity charged with overseeing live Thoroughbred racing at Laurel Park, Pimlico Race Course—home of the world-renowned Preakness Stakes, the second jewel of racing’s Triple Crown—and a new, state-of-the-art […]
Laurel Park Presents “Charm City Late Pick 5” Contest
Exclusive daily online contest throughout the summer meet LAUREL, MD – Laurel Park proudly announces the “Charm City Late Pick 5” handicapping contest beginning at the upcoming summer meet. The free contest starts May 23 and concludes on June 29. Register today at CharmCityPick5.com. The “Charm City Late Pick 5” is a free online contest. […]
Malibu Beauty Wires Them in Sunday Feature
Russell, Rodriguez, Euro Stable win meet-end honorsJournalism the 5-1 favorite in Preakness 150 Future Wager Pool LAUREL, MD – Trainer Gary Capuano wasn’t sure what to expect from Malibu Beauty when the veteran returned from a 134-day layoff in Sunday’s featured eighth race at Laurel Park, a high-level allowance with a $55,000 claiming option for […]
Post Time Dominant in 2025 Debut
Romeo kisses them goodbye in first baby race of the year LAUREL, MD – Sheldon Russell handed a pair of goggles to a railbird after Saturday’s sixth race at Laurel, a third-level allowance with a $55,000 claiming option at 1 1/16 miles. “That’s my doctor,” the jockey said. “He fixed my shoulder.” Russell had every […]
Derbyness Mows Them Down in Laurel Feature
National Thoroughbred League Kicks Off Season at Pimlico on May 10 LAUREL, MD – As Brittany Russell saddled odds-on favorite Derbyness in Friday’s featured eighth race at Laurel Park, a $48,000 state-sired allowance for 3-year-olds and upward at one mile, she couldn’t help but focus on a gray horse schooling in the paddock. Even after […]
HISTORIC PREAKNESS 150 CELEBRATIONS TO FEATURE LIVE TRACKSIDE SET BY GRAMMY® AWARD-WINNING T-PAIN WITH SPECIAL LIVE BROADCAST PERFORMANCE BY GRAMMY® AWARD-WINNING WYCLEF JEAN
Preakness 150 Marks Milestone Running with $2 Million Purse, Infield Fan Zone Hosted by Ray Lewis and an Integrated Live Entertainment Format BALTIMORE – The Preakness Stakes, the iconic middle jewel of the Triple Crown, returns to Pimlico Race Course on Saturday, May 17, marking a monumental chapter in Thoroughbred racing featuring the world’s top […]
Improving Alani Too Good in Sunday Feature
Cornucopian favored, for now, in Preakness Future Wager LAUREL, MD – Alani continues to improve. The 4-year-old Parx-based filly, trained by Mike Moore and ridden by Frankie Pennington, took down some nice fillies and mares in Sunday’s featured ninth race at Laurel Park, a third-level allowance at six furlongs. Alani, who earned her last two […]
Haileysfirstnotion Impressive in Saturday Feature
Preakness winner Smarty Jones a 2025 Hall of Fame inductee LAUREL, MD – Haileysfirstnotion looks like a Maryland-bred sprinter to follow after winning his second consecutive start in Saturday’s featured ninth race at Laurel Park, a second-level allowance with a $40,000 claiming option at six furlongs. Trained by Gary Capuano, Haileysfirstnotion ($3.20) went off at […]
