Mika Much the Best at Laurel Park
Primed to Go game winner for Toledo LAUREL, MD— In what is becoming a familiar refrain, the husband-wife, jockey-trainer combination of Sheldon Russell and Brittany Russell sent out a talented horse to win at Laurel Park. In Sunday’s co-featured eighth race, a first-level allowance for 3-year-olds and upward at 1 1/16 miles, it was Mika’s […]
Jockey Madeline Rowland Wins 100th Lifetime Race
Siege of Boston ends long drought in Saturday feature LAUREL, MD— Jockey Madeline Rowland was all smiles at Laurel Park after she guided Winning Trip to a prompt-and-pounce victory in Saturday’s second race, a $25,000 starter allowance for 3-year-olds and upward. Rowland, 22, reached a special milestone when Winning Trip became the 100th winner of […]
Wild Vine Blooms in Friday Co-Feature
Lute Warm succeeds off layoff for “Jockey of the Week” Sheldon Russell LAUREL, MD—Wild Vine’s Cinderella story continued at Laurel Park on Friday as the 6-year-old gelding dusted a quality field in the sixth race, a $56,000 allowance for 3-year-olds and upward at one mile. Bred in Pennsylvania by R R Equine Stables, Wild Vine […]
Laurel Park Announces 2026 Live Racing Schedule
Hosts 120 Days of Live Racing Winter Meet Begins Friday, January 9 Preakness Stakes at Laurel on Saturday, May 16 LAUREL, MD—The Maryland Jockey Club at Laurel Park received approval from the Maryland Racing Commission to conduct 120 days of live racing in 2026. The Laurel Park Winter Meet begins on Friday, January 9, and […]
Complexity Jane Captures Thirty Eight Go Go Stakes
Teenage apprentice jockey Yedsit Hazlewood wins four races LAUREL, MD—Complexity Jane is a good-feeling, nice-looking horse. She was bouncing and on her toes heading into the paddock before Sunday’s $100,000 Thirty Eight Go Go Stakes for fillies and mares racing 1 1/16 miles at Laurel Park. Dappled out and fit despite not having raced in […]
Balboa By Knockout in the James F. Lewis III Stakes
Doc’s Miracle Continues Ascent in Smart Halo Stakes LAUREL, MD—Balboa was ready from the opening bell in Saturday’s $100,000 James F. Lewis Stakes for 2-year-olds racing six furlongs at Laurel Park. The Not This Time colt showed good speed from the gate under jockey Sheldon Russell, sparred with Max Capacity through a quick opening quarter […]
Allen Hopes Navani Behaves in Thirty Eight Go Go Stakes
Competitive field of seven fillies and mares race 1 1/16 miles for $100,000 Joanne Shankle and Tais Lyapustina team for two winners on Friday LAUREL, MD—“How much time do you have?” trainer Ferris Allen asked when a reporter wondered if Navani, Allen’s entrant in Sunday’s $100,000 Thirty Eight Go Go Stakes at Laurel Park, had […]
Jim McKay Maryland Million Heroes Back in Saturday Stakes Action
Big Cuddle looks to remain unbeaten in James F. Lewis III StakesSlewperstitus faces open foes in Smart Halo Stakes LAUREL, MD—The exciting Big Cuddle, a late-kicking winner of the $100,000 Maryland Million Nursery on Oct. 11, looks to remain unbeaten in Saturday’s $100,000 James F. Lewis III Stakes for 2-year-olds at six furlongs. The James […]
Martin Chuan Sweeps Sunday Feature Races
Peruvian native riding full-time at Laurel Park$13,371.30 carryover into Friday’s late “Value Pick 5” LAUREL, MD—Jockey Martin Chuan rode the winners of both featured races at Laurel Park on Sunday. “This is like my home in Peru,” Chuan said after capturing the ninth race, a $50,000 optional claimer for 2-year-olds at 1 1/16 miles. Bala […]
Jorge Ruiz, Yedsit Hazlewood Ride Four Winners at Laurel Park
Maryland-breds excel on Breeders’ Cup card at Del Mar LAUREL, MD—The race for leading jockey at the current Laurel Park Fall meeting intensified on Sunday as both Jorge Ruiz and Yedsit Hazlewood exploded for four winners apiece. Hazlewood, a teenage apprentice rider from Panama, struck first aboard Fabia ($5.60) in the second race. Riding with […]
