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 […]
Rowsie Express Speeds Home in Friday Laurel Park Feature
Mychel Sanchez rides two winners LAUREL, MD—Jockey Mychel Sanchez earned his second victory on Friday’s Laurel Park program when he guided Rowsie Express to a game front-running score in the featured eighth race, a $49,000 first-level allowance for fillies and mares at 1 1/8 miles. “I thought it was going to play out like that,” […]
Max Capacity Sharp at Laurel Park
LAUREL, MD— Max Capacity rushed up soon after the start under jockey Jevian Toledo, controlled fractions of 22.62 and 46.45 seconds, then stayed strong to win Sunday’s sixth race at Laurel Park, a $49,000 first-level allowance with a $62,500 claiming option for 2-year-olds at 5 ½ furlongs. Trained by Richard Sillaman for Harbordale Stable, LBR […]
Tartabull Wins One for Anna
LAUREL, MD— Like mother, like son. Tartabull, the first foal out of the extremely popular Anna’s Bandit, rallied stoutly along the inside to win Saturday’s ninth race at Laurel Park, a $45,000 maiden special weight for state-bred or -sired juveniles at six furlongs. Anna’s Bandit, a West Virginia-bred daughter of Maryland stallion Great Notion, won […]
Jack’s Legend Puts Them to Sleep in Friday Co-Feature
Warp Nine a supersonic winner of the co-featured ninth racePost Time to stand at Northview Stallion Station in 2026 LAUREL, MD—Sometimes the best plan is to have no plan. “We didn’t even discuss it,” trainer Kenny Cox said about race strategy before Jack’s Legend’s victory in Friday’s co-featured eighth race at Laurel Park, a second-level […]
