Racing Canceled at Fair Hill Sunday
Live racing continues Monday at Fair Hill with an all-steeplechase card LAUREL, MD—Due to heavy, sustained precipitation, Sunday’s flat meet at Fair Hill, part of the two-day “Fair Hill Turf Showcase” over Memorial Day weekend, has been canceled. After several days of rain in the region, racing officials and horsemen scrutinized the turf course on […]
The Stork Club Delivers Friday’s Baby Race
LAUREL, MD—“What a family. What a family,” marveled owner-breeder Gina Robb after The Stork Club flew past stablemate Paris by Night and held off late-running Gypsy Lullaby to win Friday’s 2-year-old race at Laurel Park, a 4 ½-furlong maiden special weight event for fillies. “I can’t tell you how proud I am,” Robb said of […]
Russells Start Preakness Week Strong
Mizner wins Thursday’s co-featured seventh race LAUREL, MD—It’s a little more than 48 hours before the biggest race of trainer Brittany Russell’s life, and she’s in the winner’s circle to greet a speedy gray gelding named Mizner. For many, the weight of Saturday’s Grade 1, $2,000,000 Preakness Stakes would be overwhelming, especially since Brittany and […]
Preakness Week Kicks Off Thursday
Average field size of more than 10 horses per race LAUREL, MD—A historic week of racing at Laurel Park kicks off Thursday with a competitive nine-race program featuring five turf events and large fields, offering excellent betting opportunities. The card drew 94 horses, averaging 10.4 entries per race. The first post time is 12 pm […]
Making Daisys Blooms in Sunday Feature
Gallo earns Maryland Million maiden bonus LAUREL, MD—In her first start around two turns and first try at Laurel Park, Making Daisy made hay in Sunday’s featured eighth race, a first-level allowance for 3-year-old fillies at 1 1/16 miles. She also made life a bit difficult for her jockey, Sheldon Russell. As the six runners […]
Jorge Ruiz Wins Three Races
Hazlewood, Russell capture Spring Meet Jockey, Trainer Titles LAUREL, MD—Jockey Jorge Ruiz won three turf races at Laurel Park Friday. Ruiz, 40, a native of Buenos Aires, Argentina, struck immediately, winning the opening race of the Preakness Meet aboard the favored Sonic Sass ($5.20) for trainer Jonathan Maldonado. Two races later, Ruiz placed Come to […]
Brown Advisory Presenting Sponsor of the Fair Hill Turf Showcase Flat and steeplechase programs with nationwide wagering on Sunday, May 24, and Monday, May 25
LAUREL, MD—The Maryland Jockey Club (TMJC), in partnership with the National Steeplechase Association (NSA), Cecil County, the Cecil County Breeders’ Fair, the Maryland Department of Natural Resources, the Fair Hill Foundation, and the Maryland Racing Commission (MRC), proudly announces that Brown Advisory will be the Presenting Sponsor of the Fair Hill Turf Showcase at historic […]
Dalinar Too Sharp in Sunday Feature
LAUREL, MD—Sunday’s featured seventh race at Laurel Park was named the “Janis Milman 75th Birthday Race,” and a large crowd of friends and family gathered in the winner’s enclosure to celebrate the occasion. They hollered longer and louder after Dalinar (#7) wired the field, with Dominguez (#5) chasing throughout to complete a $2 exacta that […]
Catalytic Roars Home in Saturday Feature
Miami Thunderbolts take National Thoroughbred League Opener LAUREL, MD—Two years after Catalytic finished nineteenth of twenty in the 2024 Kentucky Derby, the 5-year-old son of Catalina Cruiser reached the winner’s circle on the first Saturday in May in the featured seventh race at Laurel Park, a $56,000 allowance race for 3-year-olds and up at 1 […]
Costa Linda Dominates First Maryland Juvenile Race This Year
Jean Valjean redeems himself in the co-featured seventh race LAUREL, MD—Xavier Perez experienced the full gamut of emotions at Laurel Park on Friday afternoon. As Costa Linda cruised under the wire 7¾ lengths in front in the second race, the first 2-year-old heat of the year in Maryland, Perez pumped his right fist and let […]
