Field Pass Hitting Reset Button in $100,000 Henry S. Clark
Multiple Graded Winner Tops Field for One-Mile Turf Stakes LAUREL, MD – Three Diamonds Farm’s well-traveled Field Pass, a multiple graded-stakes winner approaching $1 million in purse earnings, will get some class relief as he steps out of graded company for the first time in nearly two years in Saturday’s $100,000 Henry S. Clark at […]
Decisions Ahead for Gutsy Federico Tesio Winner Joe
Show Finisher Shake Em Loose Possible for Preakness (G1) Luna Belle to Try Weber City, Black-Eyed Susan (G2) Sweep LAUREL, MD – The 147th Preakness Stakes (G1), Middle Jewel of the Triple Crown, won’t be casually dismissed as the connections contemplate a next start for Joe, resolute winner of the $125,000 Federico Tesio Saturday at […]
Joe Edges Stablemate Mr Jefferson in $125,000 Federico Tesio
Second Stakes Win for Maryland’s Champion 2-Year-Old of 2021 LAUREL, MD – The Elkstone Group’s homebred Joe, Maryland’s champion 2-year-old male of 2021, bounced back from having his three-race win streak ended with a determined head victory over stablemate Mr Jefferson in Saturday’s $125,000 Federico Tesio at Laurel Park. The 41st running of the 1 […]
Pennybaker Impressive in U.S. Debut Winning Heavenly Cause
Disco Pharoah Goes from Maiden Win to Whiteley Victory LAUREL, MD – Godolphin LLC’s Pennybaker, a 4-year-old filly making her first start in the U.S. after four consecutive victories in France over all-weather surfaces, made it look easy over the main track Saturday, drawing away from 11 others at the top of the stretch and […]
Luna Belle Makes It Five Straight in $125,000 Weber City Miss
May 20 Black-Eyed Susan (G2) Next for Champion 3-Year-Old Filly LAUREL, MD – Luna Belle rolled down the stretch of her two-turn debut and straight into next month’s Black-Eyed Susan (G2) with her fifth consecutive stakes victory, a popular 4 ½-length triumph in Saturday’s $125,000 Weber City Miss at Laurel Park. The Weber City Miss […]
Stronach 5 Returns $3,452
LAUREL, MD – There were 31 winning tickets on Friday’s final Stronach 5 with each ticket worth $3,452.30. The Stronach 5 featured races from Laurel Park, Gulfstream Park, Santa Anita Park and Golden Gate Fields along with a low 12 percent takeout. The Stronach started with $4 winners in Laurel’s eighth race (Fly Me Home) […]
Tesio Favorite Joe, Stakes Winner on Dirt, May Have Future on Turf
Connections Being Rewarded for Faith in Champion Filly Luna Belle Primacy Looks to Extend Streak to Three with First Stakes Triumph LAUREL, MD – At some point The Elkstone Group’s stakes-winning homebred Joe, Maryland’s champion 2-year-old male of 2021, will get another shot on the grass, where his career began last fall. But not now. […]
English Jockey Humphrey Notches First U.S. Win Thursday
Seven-Pound Apprentice Guides Zorb to $20.20 Upset Victory LAUREL, MD – Richard Burnsworth’s 6-year-old gelding Zorb sprung a 9-1 upset in Thursday’s second race at Laurel Park, rolling home by 4 ¼ lengths to give English jockey William Humphrey his first victory in the United States. Humphrey, 20, who rides with a seven-pound weight allowance, […]
$100,000 Frank Whiteley Marks Return of American Patrol
MATCH Series Opener Among Four Stakes Worth $450,000 Saturday LAUREL, MD – Nick Sanna Stables and Lynch Racing’s American Patrol, a 4-year-old son of 2015 Triple Crown champion American Pharoah unraced in nearly 10 months, will make his highly anticipated return to competition in Saturday’s $100,000 Frank Y. Whiteley at Laurel Park. The seven-furlong Whiteley […]
Pennybaker Tests Win Streak in $100,000 Heavenly Cause
Godolphin Homebred Making U.S. Debut in One-Mile Stakes LAUREL, MD – Godolphin homebred filly Pennybaker will put a four-race win streak on the line when she tries dirt and stakes company for the first time while making her stateside debut in Saturday’s $100,000 Heavenly Cause at Laurel Park. The one-mile Heavenly Cause for fillies and […]
