Only Two Chances Left to Play Stronach 5
Races Friday from Gulfstream, Santa Anita, Laurel and Golden Gate LAUREL, MD – The Stronach 5 will be paused after April 15, so there’s only two more chances to play the popular Friday wager which has resulted in strong returns on investment. Friday’s Stronach 5 will be highlighted once again with a low 12 percent […]
$125,000 Federico Tesio Attracts 21 Nominations
‘Win & In’ for Triple Crown Nominees to 147th Preakness (G1) Tops Four Stakes Worth $450,000 in Purses Saturday, April 16 Weber City Miss Qualifier for $250,000 Black-Eyed Susan (G2) LAUREL, MD – Stakes winners Cooke Creek, Joe, Local Motive and Shake Em Loose, and Belgrade, who suffered his first career loss in the Tampa […]
Stakes Winner Cooke Creek Nominated to Federico Tesio
G2-Placed Colt ‘Superb’ in Thursday Breeze at Palm Meadows Sunday Program 12:40 ET Post LAUREL, MD – Cheyenne Stable’s Grade 2-placed sophomore colt Cooke Creek, exiting the first off-the-board finish of his career last month, could return to the races in the $125,000 Federico Tesio Saturday, April 16 at Laurel Park. Trainer Jerry O’Dwyer said […]
Stronach 5 Returns $2,729
LAUREL, MD – There were 51 winning tickets in Friday’s Stronach 5 with each worth $2,729.90. The Stronach 5 featured races from Laurel Park, Santa Anita Park, Gulfstream Park, and Golden Gate Fields along with a low 12-percent takeout. The Stronach 5 kicked off with Rebel Victory just lasting over Uncle Jerome to win Laurel’s […]
Laurel Park Launching Spring Meet with Nine-Race Card Friday
Federico Tesio, Weber City Miss Highlight Nine Stakes Worth $950,000 Spring Stakes Spectacular Nominations Due Saturday, April 2 LAUREL, MD – Highlighted by the April 16 Spring Stakes Spectacular featuring the $125,000 Federico Tesio for 3-year-olds and $125,000 Weber City Miss for 3-year-old fillies, Laurel Park will open its spring meet with a nine-race program […]
Toledo, Gonzalez Crowned Winter Meet Champions
Laurel Park Opens 22-Day Spring Meet Friday, April 1 LAUREL, MD – Calendar year 2022 picked up right where its predecessor left off, with a pair of familiar faces leading the jockey and trainer standings following Sunday’s closing day of Laurel Park’s winter meet. Jockey Jevian Toledo and trainer Claudio Gonzalez reigned again as meet […]
Ex-Jockey Hohlbein Sends Out First Starter as Trainer
Baltimore Native Rode Parts of Four Years in Mid-Atlantic Multiple Maryland G3 Winner Switzerland Takes G1 Golden Shaheen 89th Birthday for Hall of Fame Trainer King Leatherbury Saturday Nine-Race Program Sunday to Close 2022 Laurel Winter Meet LAUREL, MD – Former jockey Kerry Hohlbein, a Baltimore native who rode in Maryland over parts of four […]
Friday’s Stronach 5 Returns $655
LAUREL, MD – There were 179 winning tickets in Friday’s Stronach 5 with each ticket returning $655.10. The popular wager, featuring races from Laurel Park, Santa Anita Park, Gulfstream Park, and Golden Gate Fields along with a 12-percent takeout, had five winners returning $8.60 or less. The Stronach 5 started with two races from Laurel. […]
Theresia Zhang Wins The Art of Racing Preakness Art Contest
MICA Student’s Entry Voted Best From 147 Submitted Entries LAUREL, MD – Theresia Zhang of China, a junior at the Maryland Institute College of Art, was honored Friday as winner of The Art of Racing, a unique competition presented by 1/ST and the Maryland Jockey Club in partnership with MICA to honor the Preakness Stakes […]
Apprentice Jockey Barbosa Wins with First Two U.S. Mounts
18-Year-Old Won 3 Races in Puerto Rico Before Moving to Laurel LAUREL, MD – As first impressions go, it doesn’t get any better than what Jeiron Barbosa did Friday at Laurel Park. A 10-pound apprentice from San Juan, Puerto Rico who had been in the U.S. for all of two days, the 18-year-old Barbosa made […]
