Three on the Turf, Full Fields for Friday’s Stronach 5
Low 12-Percent Takeout LAUREL, MD – The Stronach 5 will feature three competitive turf races from Gulfstream Park and Santa Anita Park Friday along with a low 12-percent takeout. The Stronach 5, which also features races from Laurel Park and Golden Gate Fields, had four winning tickets last week with each worth $27,477.70. The Stronach […]
G3 Winner Laki Continuing to Enjoy Winter Vacation
No Timetable for Return of Multiple Stakes Winning 9-Year-Old Coastal Mission Takes Monday’s Presidents Day Holiday Feature Live Action Returns to Laurel with Eight Races Thursday, Feb. 24 LAUREL, MD – Hillside Equestrian Meadows’ multiple stakes winner Laki, unraced since finishing sixth last September in defense of his 2020 Frank J. De Francis Memorial Dash […]
Pimlico Race Course to Offer $3.8 Million Spring Stakes Schedule
147th Preakness (G1) May 21, 98th Black-Eyed Susan (G2) May 20 Total of 16 Stakes, 10 Graded, Including Historic Pimlico Special (G3) LAUREL, MD – Highlighted by the 147th running of the Preakness Stakes (G1) for 3-year-olds, Middle Jewel of the Triple Crown, the Maryland Jockey Club will present 16 stakes, 10 graded, worth $3.8 […]
Cordmaker Gets Elusive Graded Win in General George (G3)
10th Career Stakes Victory for 7-Year-Old Maryland-Bred Gelding LAUREL, MD – Now in his sixth season of racing, there is little that Cordmaker hadn’t done. On a chilly Saturday at Laurel Park, the 7-year-old gelding put the exclamation point on what has been a stellar career with a popular three-quarter-length victory in the $250,000 General […]
Glass Ceiling Makes the Grade in $250,000 Barbara Fritchie (G3)
New York Shipper Edges Jakarta by Half-Length in Sprint Stakes LAUREL, MD – Charlton Baker hadn’t been in the Laurel Park winner’s circle in nearly five years. Dylan Davis had never been. Saturday, the New York-based horsemen came together to win the biggest race for females on the winter calendar. Baker and Michael Foster’s Glass […]
Kiss the Girl Impressive in $100,000 Nellie Morse Score
Galerio Gets First Stakes Win in $100,000 Campbell LAUREL, MD – Three Diamonds Farm’s Kiss the Girl split horses down the stretch to win Saturday’s $100,000 Nellie Morse at Laurel Park for her second consecutive stakes win. Trained by Michael Trombetta and ridden by Victor Carrasco, Kiss the Girl covered the 1 1/16 mile in […]
Improving Local Motive Gets Job Done in $100,000 Miracle Wood
Luna Belle Makes It Three Straight Wins in $100,000 Wide Country LAUREL, MD – Bird Mobberley’s Local Motive, still a work in progress for trainer John Salzman Jr., took another step forward Saturday at Laurel Park with a two-length victory in the $100,000 Miracle Wood for 3-year-olds. The 27th running of the one-mile Miracle Wood […]
Stronach 5 Returns $27,477
Four Winning Tickets LAUREL, MD – Anchored by two longshot winners, Friday’s Stronach 5 had four winning tickets with each worth $27,477,70. The Stronach 5 featured races from Laurel Park, Gulfstream Park, Golden Gate Fields and Santa Anita Park with a low 12-percent takeout. The first three legs of the Stronach 5 produced winners returning […]
Grade 3 Stakes Headline Laurel’s Stakes-Filled Saturday Program
Barbara Fritchie, General George Top Six Stakes Worth $900,000 LAUREL, MD – Laurel Park is gearing up to host its biggest day of the winter season Saturday with a stakes-filled spectacular led by the $250,000 Barbara Fritchie (G3) and $250,000 General George (G3). A total of six stakes worth $900,000 in purses are scheduled anchored […]
Timeless Bounty a Love Affair for Midwest-Based Owner, Trainer
Stakes-Winning Colt Chases Graded Triumph in General George (G3) Barbara Fritchie (G3) Co-Headlines Saturday’s Stakes-Filled Program LAUREL, MD – Making his first visit to Laurel Park, Ohio-based trainer David Wilson Jr. is overseeing precious cargo. There’s Timeless Bounty, the horse that brought him here, entered in Saturday’s $250,000 General George (G3). Then there’s London, the […]
