Ready to Purrform Impressive Winner of $150,000 Laurel Futurity
Unbeaten in Two Starts, 2-Year-Old Colt Headed to Breeders’ Cup Next First of Five Stakes Worth $600,000 in Purses in Fall Festival of Racing LAUREL, MD – Donegal Racing’s Ready to Purrform, in just his second career start and first in a stakes, lived up to his name and will be pointed to the Breeders’ […]
There’s 40 Winners in Friday’s Stronach 5
Tickets worth $1,525 LAUREL, MD – Friday’s Stronach 5, featuring races from Laurel Park, Gulfstream Park, Golden Gate Fields and Santa Anita Park’s opening day program, produced 40 winning tickets with each worth $1,525.70. No winner in the sequence returned more than $9.60. The Stronach 5, featuring a low 12-percent takeout, began with Laurel’s eighth […]
Quick Turnaround for Battle Station in $100,000 Laurel Dash
Fourth of Five Turf Stakes Worth $600,000 in Purses Saturday LAUREL, MD – RB Racing’s 6-year-old multiple stakes winner Battle Station, beaten a nose in the Parx Dash (G3) two starts back, returns in just seven days as part of a wide-open field of 12 entered in Saturday’s $100,000 Laurel Dash at Laurel Park. The […]
Knicks Go Co-Breeder Sabrina Moore Enjoying the Ride
Discusses Knicks Go Siblings, Dam, and Running Business Video LAUREL, MD – It was a cold and eventful January evening when Pegasus World Cup Invitational Champion (G1) Knicks Go, rated first in the Longines Breeders’ Cup Classic Rankings, came into this world. Co-breeder Sabrina Moore now recounts that evening as the Maryland-bred prepares for his […]
Robin Sparkles Rolls to Turf Sprint Feature Win at Laurel Thursday
Watch and Wager on Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe Program Sunday at Laurel LAUREL, MD – Michael Schrader’s Robin Sparkles, racing outside of her native New York for the first time, tuned up for her return to stakes competition with a 1 ¼-length victory in Thursday’s featured eighth race at Laurel Park. Ridden by Mychel […]
Oceans Map Seeks Clear Sailing in $100,000 Japan Turf Cup
Tuned Looking to Extend Streak to Three in $100,000 All Along Among Five Turf Stakes on Saturday’s Fall Festival of Racing LAUREL, MD – Oceans Map, a last out stakes winner at the distance for owner-trainer Gregg Sacco, looks to make it two in a row when the 4-year-old gelding lines up against six others […]
Epic Luck Puts Streak to Test in $150,000 Laurel Futurity
Undefeated Gelding Seeking Second Consecutive Stakes Win Among Five Turf Stakes on Saturday’s Fall Festival of Racing LAUREL, MD – There is serendipity in Lynn and Mark Ashby’s undefeated stakes winner being named Epic Luck. The 2-year-old gelding came along at a time when the trainer and co-breeder saw an entire division of her operation […]
Thursday Feature a Place to Shine for Robin Sparkles
Nine Races on Tap as Live Racing Returns to Laurel Park LAUREL, MD – A third-level optional claiming allowance for fillies and mares sprinting 5 ½ furlongs on the Dahlia turf course helps to spice up a nine-race card as live racing returns to Laurel Park Thursday to open Fall Festival of Racing weekend. First […]
Motion Duo Ready for Stakes Debut in $150,000 Selima
Among Five Turf Stakes on Saturday’s Fall Festival of Racing LAUREL, MD – Two years after using the race as a bridge to the Breeders’ Cup, trainer Graham Motion will send out maiden winner Sparkle Blue and maiden Luna Antonia for their first stakes engagements in Saturday’s $150,000 Selima at Laurel Park. The 91st running […]
Santa Anita Returns to Stronach 5
Low 12-Percent Takeout, Other Races From Gulfstream, Laurel & Golden Gate LAUREL, MD – Santa Anita Park’s much-anticipated opening day Friday also means it will be one of five featured races as part of the popular Stronach 5. The cross-country wager with a low 12-percent takeout will also feature races from Laurel Park, Gulfstream Park […]
