Live Racing Returns to Laurel Park Thursday for 59-Day Fall Meet
Racing Thursday – Sunday Through November, 12:40 Starting Post Time De Francis (G3), Maryland Million Top 33 Stakes Worth $3.525 Million LAUREL, MD – Following a multi-million dollar reconstruction of the main track that led to a Preakness Meet at historic Pimlico Race Course extended into late August, live racing is set to make its […]
Stronach 5 Returns with Four on the Turf
Races From Gulfstream, Laurel & Golden Gate Low 12-Percent Takeout, Full Fields LAUREL, MD – The Stronach 5, offering a low 12-percent takeout, returns Friday with the first four races in the sequence on the turf from Gulfstream Park and Laurel Park. The Stronach 5 kicks off at 4:12 ET with Gulfstream’s fifth races and […]
Teen Phenom
How 18-Year-Old Charlie Marquez Became Maryland’s Leading Rider Story and Slideshow LAUREL, MD – Idle time is something rare for Charlie Marquez these days. When the teenage riding sensation somehow managed a three-hour break between mounts over closing weekend of historic Pimlico Race Course’s Preakness Meet, he took the opportunity to shut off his cell […]
Nine Races for Sept. 9 Opening Day Program at Laurel Park
First Live Card at Laurel Since April 11 National Weekly Stronach 5 Wager Returns with Laurel Fall Meet LAUREL, MD – A total of 88 horses were entered in nine races, five over a newly reconstructed main track and four on its world-class turf course, as live racing makes its return to Laurel Park Thursday, […]
$200,000 De Francis Memorial Dash (G3) Attracts 25 Nominations
Defending Champ Laki, G1 winners Jackie’s Warrior, Yaupon Among Noms Laurel Park to Host Four Stakes Worth $500,000 in Purses Saturday, Sept. 18 LAUREL, MD – Defending champion Laki and Grade 1 winners Jackie’s Warrior and Yaupon are among 25 accomplished older sprinters nominated to the $200,000 Frank J. De Francis Memorial Dash (G3) Saturday, […]
Preakness Meet Ends Sunday with Gonzalez, Marquez on Top
17th Title for Veteran Trainer, First Career Title for Teenage Rider Multiple Stakes Winner Harpers First Ride Getting Time Off Laurel Grandstand Open During State Fair Meet Aug. 26-Sept. 6 LAUREL, MD – Pimlico Race Course brought the curtain down on its extended Preakness Meet Sunday with veteran Claudio Gonzalez and teenage sensation Charlie Marquez […]
Jaxon Traveler Cruises to $75,000 Star de Naskra Victory
Good-Looking Win for Malibu Beauty in $75,000 Miss Disco Somekindofmagician Becomes Stakes Winner in $75,000 Find Kiss the Girl Finds Grass Stakes Success in $75,000 All Brandy LAUREL, MD – West Point Thoroughbreds and Marvin Delfiner’s Jaxon Traveler added a third stakes win to his resume, the second in his home state of Maryland, with […]
H P Moon Impresses Saturday in Delayed Career Debut
2-Year-Old Malibu Moon Ridgling Romps by 9 ¾ Lengths LAUREL, MD – It was worth the wait. K E M Racing Stable and Five Hellions Farm’s H P Moon, scratched at the gate from a planned debut last month at Saratoga, ran up to the hype in his highly anticipated debut Saturday at historic Pimlico […]
11-Time Stakes Winner Anna’s Bandit Retired from Racing
Tribute to 7-Year-Old Mare During 37th Maryland Million Oct. 23 LAUREL, MD – No Guts No Glory Farm’s 7-year-old mare Anna’s Bandit, whose resume includes 11 stakes wins at three different tracks in two states as well as purse earnings of $806,655 over six seasons, has been retired from racing and will become a broodmare. […]
Alwaysmining Looking to Make New Mark in $75,000 Find
Stakes Winner Kiss the Girl Targets $75,000 All Brandy Among Four Stakes on Saturday’s Maryland Pride Day Program LAUREL, MD – Runnymoore Racing’s Alwaysmining made his mark on dirt, capturing multiple stakes at 2, 3 and 4 and taking a brief trip on the 2019 Triple Crown trail. Given a new trainer and surface, the […]
