Midwest Shipper ‘Mucho’ the Best in $100,000 Challedon
G1-Placed 5-Year-Old Notches First Career Stakes Victory LAUREL, MD – A nose kept from him becoming a first-time stakes winner in his previous start, but there would be no denying WSS Racing and 4G Racing’s Mucho the honor against a salty field in Saturday’s $100,000 Challedon at historic Pimlico Race Course. The 35th running of […]
Harpers First Ride Defends $100,000 Deputed Testamony Title
G3 Winner Earns Fifth Career Stakes Victory by 1 ½ Lengths LAUREL, MD – GMP Stables, Arnold Bennewith and Cypress Creek Equine’s Grade 3 winner Harpers First Ride coasted to an easy lead early then dug in under a late challenge from favored Magic Michael to defend his title by 1 ½ lengths in Saturday’s […]
Russell Reaches 1,500 Win Milestone in $100,000 Alma North
Jockey Guides 1-9 Favorite Hello Beautiful to 3 ¾-Length Score LAUREL, MD – Jockey Sheldon Russell celebrated his 1,500th career victory in style Saturday, guiding Madaket Stables, Albert Frassetto, Mark Parkinson, K-Mac Stables and Magic City Stables’ Hello Beautiful to a popular 3 ¾-length score in the $100,000 Alma North at historic Pimlico Race Course. […]
Bargain Buy Paisley Singing Lands in $100,000 Alma North
First of Three Stakes Worth $300,000 in Purses on Saturday Card Jockey Marquez Pads Meet Lead with Riding Double Friday LAUREL, MD – Rather than wait for the state fair meet which opens in late August, trainer Charlie Frock decided to wheel his bargain basement stable star Paisley Singing back in just three weeks for […]
Harpers First Ride Targets Repeat in $100,000 Deputed Testamony
G3 Winner, Leading Trainer Gonzalez Seek 11th Victory Together Saturday LAUREL, MD – GMP Stables, Arnold Bennewith and Cypress Creek Equine’s Grade 3 winner Harpers First Ride and Maryland’s leading trainer Claudio Gonzalez, who celebrated a successful reunion last month, will look to keep their mojo going Saturday in defense of last year’s victory in […]
Hello Beautiful Chasing Sixth Stakes Win in $100,000 Alma North
Maryland-Bred Filly Edged by Undefeated Chub Wagon in Previous Start LAUREL, MD – Racing for the first time in nearly four months, Madaket Stables, Albert Frassetto, Mark Parkinson, K-Mac Stables and Magic City Stables’ Hello Beautiful flashed her multiple stakes-winning form and came within a neck of handing undefeated Chub Wagon her first career loss […]
Laki Looking to Make his Point in $100,000 Challedon
Whereshetoldmetogo Among Rivals in Six-Furlong Sprint LAUREL, MD – The laundry list of accomplishments for Hillside Equestrian Meadows’ Laki includes at least one stakes victory in each of the last five years, seven overall topped by the 2020 Frank J. De Francis Memorial Dash (G3), a pair of Maryland-bred championships and $825,162 in purse earnings […]
‘Accidental Trainer’ McDermott Relishes First Career Victory
Balancing Farm Work with Being G1-Winning Steeplechase Rider McMahon Wins Twice Sunday, Live Racing Returns Friday, July 30 LAUREL, MD – Born in Ireland, where he has won more than 100 races riding over jumps, Sean McDermott has enjoyed similar success on the steeplechase circuit since coming to the United States. He has ranked in […]
Field Pass Gutsy Winner of $200,000 BWI Turf Cup
Finds Narrow Opening Late for Fourth Career Graded Victory LAUREL, MD – Three Diamonds Farm’s multiple graded-stakes winner Field Pass squeezed through a narrow opening along the rail in deep stretch and muscled his way to a popular neck triumph over stubborn pacesetter Ramsey Solution in Saturday’s $200,000 Baltimore-Washington International Turf Cup (G3) at historic […]
Tightly Twisted Pulls the Upset in $100,000 Big Dreyfus
No Stopping Can The Queen in $100,000 Sensible Lady LAUREL, MD – Trainer Juanita Bennett admitted when she saw the entries for the $100,000 Big Dreyfus, including Klaravich Stables Inc.’s 4-5 favorite and stakes-placed filly Counterparty Risk, “I was like ‘Oh my gosh.’ “ But Bennett’s 5-year-old mare Tightly Twisted, owned by Fiasco Farms, Ltd […]
