STATEMENT FROM 1/ST IN SUPPORT OF SAVE AMERICA’S FORGOTTEN EQUINES (SAFE) ACT OF 2021
ARCADIA, CA (July 2, 2021) – “1/ST, as an industry leader in Thoroughbred horse racing committed to achieving the highest level of horse health and safety standards, wholly supports the recently introduced Save America’s Forgotten Equines (SAFE) Act of 2021, as well as any amendments to current or future federal legislation that would prohibit the […]
Racing Returns Friday with Record Carryover at $1.35 Million
Video: Rainbow 6 Insights from MJC Host-Analyst Naomi Tukker Four Stakes, Mandatory Payout Scheduled for Sunday, July 4 LAUREL, MD – Historic Pimlico Race Course launches its July schedule Friday with an Independence Day holiday weekend of live racing featuring four stakes worth $375,000 in purses and a Maryland state record carryover jackpot of $1,351,928.63 […]
Artful Splatter Seeks Reversal of Fortune in $100,000 Caesar’s Wish
Former Claimer Now Multiple Stakes Winner Starts in 1 1/16-Mile Stakes LAUREL, MD – James Wolf’s durable Artful Splatter, an eight-time career winner from 29 lifetime starts, will attempt to reverse her recent fortunes and become a stakes winner for the third time in Sunday’s $100,000 Caesar’s Wish at historic Pimlico Race Course. The 1 […]
Record-Setting Yaupon Returns for Sunday’s $100,000 Lite the Fuse
Multiple Graded-Stakes Winner Facing Six Rivals in Six-Furlong Sprint LAUREL, MD – Bill and Corinne Heiligbrodt’s Yaupon, record-setting winner of the Chick Lang (G3) last fall, returns to Maryland looking to recapture his winning form in Sunday’s $100,000 Lite the Fuse at Pimlico Race Course. The six-furlong Lite the Fuse for 3-year-olds and up, named […]
Mandatory Rainbow 6 Payout Scheduled for July 4 Holiday Program
Maryland State Record Carryover Jackpot at $1.351 Million for Friday LAUREL, MD – A mandatory payout in the Rainbow 6, currently featuring a Maryland state record carryover jackpot, has been scheduled for Sunday’s stakes-filled Independence Day holiday program at historic Pimlico Race Course. Entering Friday’s eight-race program that begins at 12:40 p.m., the jackpot stands […]
G3 Winner Harpers First Ride Too Tough in Sunday Feature
Completes Hat Trick for Trainer Gonzalez, Jockey Cruz Record Rainbow 6 Carryover Grows to $1.351 Million for Friday, July 2 LAUREL, MD – GMP Stables, Arnold Bennewith and Cypress Creek Equine’s Harpers First Ride, reunited with trainer Claudio Gonzalez and jockey Angel Cruz for the first time in six months, returned to the winner’s circle […]
Record Rainbow 6 Carryover Survives, Tops $1.3 Million Sunday
Video: Rainbow 6 Insights from MJC Host-Analyst Naomi Tukker LAUREL, MD – Even-money favorite Aperitivo held off Supporting Actor the length of the stretch to capture Saturday’s ninth-race finale at historic Pimlico Race Course and keep the Maryland state record 20-cent Rainbow 6 carryover jackpot alive for another day. Supporting Actor, one of two in […]
G3 Winner Mighty Mischief Tops 25 Nominees to $100,000 Concern
102 Total Nominations for Four Stakes Worth $375,000 Sunday, July 4 LAUREL, MD – Four horses from the May 15 Chick Lang (G3), including impressive winner Mighty Mischief and third-place finisher Hemp, are among 25 3-year-olds nominated to the $100,000 Concern Sunday, July 4 at historic Pimlico Race Course. The six-furlong Concern, named for the […]
G3 Pimlico Special Winner Harpers First Ride Returns Sunday
Record Rainbow 6 Carryover Grows to $1.27 Million for Saturday LAUREL, MD – Harpers First Ride is back in the barn of Maryland’s leading trainer Claudio Gonzalez, for whom he won nine of 15 starts including Laurel’s Deputed Testamony, Richard W. Small and Native Dancer in addition to the Pimlico Special in 2020 before being sold […]
Pimlico Undergoing Enhanced Maintenance of Turf Course
Grass Races Scheduled Friday & Saturday Moved to Main Track LAUREL, MD – With the Preakness Meet at historic Pimlico Race Course stretched into August amid ongoing renovations of the main track at Laurel Park, turf racing has been put on hold for the upcoming weekend to ready the grass course for its extended use. […]
