Spring Stakes Spectacular Moved to Saturday, April 24
Seven Stakes Worth $750,000 Led by Tesio for 3-Year-Olds LAUREL, MD – As a result of the ongoing pause of live racing at Laurel Park through Sunday, April 4, the Maryland Jockey Club has pushed its Spring Stakes Spectacular program back one week to Saturday, April 24. All seven stakes worth $750,000 in purses originally […]
Private Terms Top Pair Among $125,000 Federico Tesio Nominees
‘Win and In’ for Triple Crown-Nominated 3-Year-Olds to Preakness (G1) Among 201 Nominees on April 24 Spring Stakes Spectacular Program LAUREL, MD – Stakes winners Shackled Love and Maythehorsebwithu, separated by a half-length in the Private Terms last month; fellow stakes winners Hello Hot Rod and It Can Be Done; 2020 Remsen (G2) winner Brooklyn […]
Live Racing Returns to Laurel with Spring Meet Opener April 8
Maythehorsebwithu Breezes for Tesio on Busy Saturday at Laurel LAUREL, MD – A pair of allowance events help spice up a nine-race program as live racing returns to Laurel Park Thursday, April 8 to kick off its 16-day spring meet. First race post time is 12:40 p.m. A total of 83 horses were entered on […]
Kenny Had a Notion Targets Stakes Triple in $100,000 Spectacular Bid
Four-Time Stakes Winner Street Lute Launches Season in $100,000 Xtra Heat LAUREL, MD – Louis J. Ulman and H. Neil Glasser’s multiple stakes winner Kenny Had a Notion, beaten a neck in his most recent start, looks to snap a two-race losing streak when he takes on eight rivals in Saturday’s $100,000 Spectacular Bid at Laurel […]
Jockey Crispin Records Second Straight Four-Win Day Friday
Apprentice Leads All North American Jockeys with 12 Wins in 2021 LAUREL, MD – Five-pound apprentice Alexander Crispin, expected to be among the Eclipse Award finalists when they are announced later this month, registered his second consecutive four-win day Friday at Laurel Park. The 22-year-old native of Puerto Rico, who went four-for-eight during Laurel’s last live […]
G3 Pimlico Special Winner Harpers First Ride Pegasus-Bound
Laurel Park-Based Gelding One of Two Maryland-Breds in Field LAUREL, MD – MCA Racing Stable’s Harpers First Ride, a four-time stakes winner in 2020 including the historic Pimlico Special (G3), is set to launch his 5-year-old season in the $3 million Pegasus World Cup (G1) Saturday, Jan. 23 at Gulfstream Park. Based at Laurel Park with […]
