Tartabull Wins One for Anna
LAUREL, MD— Like mother, like son. Tartabull, the first foal out of the extremely popular Anna’s Bandit, rallied stoutly along the inside to win Saturday’s ninth race at Laurel Park, a $45,000 maiden special weight for state-bred or -sired juveniles at six furlongs. Anna’s Bandit, a West Virginia-bred daughter of Maryland stallion Great Notion, won […]
Jack’s Legend Puts Them to Sleep in Friday Co-Feature
Warp Nine a supersonic winner of the co-featured ninth racePost Time to stand at Northview Stallion Station in 2026 LAUREL, MD—Sometimes the best plan is to have no plan. “We didn’t even discuss it,” trainer Kenny Cox said about race strategy before Jack’s Legend’s victory in Friday’s co-featured eighth race at Laurel Park, a second-level […]
Well-Behaved Eff Thirty Five Kicks Them Down in Sunday Feature
Petingas Twin pulls off mild upset in co-featured tenth race LAUREL, MD—When Eff Thirty Five minds his manners, he is a tough horse to beat. Unfortunately, Eff Thirty Five can be cantankerous, and jockey Sheldon Russell believes that naughty behavior worked against him in past races, most noticeably in his final start over the summer […]
Cactus Blooms in Saturday Co-Feature
Kerness K pops off long layoffTrainer Niall Saville notches 100th lifetime victory LAUREL, MD— Jockey Jeiron Barbosa blamed himself after Cactus finished third in his first start for trainer Robbie Bailes. “Last time, Robbie told me to sit off the pace and try to stay close [to the leaders],” Barbosa said. “I lost the whip […]
Boastfully Irish Storms Down Course in Laurel Park Co-Feature
Power Grid electric in a 2-year-old dirt maidenJevian Toledo named “Jockey of the Week” by Jockeys’ Guild LAUREL, MD—As the horses circled the paddock for Friday’s co-featured seventh race at Laurel Park, a $47,000 maiden special weight for 2-year-olds at 5 ½ furlongs on the Bowl Game Turf Course, all eyes were on first-time starter […]
It’s a Family Affair for Tideoftime in Sunday’s Feature at Laurel Park
Jockey J. G. Torrealba wins three races LAUREL, MD—Twenty-two years ago, trainer Jimmy Toner saddled Ellie’s Moment, a homebred daughter of Kris S. owned by Joan and John Phillips’s Phillips Racing Partnership, to a 6 ½ length victory in Aqueduct’s Rare Treat Handicap Nine years ago, Toner and the Phillips tasted Grade 1 glory when […]
Barbadian Runner Upsets Post Time in Milton P. Higgins III Maryland Million Classic
Yedsit Hazlewood wins four races; Jevian Toledo becomes the winningest Jim McKay Maryland Million jockeyAll-sources handle for 12-race program tops $5.7 million LAUREL, MD—Barbadian Runner upset reigning Maryland-bred Horse of the Year Post Time in Laurel Park’s $150,000 Milton P. Higgins III Maryland Million Classic, the featured event on Saturday’s 12-race Jim McKay Maryland Million […]
Slam Notion Stalks and Pounces in Fair Hill Training Center Maryland Million Sprint
Teenage sensation Hazlewood earns first stakes win with Onyx Ten in Shamrock Farm Maryland Million Distaff LAUREL, MD— The consistent Slam Notion tracked three wide under jockey Jevian Toledo, made a bid from that path on the turn, then dug in determinedly to deny a game Twisted Ride in Saturday’s $100,000 Maryland Million Sprint for […]
Big Cuddle Overcomes Big Trouble in Fasig-Tipton Maryland Million Nursery
Can’t jinx classy Slewperstitus in Glenangus Farm Maryland Million Lassie LAUREL, MD—Jockey Yedsit Hazlewood raised his whip to the heavens and swung it jubilantly as Big Cuddle overcame a seemingly disastrous start to rally past them in Saturday’s $100,000 Fasig-Tipton Maryland Million Nursery for 2-year-olds racing six furlongs at Laurel Park. It was the fourth […]
Toledo Makes History in 1/ST BET Maryland Million Turf Sprint
Coringa captures John Deere Maryland Million Turf in gate-to-wire styleWorth a Dime mints a TAA Maryland Million Ladies upset LAUREL, MD–Jevian Toledo has been a Maryland racing mainstay over the past several years, but he ensured his place in the record books on Saturday when he guided Had to Have Him to victory in the […]
