Laurel Park Hosts De Francis Dash Day Handicapping Challenge
LAUREL, MD—Laurel Park proudly hosts the De Francis Dash Day Handicapping Challenge, a one-day contest available both on-site and online. The event takes place Saturday, June 27, at Laurel Park or via Xpressbet, TVG/4NJBETS, and HPI. The $500 contest ($250 entry fee, $250 bankroll) offers Win, Place, Show, Exacta, and/or Daily Double wagering on the […]
Laurel Park Raises Stakes Purses for De Francis Dash Day on June 27
LAUREL, MD—The Maryland Jockey Club (TMJC) and the Maryland Thoroughbred Horsemen’s Association announced today a $25,000 purse increase for a quartet of stakes races at Laurel Park on June 27. The Frank J. De Francis Memorial Dash, for 3-year-olds and up at six furlongs, is now worth $175,000, while the Deputed Testamony Stakes, Alma North […]
Champion Jockey Alberto Delgado Earns First Training Victory
LAUREL, MD—Alberto Delgado, who earned Eclipse Award honors as the Champion Apprentice Jockey in 1982, recorded his first win as a trainer when In Honor of Jeff rallied from last in Sunday’s sixth race at Laurel Park, a $12,500 non-winners-of-two claimer for 3-year-olds and up at six furlongs. It was the ninth starter saddled by […]
Bella Queen Upsets Saturday Feature
Jorge Ruiz rides three winners LAUREL, MD—Show bettors at Laurel Park, hoping to scrape up a few extra bucks to play the Belmont Stakes simulcast, instead went home early in a freight car after the odds-on favorite, Intrepid Mo, failed to hit the board in Saturday’s featured eighth race, a $53,000 second-level allowance for fillies […]
Spencer Tiara Scores Friday Co-Feature
LAUREL, MD— Trainer Hugh McMahon and owner Larry Rabold were uncertain about claiming Spencer Tiara when the mare was entered for $40,000 on November 30. “It was one of those [situations where] we let what happened at the paddock side dictate [our decision],” McMahon said. “If she showed the presence of a racehorse, we were […]
Big Earn All Heart Sunday at Laurel Park
Jorge Ruiz notches three victories LAUREL, MD— “It was a stall accident,” said owner-breeder Helen Marshall about the unfortunate incident that cost Big Earn her left eye. “It happened at Pimlico. One morning, she became upset when a horse walked by, reared up, and her head went through the ceiling.” Big Earn lost her eye, […]
Barbadian Runner Returns to Winner’s Circle
Jeiron Barbosa notches three victories LAUREL, MD—The champ is back, bigger than ever. “He grew at the withers and filled out a little bit,” trainer Henry Walters said of Barbadian Runner after the Maryland-bred champion 3-year-old male of 2025 returned to the winner’s circle at Laurel Park on Saturday in the feature, a high-level allowance […]
Witty Returns a Winner
Jose Vargas notches three victoriesCross of Valor earns Maryland Million Maiden Bonus LAUREL, MD— The popular Witty made his 7-year-old debut a winning one in Friday’s co-feature at Laurel Park, a $56,000 off-turf allowance race for 3-year-olds and up over 5 ½ furlongs. Although Witty has earned most of his $947,282 on turf, he is […]
Predominate Rallies to Win Valentine Memorial
Watters rides two winners at “Fair Hill Turf Showcase” ELKTON, MD—Gail Clark and Turks Head Turf’s Predominate slipped through on the inside after the final fence and stormed home to win Monday’s $50,000 Valentine Memorial over 2 ¼ miles on turf at Fair Hill. The Valentine Memorial, restricted to 4-year-olds and up who had never […]
Remembertheword Passes Test
Hazlewood wins three races LAUREL, MD—After jogging back to the winner’s circle following Saturday’s second race at Laurel Park, a 4 ½-furlong maiden special weight for 2-year-olds, Remembertheword stopped in his tracks, stared quizzically at track photographer Jim McCue, and seemed unsure what to do next. After some gentle prodding from jockey Yedsit Hazlewood, Remembertheword […]
