G2 Winners Royal Ship, Double Crown Top Native Dancer Nominees

Among Four $100,000 Stakes April 13 to Launch Spring Stakes Schedule LAUREL, MD – Grade 2 winners Royal Ship and Double Crown and local stakes winners Be Better, It’s Sizzling Time and Shaft’s Bullet are among 19 horses nominated to the $100,000 Native Dancer Saturday, April 13 at Laurel Park. The 1 1/8-mile Native Dancer […]

Jamie Ness Wins Twice Friday to Clinch Training Title

Takes 28-24 Lead into Saturday’s Closing Day Program LAUREL, MD – Jamie Ness won with two of his five starters Friday, both under stable rider Jaime Rodriguez, to clinch the calendar year-opening Heritage Meet training title at Laurel Park. Ness entered Friday’s penultimate day of the Heritage Meet with a 26-23 lead over Brittany Russell, […]

Heritage Meet Leading Trainer Going Down to Wire

Ness Leads Russell by Two Wins Entering Final WeekendLaurel Doors Open at 8:30 A.M. Saturday for Dubai WCNominations Close Saturday for Four $100K Stakes April 13 LAUREL, MD – While Jaime Rodriguez has already secured Laurel Park’s winter Heritage Meet riding title, the race for leading trainer is still very much up for grabs entering […]

Jockey Jaime Rodriguez Notches Four-Win Day Sunday

Puerto Rico Native Clinches Winter Heritage Meet Title LAUREL, MD – With two racing days left in the calendar year-opening Heritage Meet, jockey Jaime Rodriguez further cemented his hold as leading rider with a four-win afternoon Sunday at Laurel Park. Rodriguez, 32, finished first with Black Ice ($3.60) in Race 4, Dust Devil ($3.60) in […]

Copper Tax Returns a Winner in $100,000 Private Terms

Determined Driver Easy Winner of $100,000 Beyond the Wire LAUREL, MD – Rose Petal Stable’s Copper Tax rediscovered his winning form in his return to Laurel Park, coming with a relentless drive through the stretch and emerge from a three-way photo finish a neck ahead of Inveigled in Saturday’s $100,000 Private Terms. The 35th running […]

Speed Runner Represents Pletcher in Saturday’s Private Terms

Laurel-Loving Inveigled Narrow Favorite in Wide-Open 3YO Race LAUREL, MD – Spreading out his talented group of 3-year-olds in prep races around the country, Hall of Fame trainer Todd Pletcher lands at Laurel Park with Whisper Hill Farm’s Triple Crown-nominated homebred Speed Runner for Saturday’s $100,000 Private Terms. The 1 1/16-mile Private Terms, carded ninth […]

Speedyness Takes Win Streak Into $100,000 Private Terms

Quick Turnaround for Aoife’s Magic in $100,000 Beyond the Wire LAUREL, MD – Morris Kernan Jr. and Jagger Inc.’s Speedyness, an aptly named front-running winner of his last two starts, chases his third consecutive victory and second straight in a stakes in Saturday’s $100,000 Private Terms at Laurel Park. The 35th running of the 1 […]

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Entries Welcome for Woods, Frutkoff Preakness AwardsTelevision, Multimedia Submissions Accepted for First Time LAUREL, MD – The Maryland Jockey Club announced today it is accepting entries for the David F. Woods Memorial Award, presented for the best Preakness story from 2023, and the Jerry Frutkoff Photography Award, presented to the photographer of the best Preakness […]

Shaft’s Bullet Fires Big in $100,000 Harrison E. Johnson

Take a Hint Changes Tactics to Win $75,000 Not For LoveToo Many Kisses Up in Time to Capture $75,000 Conniver LAUREL, MD – Paul Fowler Jr.’s Shaft’s Bullet, unhurried in the early going, made a bold move on the far turn under jockey Carlos Lopez and opened up once straightened for home to register a […]