The National Thoroughbred League Announces 2025 Schedule With Race Weekends in Baltimore, Philadelphia, St. Louis, Nashville

Each weekend hosted by a celebrity team owner including Lamar Jackson, Julius ‘Dr. J’ Erving & Tanya TuckerSeason opener to kick-off 150th Preakness Week; race purse totals will top $2.5 million LAUREL, MD –Today, the National Thoroughbred League (NTL) announced the schedule for the 2025 season, with races taking place throughout the summer in Baltimore, […]
Discreet Ops Wins Sunday Feature at Laurel Park

Jaime Rodriguez captures Winter Meet riding titleJamie Ness repeats as Winter Meet training champion LAUREL, MD – Favored Discreet Ops ($4.20) didn’t disappoint the Laurel Park betting public on Sunday when winning the featured sixth race, a second-level allowance with a $40,000 claiming option for fillies and mares at 5 ½ furlongs. Returning from a […]
S S Sinatra Does It His Way in Laurel Feature

Omaha Omaha breezes for potential Wood Memorial startMillionaire Post Time back to work LAUREL, MD – Three weeks ago, trainer Kerry Hohlbein was on the verge of her first career stakes victory. Her charge, S S Sinatra, battled every step of the way inside favored Speedyness in the $75,000 Not For Love, put that foe […]
High Paf Clears Next Hurdle in Friday Feature

It’s Hammertime breezes bullet five furlongs LAUREL, MD – Don’t look now, but the wife-husband, trainer-jockey combination of Brittany Russell and Sheldon Russell sent out another promising runner, this time in Friday’s featured seventh race at Laurel Park, a first-level allowance with a $62,500 claiming option for 3-year-old fillies at six furlongs. Sent away the […]
Rominski Wins Sixth Straight Start in Sunday Feature

Just a Fair Shake overcomes layoff to win first-level allowance LAUREL, MD – It’s been over a year since Rominski tasted defeat. In that race, the restricted Not For Love Stakes on March 16, 2024, Rominski ran without Lasix, finished fourth of six, and reportedly bled. Since then, he has been unstoppable in allowance and […]
Pay Billy Returns Dividends in Private Terms

Safe Trust placed first by disqualification in Beyond the Wire LAUREL, MD – Within 30 minutes at Laurel Park on Saturday, trainer Michael Gorham suffered the agony of defeat and enjoyed the thrill of victory. Following the Beyond the Wire Stakes, Gorham cradled the trophy in the winner’s circle after Moon Cache finished first by […]
Hittheroadjak Comes Back Strong at Laurel Park

Call Another Play rebounds in filly and mare division LAUREL, MD – “I needed that one,” said the man in the white cowboy hat after Hittheroadjak bounded clear to win Friday’s co-featured seventh race, a second-level allowance at one mile for 4-year-olds and upward with a claiming option ranging between $40,000 to $32,000. It had […]
Tony Eclipse Seeks Cleaner Trip in Saturday’s $100,000 Private Terms Stakes

Onyx Ten attempts a stakes hat trick in $100,000 Beyond the Wire LAUREL, MD – Trainer Brittany Russell hopes for better racing luck when she saddles Tony Eclipse in the $100,000 Private Terms Stakes for 3-year-olds racing 1 1/16 miles at Laurel Park. The Private Terms shares top billing on the Saturday program with the […]
Sheriff Ronnie Grabs Sunday Feature at Laurel Park

Nominations released for March 22 stakes LAUREL, MD – Sheriff Ronnie won for the third time in his last four starts when he took Sunday’s featured eighth race at Laurel Park, a second-level allowance with a $40,000 claiming option for 4-year-olds and upward at six furlongs. Trained by Tim Kreiser for Mason Dixon Stable, Sheriff […]
Circle P Nips S S Sinatra in Not For Love

Stickwiththecolors wires them in Conniver LAUREL, MD – The problem child is all grown up. Circle P, known as much for his antics as his talent, rallied from off the pace to nip S S Sinatra on the wire in an exciting edition of the $75,000 Not For Love Stakes for Maryland-bred or -sired runners […]