1/ST RACING AND THE MARYLAND JOCKEY CLUB REACH AGREEMENT WITH MARYLAND THROUGHBRED HORSEMEN’S ASSOCATION REGARDING LAUREL PARK DIRT RACING SURFACE INSPECTION
LAUREL, MD – 1/ST RACING and the Maryland Jockey Club today reached an agreement with the Maryland Thoroughbred Horsemen’s Association to allow access by Mr. John Passero, a consultant retained by the Maryland Thoroughbred Horsemen’s Association, to make an independent inspection of the dirt racing surface at Laurel Park. The inspection will begin promptly, and […]
Maryland Jockey Club Statement
Live Racing & Track LAUREL, MD – The Maryland Jockey Club has cancelled its Thursday, April 27 racing program at Laurel Park due to insufficient entries. The racing office will be open and taking entries Sunday for the Friday, April 28 program. We acknowledge the recent statements in the press regarding the safety of our […]
Statement from the Maryland Jockey Club
LAUREL, MD – The Maryland Jockey Club (MJC) announced that after consultation with the Maryland Racing Commission, racing will be cancelled this weekend at Laurel Park while MJC works with the Maryland Racing Commission to understand and address any issues of concern raised relating to recent injuries. MJC will also be discussing plans for implementation […]
Nimitz Class Seeking Fourth Straight Win in $100,000 Native Dancer
Moody Woman Chasing First Career Stakes Victory in $100,000 Primonetta LAUREL, MD – Thomas Coulter’s 4-year-old homebred Nimitz Class, riding a three-stakes win streak, will be favored to make it four in a row in his return to Maryland for Saturday’s $100,000 Native Dancer at Laurel Park. The 51st running of the 1 1/8-mile Native […]
That’s Right Launching Season in $100,000 King T. Leatherbury
G3 Winner Tops Competitive Field of Eight in 5 ½-Furlong Turf Sprint LAUREL, MD – James Shannon Jr.’s That’s Right, front-running winner of the Turf Monster (G3) last fall at Parx, is set to make his season debut against seven rivals including six-time stakes winner Carotari in a highly competitive edition of the $100,000 King […]
G3 Winner English Bee Making Laurel Debut in Henry S. Clark
Among Five $100,000 Stakes Saturday, Three Scheduled for the Turf LAUREL, MD –Calumet Farm’s well-traveled multiple stakes-winning homebred English Bee, who has raced at 11 tracks in six states during his career, will add another venue to the list when the 7-year-old gelding makes his Laurel Park debut in Saturday’s $100,000 Henry S. Clark. The […]
Deciding Vote Set to Make Title Defense in $100,000 Dahlia
G3 Winner Surprisingly Among Rivals in One-Mile Turf Stakes LAUREL, MD – William Pape’s homebred Deciding Vote, coming off a season where she won the first two stakes of her career and led all horses in the Mid-Atlantic Thoroughbred Championship Series, will launch her 6-year-old campaign attempting a title defense in Saturday’s $100,000 Dahlia at […]
PREAKNESS 148 PARTNERS WITH BALTIMORE’S GUINNESS OPEN GATE BREWERY ON LIMITED EDITION ALE
Exclusive “Preakness Ale” Beer will be available at Preakness 148, Guinness Open Gate Brewery and Select Baltimore Area Locations LAUREL, MD – Preakness 148 announces a unique partnership with Baltimore’s Guinness Open Gate Brewery to launch a first-of-its-kind “Preakness Ale”. The limited edition collaboration beer brewed with blood orange and hibiscus will debut on May […]
Perform Took ‘Giant Step Forward’ in Federico Tesio Triumph
No Immediate Plans for Improving 3-Year-Old Colt’s Next Start Black-Eyed Susan (G2) on Radar for ‘Consistent’ Cats Inthe Timber LAUREL, MD – Woodford Racing, Lanes End Farm, Phipps Stable, Ken Langone and Edward Hudson Jr.’s Perform, thrilling winner of Saturday’s Federico Tesio at Laurel Park, may get a short break as his connections mull where […]
Godolphin’s Lexington Winner First Mission Could Make Next Start in Preakness
Unraced 2-year-old could follow similar path that led Bernardini to Preakness glory in 2006 LAUREL, MD — Godolphin’s 3-year-old colt First Mission likely will use his Saturday victory in Keeneland’s $400,000 Stonestreet Lexington Stakes as launching pad to the 148th Preakness Stakes on May 20 at Pimlico Race Course. “That’s definitely the spot on the […]
