Racing News

Ultimate Love Likely Stakes-Bound After Opening Day Triumph at Laurel Park

09/05/2025

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Trainer Joan Reynolds earns 400th career victory

LAUREL, MD—Ultimate Love had her game face on as she left the paddock before Friday’s feature at Laurel Park, a first-level allowance for juvenile fillies at one mile on the turf.

Ears pricked at attention, she seemed fully aware of the task at hand, and ran to her disposition, drawing off under jockey Horacio Karamanos to best favored Ixchel by 6 ¾ lengths in 1:36.83 over the firm course.

Post Time Returns to Laurel Park

09/04/2025

 

Reigning Maryland-bred Horse of the Year expected to start as heavy favorite in Sunday’s Polynesian Stakes

LAUREL, MD — Reigning Maryland-bred Horse of the Year Post Time puts his unblemished record at Laurel Park on the line in Sunday’s $100,000 Polynesian Stakes for 3-year-olds and upward at one mile.

Competitive Field Expected for Twixt Stakes

09/03/2025

Ten fillies and mares entered one-mile event

LAUREL, MD — A competitive field of ten entered Saturday’s $100,000 Twixt Stakes for fillies and mares racing a one-turn mile at Laurel Park.

Among the headliners are Grade 1-placed Central Avenue, millionaire Morning Matcha, Grade 3 winner Wild Bout Hilary, reigning Maryland Million Distaff heroine Foxy Junior, and stakes-winners St. Benedicts Prep and Corningstone.

Charm City Late Pick 5 Challenge” Returns to Laurel Park

09/03/2025

 

Popular free online handicapping contest begins Friday, September 5

LAUREL, MD – Laurel Park proudly announces the return of the popular “Charm City Late Pick 5 Challenge,” a free online handicapping contest. The daily tournament runs from September 5 through December 28.

Click here to register today. Players must register by 11:00 am ET on September 12, 2025.

A Day with Sabrina Moore

08/26/2025

Knicks Go’s legacy and life after horse bills

By Mackenzie Pfeiffer

Year after year, Maryland-breds make their presence felt at Saratoga.

But on Whitney Day, a Maryland-bred freshman sire stole the show. Knicks Go, bred by Sabrina Moore and Angie Moore, was back in the headlines – this time as a stallion. His first-crop foal, Ewing, stormed home in The Saratoga Special Stakes (G2), becoming Knicks Go’s very first graded stakes winner.

Live Racing Returns to Laurel Park on Friday, September 5

08/25/2025

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A Day with David Wade

08/05/2025

Dishing out ice cream and insight at The Saratoga Sale

By Mackenzie Pfeiffer

David Wade, General Manager and Agent for Northview Stallion Station, brought two notable entries to Fasig-Tipton’s “The Saratoga Sale” this year – one on four legs, and one on four wheels.

A Day with Ann Merryman

07/29/2025

She just breathes different air

By Mackenzie Pfeiffer

Ann Merryman made headlines this summer when her stunning homebred colt by Great Notion out of Sista won top honors at the Maryland Horse Breeders Association’s annual Yearling Show. The colt is a half-brother to stakes-winner Fiya.

Longtime Mid-Atlantic racing fans know it was no fluke. Over five decades, Merryman has quietly built a career defined by practical horsemanship, ethical training, and a deep, intuitive understanding of the animals in her care.

Maryland Jockey Club Hosts HERoes on the HERizon at Laurel Park

07/24/2025

LAUREL, MD — The Maryland Jockey Club (TMJC), in partnership with the Anne Arundel County Office of Emergency Management (OEM), recently hosted campers from the HERoes on the HERizon program for a morning at Laurel Park.

Maryland Stadium Authority Announces Demolition of the Pimlico Facility

07/24/2025

Structural demolition of barns and outbuildings began Thursday, July 24, 2025

(Edited MSA release)

LAUREL, MD – The Maryland Stadium Authority (MSA) announced that the structural demolition necessary for the Redevelopment of the Pimlico Racing Facility project began on Thursday, July 24, 2025 with the razing of the existing barns and outbuildings adjacent to Winner Avenue. Clark Construction Group, LLC, MSA’s Construction Manager, is tasked with the demolition.