Racing News

$100,000 Trainer Bonus Returns for Preakness Weekend Stakes

05/02/2024

Total of 16 Stakes, Nine Graded, Worth $4.4 Million May 17 & 18
149th Preakness (G1) May 18, 100th Black-Eyed Susan (G2) May 17
Preakness Weekend Stakes Nominations Close Tuesday, May 7

LAUREL, MD – For an eighth straight year, the Maryland Jockey Club is offering bonus money totaling $100,000 to trainers who run a minimum of five horses in the 15 Thoroughbred stakes races during Preakness weekend, May 17 and 18, at historic Pimlico Race Course.

Champion Jockey Wes Hamilton Back Home in Maryland

05/02/2024

25YO Won Eclipse Award as Country’s Top Apprentice in 2018
First 2YO Races, Kentucky Derby Party Highlight Closing Weekend

LAUREL, MD – Six years after gaining national attention as an Eclipse Award-winning apprentice, jockey Weston Hamilton is back in Maryland to begin the latest chapter of his riding career.

DRF’s Illman to Receive Old Hilltop Award at Pimlico

04/25/2024

To Be Recognized at Alibi Breakfast Thursday, May 16

LAUREL, MD – Dan Illman, longtime handicapper and writer for the Daily Racing Form (DRF) and executive producer for DRF’s video productions, has been named recipient of the 2024 Old Hilltop Award for covering Thoroughbred racing with excellence and distinction.

Jockey Jevian Toledo Sidelined with Collarbone Injury

04/25/2024

Meet Leading Rider, Apprentice J.G. Torrealba Returns Friday

LAUREL, MD – Champion jockey Jevian Toledo is expected to be out of action until late June after having minor surgery to repair his collarbone, while spring meet leading rider J.G. Torrealba will return to action Friday, five days after they were involved in a spill at Laurel Park.

Muth Favored Over Fierceness and Sierra Leone in Preakness Future Wager

04/25/2024

Final Preakness Pool Opens April 26 and Runs to May 4 at 6 P.M.

LAUREL, MD – Kentucky Derby (G1) favorites Fierceness and Sierra Leone will open as the second and third choices respectively in the Preakness Future Wager when the final pool opens Friday, April 26.

Preakness ‘A Consideration’ for Multiple Stakes Winner Copper Tax

04/21/2024

3YO Colt Earned Automatic Berth for Victory in April 20 Federico Tesio

LAUREL, MD – The 149th Preakness Stakes (G1), Middle Jewel of the Triple Crown, will be part of the conversation when the connections of $125,000 Federico Tesio winner Copper Tax discuss future plans for the multiple stakes-winning 3-year-old.

Copper Tax Gets Job Done Again in $125,000 Federico Tesio

04/20/2024

Edges Pacesetting Speedyness in Laurel Park’s Preakness (G1) Prep

LAUREL, MD – It took the length of the stretch, but Rose Petal Stable’s multiple stakes winner Copper Tax came with a steady run down the center of the track to reel in stubborn pacesetter Speedyness and edge clear by three-quarters of a length in Saturday’s $125,000 Federico Tesio at Laurel Park.

Call Another Play Makes it Three Straight in $100,000 Weber City Miss

04/20/2024

Witty Returns a Winner in Leatherbury
Five Towns Rallies for Victory in Dahlia

BALTIMORE – R. Larry Johnson’s Maryland homebred Call Another Play continued her forward progression, extended her win streak to three races and earned a shot against graded-stakes competition with a professional 3 ½-length victory in Saturday’s $125,000 Weber City Miss at Laurel Park.

Call Another Play Makes it Three Straight in $100,000 Weber City Miss

04/20/2024

Witty Returns a Winner in Leatherbury
Five Towns Rallies for Victory in Dahlia

LAUREL, MD – R. Larry Johnson’s Maryland homebred Call Another Play continued her forward progression, extended her win streak to three races and earned a shot against graded-stakes competition with a professional 3 ½-length victory in Saturday’s $125,000 Weber City Miss at Laurel Park.

Hunter Joe Thrilling Winner of Turf Season Opener Friday

04/19/2024

Classic Joke Seeking Return to Form in $125K Federico Tesio

LAUREL, MD – Lewis Family Racing Stable’s Hunter Joe sat off a fast early pace set by Psychedelic Shack and outkicked a pair of determined foes on his inside to register a thrilling neck victory in the first grass race of the season Friday.