Racing News

Renegade 10-1 Morning Line Favorite for Preakness Stakes Future Win Wager

Special pool opens at noon ET on April 24

LAUREL, MD—The Maryland Jockey Club (TMJC), in conjunction with 1/ST Racing, today announced the field and morning line odds for the Preakness Stakes Future Win Wager. This separate wagering pool offers “WIN” wagers on the Preakness Stakes at Laurel Park on May 16.

There are 40 betting interests in the Preakness Stakes Future Win Wager, with the 40th being the pari-mutuel field, or “all other 3-year-olds.”

TMJC Statement on CDI’s Acquisition of Preakness Intellectual Property

Preakness Stakes to be held at Pimlico beginning in 2027

Zevon Wires the Field in Sunday Co-Feature at Laurel Park

Majorca wins again for Eubanks

LAUREL, MD—A little time, love, and tenderness from owner-breeder Mary Voss and trainer Danielle Hodsdon transformed Zevon from a surly young horse into a successful equine athlete.

Taj Mahal Earns Way Into Preakness Stakes

Cruise the Nile notches first stakes victory in Henry S. Clark
“Barn favorite” Outlaw Kid reigns in the King T. Leatherbury Stakes

LAUREL, MD—Taj Mahal earned his way into the Grade 1, $2,000,000 Preakness Stakes, the second jewel of the Triple Crown, with a dominant performance Saturday in the $150,000 Federico Tesio Stakes for 3-year-olds at 1 1/8 miles at Laurel Park.

Surprise, Surprise: Ivy Girl Takes Weber City Miss Stakes

Summerintahoe hangs on to win Dahlia
Aurello wins Preakness Preview Day Handicapping Challenge

By Vinnie Perrone

LAUREL, MD--Ivy Girl finally arrived in the Weber City Miss Stakes Saturday at Laurel Park. Her stable found it worth the wait.

Squeezed at the start and lagging through much of the Weber City Miss Stakes, Ivy Girl sprang to life in the open Laurel Park stretch and, at big odds, surged to a half-length victory over A. P.'s Girl.

Top Manipulator Upsets Friday Feature

Preakness Preview Day on Saturday

LAUREL, MD—As the horses circled the starting gate before Friday’s featured third race at Laurel Park, a $75,000 open allowance race for 3-year-olds at six furlongs, Top Manipulator grew impatient with the wait.

He reared up, almost unseating jockey Forest Boyce, and bolted the wrong way on the clubhouse turn.

All In The Family For Miss Fulton Gal In Weber City Miss

Ribaltagaia returns from layoff in Dahlia
Chasing Liberty faces elders in King T. Leatherbury
Neat hopes for better luck in Henry S. Clark

LAUREL, MD—It will be a family affair for Trott Racing Stables and Five Sisters Farm when Miss Fulton Gal starts in Saturday’s $150,000 Weber City Miss Stakes for 3-year-old fillies at 1 1/16 miles.

The winner receives an automatic berth in the Grade 2, $300,000 Black-Eyed Susan Stakes at Pimlico on Preakness Eve.

Federico Tesio Stakes Headlines “Preakness Preview Day”

Tesio winner earns automatic entry into the Preakness Stakes
Weber City Miss a “Win Today, See You in May” qualifier for Black-Eyed Susan
Five stakes at Laurel worth $600,000 in purses
Full, competitive fields ensure solid wagering opportunities

Where’s Ray Wins One For Tim

R J’s Ice earns Maryland Million maiden bonus

LAUREL, MD—“It’s the hardest race I’ve ever won in my life,” said a tearful John Salzman Jr. after Where’s Ray was placed first by disqualification in Sunday’s co-featured third race at Laurel Park, a $53,000 second-level allowance for 3-year-olds and up at 5 ½ furlongs on the Kelso Turf Course.

Union Fleet Sinks Chalk Players in Saturday Feature

Another triple for Yedsit Hazlewood

LAUREL, MD—On a beautiful Saturday afternoon at Laurel Park, Union Fleet shocked the betting public by upsetting the featured eighth race, a conditioned allowance with an optional claiming range of $55,000 to $44,000 for 3-year-olds and up at one mile.

Union Fleet, apprentice Jose Vargas’s second winner of the afternoon, was dismissed at 49-1 in a seven-horse field, but never looked like an outsider once the gates opened.