Racing News

G3 Troy Victory Provides Memorable Moment for Trainer Potts

08/12/2020
Karamanos Enjoying View atop Summer Meet Rider Standings
Impressive Laurel Turf Sprint Winner Fiya Fetches $400,000 at Auction
Live Racing Returns Thursday with Eight-Race Program
 
LAUREL, MD – It wasn’t conventional, but it was memorable. As the years go by, Laurel Park-based trainer Wayne Potts will have no trouble recalling the circumstances of his first career stakes win.
 

Tiz Ferguson Impressive in Juvenile Filly Triumph Saturday

08/08/2020
Fourth Win for Lynch-Glaser
 
LAUREL, MD – Hope H. Jones’ Tiz Ferguson put her speed on display in Maryland’s first race for 2-year-old fillies of 2020, blazing to a popular front-running five-length score over first-time starter Miss Marley in Saturday’s opener at Laurel Park.
 

Ain't Da Beer Cold Takes Maryland's First Juvenile Race Friday

08/07/2020

First 2-Year-Old Filly Event Kicks Off Saturday’s Nine-Race Card
20-Cent Rainbow 6, 50-Cent Late Pick 5 Carryovers Saturday

LAUREL, MD – Matt Spencer, Kelly Jo Cox and Bonuccelli Racing’s homebred Ain’t Da Beer Cold jumped out to a quick lead and never trailed to spring a 15-1 upset in Maryland’s first juvenile race of the year Friday at Laurel Park.

Longshot Kicks off Stronach 5, Multiple Winning Tickets Each Worth $7,492

08/07/2020
Races from Laurel and Gulfstream, $100,000 Guaranteed Pool
 
LAUREL, MD – There were 13 winning tickets in Friday’s popular Stronach 5, each worth $7,492.20.
 

Hello Beautiful Headed to Sunday's $100,000 Audubon Oaks

08/06/2020
American Sailor Takes on Six in Saturday’s Troy (G3) at Saratoga
First 2-Year-Old Race of 2020 Part of Laurel’s Friday Program
 
LAUREL, MD – Multiple stakes-winning 3-year-old filly Hello Beautiful, stabled at Laurel Park with trainer Brittany Russell, will be making the first start outside of her native Maryland when she tackles 10 rivals in Sunday’s $100,000 Audubon Oaks at Ellis Park.
 

First Maryland 2-Year-Old Race Kicks off Stronach 5

08/06/2020

Races from Laurel & Gulfstream, $100,000 Guaranteed Pool

Labor Day Weekend to Feature $900,000 in Stakes at Laurel Park

08/04/2020

Tesio a ‘Win and In’ for Preakness (G1)
Weber City ‘Win and In’ for Black-Eyed Susan (G2)
Nine $100,000 Stakes Sept. 5 & 7

LAUREL, MD – The Maryland Jockey Club announced today it will play host to nine $100,000 stakes races on Labor Day Weekend, including the Federico Tesio, a ‘Win and In’ for the Preakness Stakes (G1), the Weber City, a ‘Win and In’ for the Black-Eyed Susan (G2), and three stakes on the turf.

Laurel's First 2-Year-Old Race Draws a Field of 10

08/04/2020

Lasix-Free Race to be Run Friday

LAUREL, MD – Laurel Park’s first 2-year-old race of 2020 will highlight Friday’s program. The 5-furlong event drew a field of 10 colts and geldings and will be run as the sixth race. The purse is $40,000.

Neck, Back Fractures to Sideline Jockey Feargal Lynch for Four Weeks

07/31/2020
Jockey Luis Garcia Returns to Winner’s Circle for First Time Since 2018
 
LAUREL, MD – Jockey Feargal Lynch is expected to miss the remainder of the summer meet after follow-up tests revealed fractures in his neck and back from a July 23 spill at Laurel Park.
 
Lynch, 42, ranked among the leading riders at the summer stand with 12 wins and $392,398 in purse earnings. The meet is scheduled to run Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays through Aug. 22.
 

Stronach 5 Returns $5,565 with Longest Price $10

07/31/2020
17 Winning Tickets
 
LAUREL, MD – The Stronach 5 continued to show a good return on investment Friday when it returned $5,565.30 with no winner in the sequence returning more than $10.
 
Friday’s Stronach 5 featured races from Laurel Park and Gulfstream Park and a $100,000 guaranteed pool. There were 17 winning tickets. All three races from Laurel scheduled on the turf were moved to the main track due to rain.