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Page McKenney Pointing to Feb. 18 Stakes Off Comeback Victory - Maryland-Based Horses Among Triple Crown Nominees - Live Racing Returns Friday with Multiple Carryovers

01/27/2017

Laurel Park News & Notes

Page McKenney Pointing to Feb. 18 Stakes Off Comeback Victory
Maryland-Based Horses Among Triple Crown Nominees
Live Racing Returns Friday with Multiple Carryovers

LAUREL, MD – While she has the date circled on her calendar for Page McKenney’s next start, trainer Mary Eppler will spend the next few weeks deciding on the race.

Page McKenney Returns a Winner in $75,000 Native Dancer

01/21/2017
Opens 7-Year-Old Season Off Nine-Month Layoff With 10th Stakes Win
Jockey Karamanos Posts Four-Win Day
Carryovers in Rainbow 6, Super Hi-5 for Sunday Program
 
LAUREL, MD – Dismissing his age, inactivity and a group of seven eager rivals including fellow graded stakes winner Kid Cruz, popular gelding Page McKenney made a triumphant return to the races Saturday in the $75,000 Native Dancer at Laurel Park.
 

High Roller Earns First Stakes Win in $75,000 Frank Whiteley Jr.

01/21/2017
Filly Winner Looks ‘Super’ $75,000 Marshua
Winter Leaves Rivals in the Cold in $75,000 Nellie Morse
Jockey McCarthy Posts Three-Stakes Riding Triple  
 
LAUREL, MD – Louis Ulman and Stephen Parker’s High Roller opened his sophomore season in successful fashion, taking the lead at the top of the stretch and holding off a late bid from favored stakes winner O Dionysus to win the $75,000 Frank Whiteley Jr. Saturday at Laurel Park.

O Dionysus Tops Field of Eight in $75,000 Frank Whiteley Jr.

01/18/2017
Lucky in Malibu Tries Again in $75,000 Marshua
Marabea Seeks Third Straight Win in $75,000 Nellie Morse   
 
LAUREL, MD – Marathon Farms’ stakes winner O Dionysus, narrowly beaten in his most recent start New Year’s Eve, is set to kick off his sophomore campaign in Saturday’s $75,000 Frank Whiteley Jr. at Laurel Park.
 

Page McKenney Begins Comeback in $75,000 Native Dancer

01/18/2017
Multiple Grade 3 Winner Kid Cruz Also Making Return in 1 1/16-Mile Stakes   
 
LAUREL, MD – Grade 3-winning gelding Page McKenney, one of the most popular and successful horses on the Mid-Atlantic circuit, will make his 44th career start and first in nearly nine months in Saturday’s $75,000 Native Dancer at Laurel Park.
 

Laurel Hosting Special Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday Program

01/15/2017

Post Time 12:30 P.M. for Nine-Race Card Monday, Jan. 16
Carryovers in Rainbow 6, Late Pick 5, Super Hi-5

LAUREL, MD – Laurel Park is hosting a special nine-race program on Monday, Jan. 16.

First race post time is 12:30 p.m.

Page McKenney Leads Nominations for $75,000 Native Dancer

01/14/2017
109 Nominees to Four Stakes Worth $300,000 in Purses Saturday, Jan. 21
 
LAUREL, MD – Multiple stakes-winning millionaire Page McKenney, unraced since finishing second in the Charles Town Classic (G2) last April, is nominated to begin his comeback in the $75,000 Native Dancer Saturday, Jan. 21 at Laurel Park.
 
The Native Dancer for 4-year-olds and up, run at about 1 1/16 miles, is one of four stakes worth $300,000 in purses on the program which drew a total of 109 nominations.

Imperial Hint Captures $75,000 Fire Plug in Maryland Debut

01/14/2017
Sweet On Smokey Rides Rail to Win $75,000 What a Summer  
 
LAUREL, MD – Raymond Mamone’s Imperial Hint, sent off as the favorite in his Maryland debut, coasted to the lead on the far turn and sprinted clear down the stretch to win Saturday’s $75,000 Fire Plug at Laurel Park.
 

Imperial Hint Captures $75,000 Fire Plug in Maryland Debut

01/14/2017
Sweet On Smokey Rides Rail to Win $75,000 What a Summer  
 
LAUREL, MD – Raymond Mamone’s Imperial Hint, sent off as the favorite in his Maryland debut, coasted to the lead on the far turn and sprinted clear down the stretch to win Saturday’s $75,000 Fire Plug at Laurel Park.
 

G3 Winner El Areeb Continues to Delight Connections

01/12/2017
Winner of Three Straight Returns to Work Tab This Weekend
 
LAUREL, MD – M M G Stables’ sophomore sensation El Areeb continues to train forwardly at his Laurel Park base after stamping himself a legitimate 3-year-old prospect with his 11 ¼-length romp in the Jerome (G3) Jan. 2 at Aqueduct.
 
Trainer Cal Lynch said El Areeb will return to the work tab this weekend for the first time since the race with his son and assistant, Charlie, in the irons.