Racing News

Anna’s Bandit Speeds to Feature Win Thursday at Laurel

01/12/2019

Jockey McCarthy Enjoys Three-Win Afternoon

LAUREL, MD – No Guts No Glory Farm’s Anna’s Bandit, a three-time stakes winner in 2018, kicked off her 5-year-old season Thursday with a front-running five-length victory in the featured seventh race at Laurel Park.

With Xavier Perez up for breeder-trainer Jerry Robb, and narrowly favored at 2-1, Anna’s Bandit ($6.40) was timed in 1:20.28 for 5 ½ furlongs over a fast main track in the $47,000 third-level optional claiming allowance for fillies and mares 4 and up.

38 Winners in Friday’s Stronach 5

01/11/2019
Each Take Home $3,864 
 
LAUREL, MD – There were 38 winners in Friday’s Stronach 5, each receiving $3,864.50.
 
The Stronach 5, a national Pick 5 with a $50,000 guaranteed pool and industry-low 12-percent takeout, started with Tiger Eyes ($11) winning the ninth race at Laurel Park and ended with the game Washington-bred Gray Gem ($10.20) winning the final leg at Golden Gate Fields.
 
There was $165,844 bet into the Stronach 5. 

Jockeys Taken to Hospital Following Three-Horse Spill

01/11/2019
Moon Virginia Eclipses Field in Laurel Friday Feature
Quartet of $100,000 Stakes Highlight Saturday Program
 
LAUREL, MD – Jockeys Trevor McCarthy, Horacio Karamanos and Jomar Torres were each taken to the hospital for evaluation following a three-horse spill during Friday’s sixth race.
 

Late Night Pow Wow Goes for Eight Straight in $100,000 What a Summer

01/10/2019
Pletcher Looking to Score ‘Points’ in $100,000 Native Dancer
Home Run Maker Taking His Cut in $100,000 Fire Plug
Timeless Curls Making Stakes Debut in $100,000 Nellie Morse
 
LAUREL, MD – Breeze Easy LLC’s Grade 3 winner Late Night Pow Wow will face five rivals in her bid for a fifth straight stakes victory and eighth consecutive win overall in Saturday’s $100,000 What a Summer at Laurel Park.
 

Stronach 5 Stops at Four Tracks Friday, $50,000 Guaranteed Pool

01/09/2019
Turf Races from Gulfstream, Santa Anita 
 
LAUREL, MD – The Stronach 5, featuring a $50,000 guaranteed pool and industry-low 12-percent takeout, will travel from Maryland to South Florida to California Friday afternoon.
 

Maryland Jockey Club Offering Stakes Incentive to Horsemen

01/09/2019
Entry, Starting Fee Waived for Grade 1 Winners
 
LAUREL, MD – In preparation for this weekend’s kickoff at Laurel Park, the Maryland Jockey Club announced today an incentive program for graded-stakes winners that participate in its stakes schedule for the 2019 season.
 

Jockey LaBarre Earns First Pro Win Saturday at Laurel

01/05/2019
Rainbow 6, Super Hi-5 Carryovers for Sunday Program
            
LAUREL, MD – Ejetero LLC’s Empire Panther took the lead at the top of the stretch and held off a late challenge from Ash n’ Em to give jockey Rebecca LaBarre her first professional victory Saturday at Laurel Park.
 

Five Winners Each Receive $29,027 in Friday’s Stronach 5

01/04/2019
LAUREL, MD – Five players from across North America were each rewarded with $29,027.90 for hitting Friday’s Stronach 5, the national Pick 5 with an industry-low 12-percent takeout.
 
Friday’s Stronach 5 started at Laurel with a $12.40 winner in Hail the Queen and ended at Golden Gate Fields with a 6-5 favorite in Shadrack. The highest price in the sequence occurred in the second leg with Park Ridge Benny returning $20.40 at Gulfstream Park.
 

Late Night Pow Pow, Ms Locust Point Top Laurel Stakes Noms

01/04/2019
Graded Winners Among 80 Nominations for Saturday, Jan. 12
Four Stakes Worth $400,000 in Purses Open 2019 Stakes Schedule
 
LAUREL, MD – Late Night Pow Wow, riding a seven-race win streak, and fellow graded-stakes winner Ms Locust Point top 15 horses nominated to the $100,000 What a Summer Stakes Saturday, Jan. 12 at Laurel Park.
 

Friday’s Stronach 5: Four Tracks, $50,000 Guaranteed Pool

01/02/2019

Three Races on theTurf,First Race Post 4:35 ET, 1:35 PT
Races from Gulfstream, Santa Anita, Laurel and Golden Gate

LAUREL, MD – Friday’s Stronach 5 will feature a $50,000 guaranteed pool and will go cross-country with races from Gulfstream Park, Santa Anita Park, Laurel Park and Golden Gate Fields.