Racing News

Quint’s Brew Defends Title in Jennings

01/15/2026

Takethemoneyhoney favored in Geisha
Hold Your Breath ships sharp for What a Summer Overnight Handicap
Competitive group lines up for Fire Plug Overnight Handicap

LAUREL, MD—Paul Berube, Karen Linnell, and Heather Hunter’s Quint’s Brew, an eight-length winner of last year’s Jennings Stakes, defends his title in Saturday’s renewal, one of four $100,000 races on the ten-race program at Laurel Park.

Let’s Go Lando Another Capuano Winner

01/10/2026

Momaxie remains unbeaten
Charm City Pick 5 Contest Returns for Winter Meet

LAUREL, MD—For the second consecutive day, trainer Gary Capuano and jockey Yedsit Hazlewood teamed up to win with a promising 3-year-old at Laurel Park.

On Friday, it was Awesome Andy.

This afternoon, Let’s Go Lando enjoyed a comfortable victory in the seventh race, a $49,000 first-level allowance over one mile.

Let’s Go Lando Another Capuano Winner

01/10/2026

Momaxie remains unbeaten
Charm City Pick 5 Contest Returns for Winter Meet

LAUREL, MD—For the second consecutive day, trainer Gary Capuano and jockey Yedsit Hazlewood teamed up to win with a promising 3-year-old at Laurel Park.

On Friday, it was Awesome Andy.

This afternoon, Let’s Go Lando enjoyed a comfortable victory in the seventh race, a $49,000 first-level allowance over one mile.

Awesome Andy Wins Second Straight Start

01/09/2026

“Charm City Pick 5” Handicapping Contest Returns for Winter Meet
$17,328,56 carryover into Saturday’s late “Value Pick 5”

LAUREL, MD—Trainer Gary Capuano saddled 16 juvenile winners in 2025.

One of them, Awesome Andy, showed no fear of the dreaded “sophomore jinx,” rallying along the rail under teenage phenom Yedsit Hazlewood to win Friday’s eighth race, a first-level allowance for 3-year-olds at 5 ½ furlongs.

TMJC Reports Handle Increase in 2025

01/08/2026

2026 Winter Meet Begins Friday, January 9

LAUREL, MD—Fresh off a successful 2025 season, The Maryland Jockey Club rings in the New Year on Friday, January 9, the opening day of the Laurel Park Winter Meet.

In 2025, there were 1,109 races over 119 live racing days at Laurel Park and Pimlico Race Course. The average per-race handle was $365,637, up 14.29% from the previous year.

The average daily handle for races at Laurel and Pimlico in 2025 reached $3,407,493, a 13.49% increase over 2024.

Yedsit Hazlewood a Finalist for 2025 Eclipse Award

01/05/2026

Splendora a finalist for Older Dirt Female, Female Sprinter honors
Preakness winner Journalism a finalist in 3-Year-Old Male category
Swore a finalist for Champion Steeplechase Horse Award

LAUREL, MD—Yedsit Hazlewood, Maryland’s top rider last year, is one of three finalists for the 2025 Eclipse Award for Outstanding Apprentice Jockey.

The winner will be announced at the 55th Annual Resolute Racing Eclipse Awards, presented by John Deere, the Jockey Club, and the NTRA, on Thursday, January 22, at 7:30 pm ET.

Hazlewood, Russell Capture Fall Meet and Yearly Honors

12/30/2025

Live racing resumes Friday, January 9

LAUREL, MD—Yedsit Hazlewood and Brittany Russell concluded 2025 in style, capturing the jockey and trainer titles at the Laurel Park Fall meeting.

Both Hazlewood and Russell also earned year-end honors as the leading jockey and trainer at TMJC-operated racetracks.

Hazlewood, 17, a leading contender for the 2025 Eclipse Award for Outstanding Apprentice Jockey, ran away with the Fall Meet Title, which spanned from Sept. 5 to Dec. 28.

Champion Jockey Alberto Delgado Retires

12/28/2025

Rode California Chrome
Finished second in the 1995 Preakness

LAUREL, MD—Alberto Delgado, who earned Eclipse Award honors as the Champion Apprentice Jockey in 1982, announced his retirement after Sunday’s second race at Laurel Park.

Hollywood Import Stars in Heft Stakes

12/27/2025

Just Peach-y for Russells in Gin Talking
Hazlewood, Gary Capuano win three races apiece

LAUREL, MD—It wasn’t surprising that Hollywood Import won Saturday’s $100,000 Heft Stakes for 2-year-olds at seven furlongs.

After all, his trainer, Gary Capuano, has saddled 16 juvenile winners this year. His record with babies has been so strong that they should nickname Capuano “Daddy Day Care.”

What was startling was how Hollywood Import earned his first stakes victory.

All the Hardways Rallies Late in Friday Feature

12/26/2025

Yedsit Hazlewood wins three races

LAUREL, MD—A change in tactics propelled All the Hardways to an upset victory in today’s featured eighth race at Laurel Park, a state-bred or state-sired allowance for 3-year-olds and upward at 5 ½ furlongs.

Thirteen days ago, All the Hardways was the 2-1 favorite at the same class level racing a one-turn mile. He showed brief speed under jockey Xavier Perez, then steadily retreated to finish fifth in the six-horse field.