Racing News

Max Capacity Sharp at Laurel Park

10/26/2025

LAUREL, MD— Max Capacity rushed up soon after the start under jockey Jevian Toledo, controlled fractions of 22.62 and 46.45 seconds, then stayed strong to win Sunday’s sixth race at Laurel Park, a $49,000 first-level allowance with a $62,500 claiming option for 2-year-olds at 5 ½ furlongs.

Tartabull Wins One for Anna

10/25/2025

LAUREL, MD— Like mother, like son.

Tartabull, the first foal out of the extremely popular Anna’s Bandit, rallied stoutly along the inside to win Saturday’s ninth race at Laurel Park, a $45,000 maiden special weight for state-bred or -sired juveniles at six furlongs.

Jack’s Legend Puts Them to Sleep in Friday Co-Feature

10/24/2025

Warp Nine a supersonic winner of the co-featured ninth race
Post Time to stand at Northview Stallion Station in 2026

LAUREL, MD—Sometimes the best plan is to have no plan.

Well-Behaved Eff Thirty Five Kicks Them Down in Sunday Feature

10/19/2025

Petingas Twin pulls off mild upset in co-featured tenth race

LAUREL, MD—When Eff Thirty Five minds his manners, he is a tough horse to beat.

Unfortunately, Eff Thirty Five can be cantankerous, and jockey Sheldon Russell believes that naughty behavior worked against him in past races, most noticeably in his final start over the summer at Colonial Downs on Aug. 20.

Cactus Blooms in Saturday Co-Feature

10/18/2025

Kerness K pops off long layoff
Trainer Niall Saville notches 100th lifetime victory

LAUREL, MD— Jockey Jeiron Barbosa blamed himself after Cactus finished third in his first start for trainer Robbie Bailes.

"Last time, Robbie told me to sit off the pace and try to stay close [to the leaders],” Barbosa said. “I lost the whip last time, so that's why I couldn’t win. I told Robbie I was sorry, to give [Cactus] to me next time, and the horse could win. The horse has talent on the grass.”

Boastfully Irish Storms Down Course in Laurel Park Co-Feature

10/17/2025

Power Grid electric in a 2-year-old dirt maiden
Jevian Toledo named “Jockey of the Week” by Jockeys’ Guild

LAUREL, MD—As the horses circled the paddock for Friday’s co-featured seventh race at Laurel Park, a $47,000 maiden special weight for 2-year-olds at 5 ½ furlongs on the Bowl Game Turf Course, all eyes were on first-time starter Gotta Get It Right, a $300,000 yearling trained by Graham Motion.

It’s a Family Affair for Tideoftime in Sunday’s Feature at Laurel Park

10/12/2025

Jockey J. G. Torrealba wins three races

LAUREL, MD—Twenty-two years ago, trainer Jimmy Toner saddled Ellie’s Moment, a homebred daughter of Kris S. owned by Joan and John Phillips’s Phillips Racing Partnership, to a 6 ½ length victory in Aqueduct’s Rare Treat Handicap

Nine years ago, Toner and the Phillips tasted Grade 1 glory when Ellie’s Moment’s daughter, Time and Motion, rallied from off the pace under John Velazquez to take the Grade 1 Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup at Keeneland.

Barbadian Runner Upsets Post Time in Milton P. Higgins III Maryland Million Classic

10/11/2025

Yedsit Hazlewood wins four races; Jevian Toledo becomes the winningest Jim McKay Maryland Million jockey
All-sources handle for 12-race program tops $5.7 million

LAUREL, MD—Barbadian Runner upset reigning Maryland-bred Horse of the Year Post Time in Laurel Park’s $150,000 Milton P. Higgins III Maryland Million Classic, the featured event on Saturday’s 12-race Jim McKay Maryland Million program, presented by Brown Advisory.

Slam Notion Stalks and Pounces in Fair Hill Training Center Maryland Million Sprint

10/11/2025

Teenage sensation Hazlewood earns first stakes win with Onyx Ten in Shamrock Farm Maryland Million Distaff

LAUREL, MD— The consistent Slam Notion tracked three wide under jockey Jevian Toledo, made a bid from that path on the turn, then dug in determinedly to deny a game Twisted Ride in Saturday’s $100,000 Maryland Million Sprint for 3-year-olds and upward racing six furlongs at Laurel Park.

Big Cuddle Overcomes Big Trouble in Fasig-Tipton Maryland Million Nursery

10/11/2025

Can’t jinx classy Slewperstitus in Glenangus Farm Maryland Million Lassie

LAUREL, MD—Jockey Yedsit Hazlewood raised his whip to the heavens and swung it jubilantly as Big Cuddle overcame a seemingly disastrous start to rally past them in Saturday’s $100,000 Fasig-Tipton Maryland Million Nursery for 2-year-olds racing six furlongs at Laurel Park.