What's Happening At Laurel Park's Winter Carnival

What's Happening At Laurel Park's Winter Carnival

                                                                                                                        February 12, 2015

          Saturday, Feb. 14 to Monday, Feb. 16

Ice Sculptures, Prizes, Giveaways and Polo Shirts

       $300,000 Barbara Fritchie Handicap and $250,000 General George Handicap    

Saturday, Feb. 14

                            •  Gates Open at 11 a.m.                            

                            •  Ice sculptures of 2014 Preakness winner California Chrome and local favorites Ben’s Cat and
                                Eighttofasttocatch.                              

                            •  The first 3,000 customers paying admission will receive a Laurel Park polo shirt. Wear it Monday
                                for free admission.

                            •  First race 12:30 p.m.

                            •  Ice Carving Demonstration 1-3:30 p.m.

                            •  Fans can chip away at an ice wall to win $2,500 worth of prizes 1-4 p.m.

                            •  $100,000 John B. Campbell Handicap, 1 1/8 mile, 3-year-olds and up.

                            •  $300,000 Barbara Fritchie Handicap (G2), seven furlongs, fillies and mares, 3-year-olds and up.

                            •  $100,000 Maryland Racing Media Stakes, 1 1/8 mile, 3-year-olds and up.

Sunday, Feb. 15

                             •  Gates Open 11 a..m.

                             •  First race 12:30 p.m.

                             •  Sunday Brunch in the Terrace Dining Room.

Monday, Feb. 16

                            •  Gates Open 11 a.m.

                            •  Drawings after the sixth race for a 48” flat screen television, Blue Ray/DVD player, a pair of tickets to the St.
                               Patty’s Day Pig Roast and one of two $100 Weis Gift Cards.

                            •   $250,000 General George Handicap (G3)

                                 For more information go to https://www.laurelpark.com/events.

 

                        Laurel Park is a Stronach Group company, North America’s leading Thoroughbred racetrack owner/operator. The Stronach Group racetracks include Santa Anita Park, Gulfstream Park & Casino, Golden Gate Fields, Portland Meadows, Laurel Park and Pimlico Race Course, home of the world-famous Preakness. The company owns and operates the Palm Meadows Training Center in Florida and is one of North America's top race horse breeders through its award-winning Adena Springs operation. The Stronach Group is one of the world's largest suppliers of pari-mutuel wagering systems, technologies and services. Its companies include AmTote, a global leader in wagering technology; Xpressbet, an Internet and telephone account wagering service; and Monarch Content Management, which acts as a simulcast purchase and sales agent of horseracing content for numerous North American racetracks and wagering outlets. The Stronach Group is also a major producer of televised horse racing programming through its HRTV cable and satellite network and is North America's premier supplier of virtual online horse racing games, as well as a leading producer of social media content for the horseracing industry. For more information contact David Joseph at david.joseph@gulfstreampark.com or call 954.457.6451.