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Four-Day Fall Race Week Begins Thursday at Laurel Park

10/04/2023

Live Racing Thursday Through Sunday in October and November
Boyce Riding Hot Streak to Early Lead in Fall Jockey Standings

LAUREL, MD – Live four-day racing at Laurel Park’s fall meet during October and November begins Thursday with a 10-race program that includes a pair of maiden special weight events and an open allowance for 3-year-olds and up.

First race post time is 12:25 p.m.

Canter for a Cause Returning to Pimlico Sunday, Oct. 29

10/02/2023

Registration Closes Oct. 23 for Annual Event to Benefit TAA

LAUREL, MD – Canter for a Cause, one of the most highly anticipated events of the year in Maryland, is scheduled to make its return to historic Pimlico Race Course Sunday, Oct. 29, giving fans the opportunity to follow in the hoofprints of some of Thoroughbred racing’s greatest champions.

Selima Winner Brocknardini Possible for Breeders’ Cup

10/01/2023

‘There’s a Lot to Gain and Not a Lot to Lose’ for 2YO Filly
Stakes Action Continues with 38th Maryland Million Oct. 14
Live Four-Day Fall Meet Racing Begins Thursday, Oct. 5

LAUREL, MD – Thomas Brockley and Daryn Bedinotti’s 2-year-old filly Brocknardini, who impressed earning her first stakes victory in Saturday’s $150,000 Selima at Laurel Park, will be pointed to a potential start in the Breeders’ Cup, trainer George Weaver said.

Air Recruit Impresses in $150,000 Laurel Futurity Victory

09/30/2023

Breeders’ Cup ‘Could Be an Option’ for Winner of 2YO Turf Stakes

LAUREL, MD – Mark Grier’s Air Recruit, third behind one of the top juveniles in the country three weeks ago, put his own talent on display and has his connections considering the Breeders’ Cup with an impressive 5 ½-length victory in Saturday’s $100,000 Laurel Futurity at Laurel Park.

Interstatedaydream Returns a Winner in $100,000 Twixt

09/30/2023

Yamato Gets Job Done in $100,000 Japan Turf Cup

LAUREL, MD – If it was indeed her last race, Flurry Racing Stables’ multiple graded-stakes winner Interstatedaydream went out in style and kept her perfect Maryland record intact with a 2 ½-length triumph in Saturday’s $100,000 Twixt.

Brocknardini Notches ‘Professional’ Win in $150,000 Selima

09/30/2023

Second Win in Three Starts, First in Stakes, for 2-Year-Old Filly

LAUREL, MD – Thomas Brockley and Daryn Bedinotti’s Brocknardini, stretched out and dropped in class off a nightmarish stakes debut against Grade 1 company just two weeks earlier, returned to the races in style with a 2 ¼-length victory in the $100,000 Selima Saturday at Laurel Park.

G3 Winner Eons Tops Wide-Open $100,000 Japan Turf Cup

09/28/2023

Field of 15 Entered in 1 ½-Mile Scheduled Grass Stakes Saturday

LAUREL, MD – Mark Grier’s Grade 3 winner Eons chases a sixth career stakes victory and third over the local course in his return to Laurel Park for Saturday’s $100,000 Japan Turf Cup.

Interstatedaydream Returns to Maryland for $100,000 Twixt

09/28/2023

Saturday Stakes Expected to be Last Start for Multiple Graded Winner

LAUREL, MD – Flurry Racing Stable’s Interstatedaydream, a two-time graded-stakes winner that has enjoyed success in her only two prior trips to Maryland, will get the chance to end her career on a positive note when she takes on eight rivals in Saturday’s $100,000 Twixt at Laurel Park.

Stakes Winner Carmelina Trying Turf in $150,000 Selima

09/27/2023

Co-Headliner of Saturday Program with $150K Laurel Futurity

LAUREL, MD – Cash is King and LC Racing’s Carmelina, who became a stakes winner on dirt in her last start, will look to transfer that success to the turf when she returns from a short freshening in Saturday’s $150,000 Selima at Laurel Park.

Understudy Kitty Taking Step Up in $150,000 Laurel Futurity

09/27/2023

Among Four Stakes Worth $500,000 in Purses on Saturday Program

LAUREL, MD – Nearly two decades after winning with a relatively unknown horse that would go on to greater glory, trainer Michael Matz brings another talented maiden winner to Laurel Park in search of stakes success in Saturday’s $150,000 Laurel Futurity.