Racing News

McCarthy Bags Three Stakes on Five-Win Afternoon

12/28/2019

Mandatory Payouts of Sunday’s Closing Day Program

LAUREL, MD – Jockey Trevor McCarthy celebrated Saturday’s Christmastide Day program at Laurel Park with five wins, including three of five stakes, and effectively clinched the fall meet riding title.

Someday Jones Runs Down Alwaysmining in $100,000 Native Dancer

12/28/2019

Among Five Stakes Worth $500,000 on Christmastide Day Card

LAUREL, MD – John Servis enjoyed some of the finest days of his career with 2004 Kentucky Derby (G1) and Preakness (G1) winner Smarty Jones. Now the veteran trainer is enjoying a multiple stakes-winning ride with a son of Smarty Jones.

Threefiveindia Becomes Stakes Winner in $100,000 Dave's Friend

12/28/2019

Majestic Reason Gets Job Done in $100,000 Willa On the Move
Jockey McCarthy Sweeps Sprint Stakes on Five-Win Day

LAUREL, MD – Rockingham Ranch’s 6-year-old gelding Threefiveindia, graded-stakes placed at 3 and 4, became a stakes winner for the first time while remaining unbeaten for his new connections with a three-quarter-length triumph in Saturday’s $100,000 Dave’s Friend at Laurel Park.

Monday Morning Qb Passes Test in $100,000 Heft

12/28/2019

Bella Aurora Sparkles in $100,000 Gin Talking Triumph

LAUREL, MD – Cash is King and LC Racing’s Monday Morning Qb, three weeks after a fever cost him a chance at making his stakes debut, returned to Laurel Park in full health and rebounded with a three-quarter-length score in Saturday’s $100,000 Heft Stakes.

Friday Stronach 5 Returns $5,404

12/27/2019

LAUREL, MD - There were 36 winning tickets in Friday’s Stronach 5, each returning $5,404.70.

Empire Maker Filly I Was Looking Up Graduates Friday at Laurel

12/27/2019

Five Stakes, Holiday Festivities for Saturday’s Christmastide Day Program

LAUREL, MD – I Was Looking Up, a $425,000 daughter of 2003 Belmont Stakes (G1) winner Empire Maker, forged a short lead at the top of the stretch and powered through the lane for a 2 ¼-length maiden triumph Friday at Laurel Park.

Graded Turf Winner Isotherm Cuts Back for $100,000 Dave's Friend

12/26/2019

Hockey Puck Shoots for Open Stakes Score in $100,000 Heft
Three-Way Battle for Fall Meet Jockey Title Going Down to Wire
$100,000 Guaranteed Pool for Friday’s National Stronach 5

LAUREL, MD – Matt Schera’s Isotherm, a two-time graded-stakes winner on the turf, will cut back to a dirt sprint for only the second time in his career and the first time in 20 months in Saturday’s $100,000 Dave’s Friend at Laurel Park.

Stronach 5: Three Tracks, Two on the Turf, $100,000 Guaranteed Pool

12/26/2019

LAUREL, MD – The popular Stronach 5, with an industry-low 12-percent takeout, will feature races Friday from Laurel Park, Gulfstream Park and Golden Gate Fields along with a $100,000 guaranteed pool.

Alwaysmining Seeks Return to Form in $100,000 Native Dancer

12/23/2019

Home Run Maker Launches Comeback in $100,000 Dave’s Friend
Laurel-Loving Majestic Reason Lands in $100,000 Willa On the Move
Among Five Stakes on Dec. 28 Christmastide Day Program

LAUREL, MD – Last December, Runnymede Racing’s Alwaysmining was just establishing the form that would see him become a multiple stakes winner and earn himself a berth in the Preakness Stakes (G1).

G1 Winner Nucky Heads East for Return in $100,000 Heft

12/23/2019

Cofactor Seeks Fourth Straight Win in $100,000 Gin Talking
Among Five Stakes on Dec. 28 Christmastide Day Program

LAUREL, MD – Rockingham Ranch’s Nucky, risked for a tag one start before becoming a Grade 1 winner, launches his comeback after an absence of three months between races in Saturday’s $100,000 Heft Stakes at Laurel Park.