Racing News

Glorious Empire Thriving under Lawrences Care

09/20/2019

Video: Aguirre Jr. Tries Benny Havens in Futurity
Reds on the Rail Kicks off Saturday at 1 P.M.

LAUREL, MD - Glorious Empire won five of nine starts in Europe, but after winning just one of his first 10 races in North America, it seemed as though the son of Holy Roman Empire would never realize his full potential.

Dirty Looks to Clean Up in $100,000 Laurel Dash on Saturday

09/19/2019

Goldwood Ready to Shine in $100,000 Sensible Lady Turf Dash

LAUREL, MD – Tom O’Grady’s Dirty, who has shown a distinct fondness for the Laurel Park turf, will be looking to clean up in Saturday’s $100,000 Laurel Dash presented by Fidelity First and Blackwell Real Estate.

Stakes Winner Doc Boy Takes Win Streak Into Fasig-Tipton Laurel Futurity

09/19/2019

Sharing Looks to Maintain Family Tradition in $200,000 Selima
Among Eight Stakes Worth $1.3 Million in Purses Saturday, Sept. 21

LAUREL, MD – Rick Kanter’s Doc Boy, already a stakes winner at the distance and unbeaten in two tries on the surface, takes aim at his third consecutive victory in the $200,000 Fasig-Tipton Laurel Futurity Saturday at Laurel Park.

Friday Stronach 5 Returns to Main Track at Laurel, Gulfstream & Golden Gate

09/19/2019

$100,000 Guaranteed Pool, Industry-Low 12-Pecrent Takeout

LAUREL, MD – A week after featuring five turf races, Friday’s Stronach 5 will take to the main tracks at Laurel Park, Gulfstream Park and Golden Gate Fields with a $100,000 guaranteed pool and 12-percent takeout.

Needs Supervision Launches Comeback in Warriors Reward Weather Vane

09/18/2019

Filly Sprint Among Eight Stakes Worth $1.3 Million in Purses Saturday, Sept. 21

LAUREL, MD – Stakes winner Needs Supervision, unraced since her lone try against graded company in mid-February, is set to launch her comeback in Saturday’s inaugural $100,000 Warrior’s Reward Weather Vane at Laurel Park.

Glorious Empire Returns in Baltimore/Washington International Turf Cup

09/18/2019

Grade 1 Stakes-Winning Gelding Set for 2019 Debut in Grade 3 Stakes

LAUREL, MD – After romping to victory in the $200,000 Fort Lauderdale (G2) at Gulfstream Park last December, Matthew Schera’s Glorious Empire was poised to match his Grade 1 credentials against those of many of the very best turf performers in the world in the $7 million Pegasus World Cup Turf Invitational (G1) over the same course six weeks later.

Jais’s Solitude Looks to Soar in $150,000 Bald Eagle Derby

09/18/2019

Among Eight Stakes Worth $1.3 Million in Purses Saturday, Sept. 21

LAUREL, MD – Mike Anderson Racing’s Jais’s Solitude, beaten a head in his graded debut to end last month, stretches out in seek of his first career stakes victory in the $150,000 Bald Eagle Derby presented by B&B Commercial Interiors Saturday at Laurel Park.

New York Central Seeks Rebound in De Francis Memorial Dash

09/18/2019

Prestigious $250,000 Sprint Tops Eight Stakes Worth $1.3 Million Sept. 21

LAUREL, MD – WinStar Farm, China Horse Club and SF Racing’s Grade 3 winner New York Central, freshened off a disappointing effort last time out, returns to Maryland with a chance to rediscover his winning form in Saturday’s $250,000 Xpressbet Frank J. De Francis Memorial Dash (G3) at Laurel Park.

Ex-Trainer, Owner Allen Hopes to Hit Another Home Run in Racing

09/17/2019

Former MLB Player Trained 1990 De Francis Dash Winner Northern Wolf
28th De Francis (G3) Tops Eight Stakes Worth $1.3 Million Saturday
Podcast link: Allen's interview on HRRN's Trainer Talk show

LAUREL, MD – Going back as far as he can remember, horses have always been there for Harold ‘Hank’ Allen. So has baseball. The two passions have alternated as dominant parts of his life for nearly eight decades, and now the pendulum is swinging back again.

Bustoff Extends Win Streak to Five in Laurel Sunday Feature

09/15/2019

Lynch Registers First Career Win in FEGENTRI Amateur Race

LAUREL, MD – Philmor Racing Stable’s Bustoff extended his win streak to five races, taking the lead with two furlongs to run and dug in tenaciously to hold off Absolved down the stretch for a head victory in Sunday’s featured sixth race at Laurel Park.

Ridden by Sheldon Russell for trainer Hugh McMahon, 4-year-old Bustoff ($7.80) ran one mile in 1:36.47 over a fast main track in the $42,000 entry level allowance for 3-year-olds and up.