Racing News

Leading Trainer Gonzalez a Winner On and Off Track

Cancer Survivor Closing in on Seventh Career Meet Title at Laurel
 
 LAUREL, MD – In just his sixth full season of training Thoroughbreds, Claudio Gonzalez never envisioned having the kind of success that has resulted his emergence as a dominant force in Maryland and has him a weekend away from formally claiming his fourth title in the last five Maryland Jockey Club meets.

Apprentice Jockey Urizar Velazquez Earns First Career Victory

Broken Bridle Forges Narrow Win in Laurel Thursday Feature
Rainbow 6, Late Pick 5, Super Hi-5 Carryovers Friday
 
LAUREL, MD – Brian McFarlane’s 3-year-old gelding Free to Trump was a gate-to-wire winner of Thursday’s fourth race to give apprentice jockey Urizar Velazquez his first career winner in his professional debut.
 

Whirlin Curlin Seeks Stakes-Winning Form in $75,000 Star de Naskra

Limited View Returns to Dirt for $75,000 Miss Disco Stakes
Among Four Stakes Worth $300,000 on Maryland Pride Day Aug. 18
 
LAUREL, MD – When it comes to multiple stakes winner Whirlin Curlin, trainer Kieron Magee is hoping new surroundings will rekindle old form in Saturday’s $75,000 Star de Naskra Stakes at Laurel Park.
 

Connections Hope Maryland Champion Crabcakes has Taste for Turf in $75,000 Jameela

Gaudet Starting Over with John Jones in $75,000 Ben’s Cat 
Four Stakes Worth $300,000 on Maryland Pride Day Aug. 18
 
LAUREL, MD – Already a multiple stakes winner on the dirt, Morgan’s Ford Farm’s Crabcakes will attempt to transfer her form to the grass when she makes her turf debut in the $75,000 Jameela.
 

Laki Awarded Win over Favored Lewisfield in $100,000 Polynesian

Fourth Leg in Dirt Sprint Division of Revived MATCH Series
 
LAUREL, MD – Hillside Equestrian Meadows’ Laki became a stakes winner for the second time in his career when he was elevated to victory following the disqualification of favored Lewisfield for interference in deep stretch of Sunday’s $100,000 Polynesian Stakes at Laurel Park.
 

Multiple Stakes Winner Always Sunshine Targeting G3 De Francis Dash

6-Year-Old Sprinter Earned Fourth Career Stakes Win Friday at Saratoga
Glory Stars Upsets Graded-Stakes Placed Zulu in Saturday Feature
Double Carryovers, $100,000 Polynesian Highlight Sunday Card
 

John Jones, Crabcakes, Limited View Top Maryland Pride Day Nominations

Four Maryland-Bred/Sired Stakes Worth $300,000 in Purses Saturday, Aug. 18
 
LAUREL, MD – Multiple stakes winners John Jones, Crabcakes and Limited View were among 84 nominees to four stakes for Maryland-bred/sired horses worth $300,000 in purses on the Maryland Pride Day program Saturday, Aug. 18 at Laurel Park.
 

G3 Winner Just Howard Earns Hard-Fought Victory in Laurel Return

Maryland’s 2017 Horse of the Year Captures Thursday Allowance Feature
 
LAUREL, MD – Skeedattle Associates’ Grade 3 winner Just Howard made a triumphant return to Laurel Park’s world-class turf course Thursday, working hard over the soft going to forge a 1 ¼-length triumph in the featured ninth race.
 

Lewisfield Back on Familiar Ground in Polynesian

Among Five Stakes Winners in Field of Six for Seven-Furlong Sprint
Fourth Leg in Dirt Sprint Division of Revived MATCH Series
 
LAUREL, MD – Exiting the only off-the-board finish of his career in his debut outside the Mid-Atlantic, Linda Zang’s stakes winner Lewisfield finds himself back in familiar territory when he heads a field of six in Sunday’s $100,000 Polynesian Stakes at Laurel Park.
 

MJC Champions Handicapping Tournament Aug. 18 at Laurel

Berths on Line for NHC, BCBC and BIG ONE Tournaments
Guaranteed Prize Money Paid to Top 10 Finishers
 
LAUREL, MD – Laurel Park will host the second and final session of the 2018 Maryland Jockey Club Champions Handicapping Tournament in the second-floor clubhouse sports bar Saturday, Aug. 18.