Racing News

Rainbow 6 Carryover Swells to $62,695 for Sunday

Limited View Blazes Half-Mile Saturday for March 17 Stakes
MJC Hosts Second Annual Students on Track Program Saturday
 
LAUREL, MD – The 20-cent Rainbow 6 saw its carryover jackpot swell to $62,695.08 for Sunday after going unsolved on Saturday’s nine-race program.
 

Champion Jockey Toledo Returns to Ride Friday at Laurel

Maryland’s Leading Rider in 2017 Out Since Jan. 21 Spill
Rainbow 6 Carryover Grows to $52,584 for Saturday
 
LAUREL, MD – Jevian Toledo, Maryland’s leading rider in 2015 and 2017, made his return to the irons with a pair of mounts Friday at Laurel Park.
 

Brian Conley Captures MJC Handicapping Tournament

Earns $3,780 in Prize Money and Berth in Breeders’ Cup Betting Challenge
 
LAUREL, MD – Brian Conley of Columbia, Md. finished with a balance of $2,192 to edge Coleen Curley and capture the spring session of the Maryland Jockey Club’s Champions Handicapping Tournament held Saturday, March 3 at Laurel Park.
 

Rainbow 6 Carryover Grows to $42,563 for Friday, March 9

LAUREL, MD - Jorge Vargas Jr. rode three straight winners late in Monday’s card to punctuate a four-win afternoon for the current winter-spring meet’s leading jockey.
 
Vargas picked up his first winner with Belfour ($3.20) in the second race and followed up with Mila Jane ($10.80) in the sixth, first-time starter Three Hawk ($7) in the seventh and Kaitain ($4.40) in the eighth.
 

Still Having Fun, Limited View Among 123 St. Patrick’s Day Stakes Noms

Private Terms for 3-Year-Olds Tops Five Stakes Worth $450,000 in Purses
Laurel Hosting Rescheduled Nine-Race Program Monday, March 5
Rainbow 6 Carryover $31,205, Super Hi-5 Carryover $4,975
 
LAUREL, MD – Multiple stakes-winning sophomores Still Having Fun and Limited View are among 123 nominees to five stakes worth $450,000 in purses Saturday, March 17 at Laurel Park.
 

Forecast Forces Laurel Park to Postpone Friday, March 2 Program

Nine-Race Card Moved to Monday, March 5
            
LAUREL, MD – Heavy rain and high winds from Winter Storm Riley forecast to hit the East Coast Thursday evening has forced The Maryland Jockey Club to postpone the live program Friday, March 2 at Laurel Park.
 
Friday’s entire nine-race program will be run, as carded, on Monday, March 5. Post time will be 12:30 p.m.
 

Laurel Hosting MJC Champions Handicapping Tournament March 3

Berths on Line for NHC, BCBC and BIG ONE Tournaments
Guaranteed Prize Money Paid to Top 10 Finishers
 
LAUREL, MD – The Maryland Jockey Club is hosting its spring session of the Champions Handicapping Tournament Saturday, March 3 at Laurel Park.
 
Berths to the NTRA/DRF National Handicapping Championship (NHC), Breeders’ Cup Betting Challenge (BCBC) and BIG ONE tournaments are on the line, as well as guaranteed prize money to the top 10 finishers.

Trainer Trimble Wins with First Career Starter Sunday

Jockey Hamilton Opens Card with Three Straight Victories
Live Racing Returns Friday with $20,931 Rainbow 6 Carryover
 
LAUREL, MD – Peter Blum’s filly Oh My dueled on the front end into deep stretch and held off a determined late challenge to capture Sunday’s fourth race at Laurel Park and give trainer Brittany Trimble her first career victory.
 

Colonel Looks ‘Sharp’ in Laurel Feature Victory Saturday

First of Three Winners on the Program for Trainer McMahon
Rainbow 6 Jackpot Carryover Grows to $17,612 for Sunday 
 
LAUREL, MD – Rising Sun Racing Stables’ Colonel Sharp was unhurried early before coming with a sweeping move on the outside and powering down the stretch to a 1 ¾-length victory in Saturday’s featured second race at Laurel Park.
 

Rainbow 6, Super Hi-5 Carryovers for Saturday Program

Rainbow 6 Reaches $13,970 After Going Unsolved Friday
 
LAUREL, MD – The 20-cent Rainbow 6 went unsolved Friday at Laurel Park, growing the jackpot carryover to $13,970.23 for Saturday’s nine-race program.
 
Multiple tickets with all six winners Friday returned $469.64.