Racing News

Page McKenney Returns a Winner in $75,000 Native Dancer

Opens 7-Year-Old Season Off Nine-Month Layoff With 10th Stakes Win
Jockey Karamanos Posts Four-Win Day
Carryovers in Rainbow 6, Super Hi-5 for Sunday Program
 
LAUREL, MD – Dismissing his age, inactivity and a group of seven eager rivals including fellow graded stakes winner Kid Cruz, popular gelding Page McKenney made a triumphant return to the races Saturday in the $75,000 Native Dancer at Laurel Park.
 

High Roller Earns First Stakes Win in $75,000 Frank Whiteley Jr.

Filly Winner Looks ‘Super’ $75,000 Marshua
Winter Leaves Rivals in the Cold in $75,000 Nellie Morse
Jockey McCarthy Posts Three-Stakes Riding Triple  
 
LAUREL, MD – Louis Ulman and Stephen Parker’s High Roller opened his sophomore season in successful fashion, taking the lead at the top of the stretch and holding off a late bid from favored stakes winner O Dionysus to win the $75,000 Frank Whiteley Jr. Saturday at Laurel Park.

O Dionysus Tops Field of Eight in $75,000 Frank Whiteley Jr.

Lucky in Malibu Tries Again in $75,000 Marshua
Marabea Seeks Third Straight Win in $75,000 Nellie Morse   
 
LAUREL, MD – Marathon Farms’ stakes winner O Dionysus, narrowly beaten in his most recent start New Year’s Eve, is set to kick off his sophomore campaign in Saturday’s $75,000 Frank Whiteley Jr. at Laurel Park.
 

Page McKenney Begins Comeback in $75,000 Native Dancer

Multiple Grade 3 Winner Kid Cruz Also Making Return in 1 1/16-Mile Stakes   
 
LAUREL, MD – Grade 3-winning gelding Page McKenney, one of the most popular and successful horses on the Mid-Atlantic circuit, will make his 44th career start and first in nearly nine months in Saturday’s $75,000 Native Dancer at Laurel Park.
 

Laurel Hosting Special Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday Program

Post Time 12:30 P.M. for Nine-Race Card Monday, Jan. 16
Carryovers in Rainbow 6, Late Pick 5, Super Hi-5

LAUREL, MD – Laurel Park is hosting a special nine-race program on Monday, Jan. 16.

First race post time is 12:30 p.m.

Page McKenney Leads Nominations for $75,000 Native Dancer

109 Nominees to Four Stakes Worth $300,000 in Purses Saturday, Jan. 21
 
LAUREL, MD – Multiple stakes-winning millionaire Page McKenney, unraced since finishing second in the Charles Town Classic (G2) last April, is nominated to begin his comeback in the $75,000 Native Dancer Saturday, Jan. 21 at Laurel Park.
 
The Native Dancer for 4-year-olds and up, run at about 1 1/16 miles, is one of four stakes worth $300,000 in purses on the program which drew a total of 109 nominations.

Imperial Hint Captures $75,000 Fire Plug in Maryland Debut

Sweet On Smokey Rides Rail to Win $75,000 What a Summer  
 
LAUREL, MD – Raymond Mamone’s Imperial Hint, sent off as the favorite in his Maryland debut, coasted to the lead on the far turn and sprinted clear down the stretch to win Saturday’s $75,000 Fire Plug at Laurel Park.
 

Imperial Hint Captures $75,000 Fire Plug in Maryland Debut

Sweet On Smokey Rides Rail to Win $75,000 What a Summer  
 
LAUREL, MD – Raymond Mamone’s Imperial Hint, sent off as the favorite in his Maryland debut, coasted to the lead on the far turn and sprinted clear down the stretch to win Saturday’s $75,000 Fire Plug at Laurel Park.
 

G3 Winner El Areeb Continues to Delight Connections

Winner of Three Straight Returns to Work Tab This Weekend
 
LAUREL, MD – M M G Stables’ sophomore sensation El Areeb continues to train forwardly at his Laurel Park base after stamping himself a legitimate 3-year-old prospect with his 11 ¼-length romp in the Jerome (G3) Jan. 2 at Aqueduct.
 
Trainer Cal Lynch said El Areeb will return to the work tab this weekend for the first time since the race with his son and assistant, Charlie, in the irons.

New Stablemates Trouble Kid, Sonny Inspired Tangle in $75,000 Fire Plug

Lovable Lady Seeks Fourth Career Stakes Win in $75,000 What a Summer  
 
LAUREL, MD – He had already planned to run defending champion Sonny Inspired in Saturday’s $75,000 Fire Plug at Laurel Park when trainer Phil Schoenthal landed himself another major contender in the six-furlong sprint for older horses.