Racing News
Miss Bullistic Rolls Home In Selima Stakes
09/27/2014
LAUREL, MD 09-27-14---Kathleen Willier’s Miss Bullistic roared by the leaders in mid-stretch and drew away to win the $100,000 Selima Stakes for juvenile fillies, the first of six stakes to be contested over the turf on a beautiful Saturday afternoon at Laurel Park.Rodriguez Returns To Jockey Colony
09/26/2014
LAUREL, MD. 09-26-14---Erick Rodriguez, who has won nearly 870 races at Laurel Park and Pimlico Race Course since 2003, has returned to the jockey colony after spending the last five months at Presque Isle Downs where he finished fourth in the rider standings.
LAUREL, MD. 09-24-14---With a victory Saturday afternoon in the $100,000 Laurel Dash, Ben’s Cat will move ahead of Hall of Famer Safely Kept in earnings amongst Maryland-breds. The Laurel Dash (race 11) is one of six stakes races on the 12-race card.
LAUREL, MD. 09-24-14---Veteran riders Oscar Mancilla and Richard Monterrey visited the Johns Hopkins Children’s Center Wednesday afternoon as part of the Jockeys Guild effort to bring awareness to pediatric cancer during the month of September.
LAUREL, MD. 09-19-14---Ben’s Cat, who became the seventh Maryland-bred to reach $2 million in earnings this summer headlines the nominations to next Saturday’s stakes at Laurel Park. The King Leatherbury homebred will be looking to win the $100,000 Laurel Dash for the third time in four years.
LAUREL, MD. 09-17-14---Standup Comic finished off the board in a pair of races last month at Timonium and was dismissed by the bettors in Wednesday’s second race at Laurel Park. The 6-year-old gelding got the last laugh taking the $15,000 claimer with an impressive off the pace victory.Rose Brier Proves Best In Bert Allen Stakes
09/13/2014
LAUREL, MD. 9-13-14---Panic Stable LLC’s Rose Brier became a stakes winner for the first time when he captured the $60,000 Bert Allen Stakes, the sixth in a series of Virginia-bred races contested at Laurel Park this afternoon because of the shuttering of Colonial Downs this summer.Moon River Impresses In Jamestown Stakes
09/13/2014
LAUREL, MD. 9-13-14---William M. Backer Revocable Trust’s Moon River shot through a seam between the inner rail and frontrunner Tiz What She Is and drew away to win the second division of the $60,000 Jamestown Stakes for 2-year old Virginia-breds.Two Notch Road Pounces in Punch Line Stakes
09/13/2014
LAUREL, MD. 9-13-14---James Hackman and Glenn R. Thompson’s Two Notch Road blew the doors off his competition and won the $60,000 Punch Line Stakes for Virginia-breds.
