Racing News

Haileysfirstnotion Impressive in Saturday Feature

04/26/2025

Preakness winner Smarty Jones a 2025 Hall of Fame inductee

LAUREL, MD – Haileysfirstnotion looks like a Maryland-bred sprinter to follow after winning his second consecutive start in Saturday’s featured ninth race at Laurel Park, a second-level allowance with a $40,000 claiming option at six furlongs.

Alvelo Flies High Aboard Tall Order

04/25/2025

Lyapustina perseveres with Tiny Lake
Heard On Thestreet runs down Prado Road

LAUREL, MD – It isn’t unusual for jockeys to travel long distances for significant Grade 1 races.

How many times have we seen Flavien Prat or Irad Ortiz Jr. ride Saturday in New York only to jet out for a classy Santa Anita mount 24 hours later?

It is uncommon for jockeys to trek for one race when said heat is a first-level allowance with a $49,000 purse at 5 ½ furlongs on the turf on a Friday afternoon at Laurel Park.

Journalism 8-1 Morning Line Favorite for Preakness Stakes Future Win Wager

04/23/2025

Special pool opens at noon ET on Friday, April 25

LAUREL, MD – The new Maryland Jockey Club (TMJC), in conjunction with 1/ST Racing, today announced the field and morning line odds for the Preakness Stakes Future Win Wager. This separate wagering pool involves “WIN” wagering on the Preakness Stakes at Pimlico Race Course on May 17.

There are 40 betting interests in the Preakness Stakes Future Win Wager, with the 40th betting interest being the pari-mutuel field, or “all other 3-year-olds.”

Fore Harp Hits a High Note in King T. Leatherbury Stakes

04/19/2025

Signator Rallies to Capture Henry S. Clark Stakes
Zielinski Strikes Late, Takes Handicapping Challenge in Dramatic Fashion

LAUREL, MD -- Fore Harp may have mellowed with age, but he hasn't slowed.

The newly behaved 7-year-old surged to the lead of the $100,000 King T. Leatherbury Stakes today at Laurel Park and proved unreachable for eight challengers. At 7-1 odds, he extended a remarkable family saga and presented the 999th career victory for trainer Robert "Butch" Reid Jr.

The New Maryland Jockey Club Sets Handle Record

04/19/2025

$5,536,944 wagered on 12-race “Preakness Preview Day” program

LAUREL, MD – The new Maryland Jockey Club set a handle record of $5,536,944 on Saturday’s “Preakness Preview Day” program at Laurel Park.

The 12-race card featured five stakes, including two “Win Today, See You in May events” and a hybrid onsite and online Handicapping Contest.

Pay Billy Earns Automatic Preakness Berth

04/19/2025

Complexity Jane gains fees-paid entry to Black-Eyed Susan
Nineteenamendment lays down the law in Dahlia

LAUREL, MD – Pay Billy emerged from Saturday’s Federico Tesio Stakes at Laurel Park with the lion’s share of the $150,000 purse and a guaranteed spot in the starting gate for the Grade 1, $2,000,000 Preakness, the Middle Jewel of the Triple Crown, to be held at Pimlico Race Course on Saturday, May 17.

Eff Thirty Five Flies Home in Laurel Co-Feature

04/18/2025

Hat’s off to Cap Com in eighth race
Baby Oscar upsets Maryland’s first turf heat in 2025
Maryland Jockey Club hosts local fire companies
“Preakness Preview Day” on Saturday

LAUREL, MD – Eff Thirty Five is ornery.

How ornery is he?

Full Fields, Five Stakes on Preakness Preview Day

04/17/2025

Preakness Preview Day Handicapping Challenge prizes include NHC, BCBC Seats, Cash, Preakness Tickets
Federico Tesio and Weber City Miss “Win Today, See You in May” Qualifiers

LAUREL, MD – Saturday, April 19 is “Preakness Preview Day” at Laurel Park, featuring a 12-race program with full fields, the “Preakness Preview Day Handicapping Challenge,” five stakes worth $600,000 in purses, and “Win Today, See You in May” qualifiers.

Turf Racing Returns Friday At Laurel Park

04/13/2025

It’s Hammertime returns a winner
Takethemoneyhoney dominant in second-level allowance

LAUREL, MD – Spring is in the air, the grass is green, and turf racing is back at Laurel Park beginning Friday, April 18.

There are five turf heats on the ten-race program. The first post time is 12:10 pm ET.

Unsurprisingly, the turf races drew big fields.

Forest Boyce Injured

04/13/2025

Popular jockey taken to hospital after being unseated in post parade

LAUREL, MD – Jockey Forest Boyce suffered injuries after being unseated by her mount as the horses entered the track for Sunday’s first race at Laurel Park.

First-time starter Z Bogdan reared up, dislodged Boyce, and fell on top of the jockey, who could move her extremities while prone on the track.

Boyce was placed in an ambulance and then helicoptered to the R. Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center at the University of Maryland.