Racing News

Crabs N Beer Tops 20 Nominations to $75,000 Find Aug. 18

08/07/2024

Joins $75,000 All Brandy on Laurel Summer Meet Closing Day

LAUREL, MD – Grade 3-placed Crabs N Beer, runner-up in last year’s race, and two-time Maryland Million Turf winner Wicked Prankster are among 20 nominees to the $75,000 Find for Maryland-bred/sired horses Sunday, Aug. 18 at Laurel Park.

Malibu Beauty Springs Upset in $100,000 Caesar’s Wish

08/04/2024

Give It a Whirl Captures $100,000 Bald Eagle Derby
Roanan Goddess Rules in $100,000 Searching

LAUREL, MD – ZWP Stable, Inc. and Non Stop Stable’s 6-year-old homebred mare Malibu Beauty dueled with favored Saddle Up Jessie through the stretch before edging clear inside the eighth pole and drawing away to a 2 ¾-length victory in Sunday’s $100,000 Caesar’s Wish at Laurel Park.

Madison Meyers Looking to Transfer July Heat into August

08/02/2024

Trainer Has Stakes Winner Desvio in Sunday’s Bald Eagle Derby
Post Time Facing Biggest Test Yet in Saturday’s G1 Whitney

LAUREL, MD – Madison Meyers, for one, was sorry to flip her calendar this week. Racing primarily at Laurel Park, the Middleburg, Va.-based trainer enjoyed one of the best months of her career in July, winning with five of 13 starters to go along with three seconds and two thirds.

Mugatu Back on Grass for $100,000 Bald Eagle Derby

08/01/2024

1 1/8-Mile Stakes One of Two Scheduled for Laurel Turf

LAUREL, MD – At one point or another this spring, Average Joe Racing Stables, Ltd. and Dan Wells’ Mugatu faced all three Triple Crown race winners, two of them coming in his last trip to Maryland for the May 18 Preakness Stakes (G1).

Eighth in the Middle Jewel of the Triple Crown, Mugatu will be up against a different class of horses on a surface he hasn’t tried in more than seven months in Sunday’s $100,000 Bald Eagle Derby for 3-year-olds at Laurel Park.

Belle of Rights Chasing Stakes Win in $100,000 Searching

08/01/2024

First of Three $100,000 Stakes on Laurel’s Sunday Program

LAUREL, MD – Emory Hamilton’s homebred Belle of Rights, alternating wins and seconds through four starts since graduating on debut in mid-February, can continue that pattern and become a stakes winner in the process in Sunday’s $100,000 Searching at Laurel Park.

G2 Winner Affirmative Lady to Return in Caesar’s Wish

07/31/2024

Second of Three $100,000 Stakes on Sunday, Aug. 4 Program

LAUREL, MD – Mo Speed Racing’s Grade 2 winner Affirmative Lady, unraced since finishing 11th in the Kentucky Oaks (G1) last spring, is set to make her highly anticipated return to competition for new connections in Sunday’s $100,000 Caesar’s Wish at Laurel Park.

Dean ‘Delivers’ Again in $150,000 De Francis Dash

07/28/2024

G3 Winner Apple Picker Gets Back on Track in Alma North
Frosted Departure Goes the Distance in Deputed Testamony

LAUREL, MD – Stonehedge homebred Dean Delivers capped a successful and emotional day for his connections, leading all the way around and repelling a late bid from 40-1 longshot Five Dreams to register a three-quarter-length triumph in Sunday’s listed $150,000 Frank J. De Francis Memorial Dash.

Sunny Breeze Stays Perfect with $100,000 Concern Win

07/28/2024

Florida Homebred 3-Year-Old Captures Stakes Debut Sunday

LAUREL, MD – Stonehedge homebred Sunny Breeze, a front-running winner of his first two career starts, switched tactics and came from off the pace to keep his perfect record intact with a head victory in Sunday’s $100,000 Concern at Laurel Park.

Russell Chasing Elusive De Francis Dash with Prince of Jericho

07/27/2024

Six-Furlong Sprint Marks Comeback for Champion Seven’s Eleven
Summer Meet Leader Jaime Rodriguez Rides Three Winners Saturday

LAUREL, MD – Since going out on her own in 2018 trainer Brittany Russell has seen her operation grow every year, reaching career highs of 687 starts, 177 wins and $7.99 million in purse earnings in 2023.

Auto Glide Tests Streak in $100,000 Deputed Testamony

07/26/2024

De Francis Dash Tops Four Sunday Stakes Worth $450,000
Quartet of Graded Winners Among Aug. 4 Caesar’s Wish Noms

LAUREL, MD – Greg Compton, Mark Dean and Mike Cohea’s Auto Glide, riding a four-race win streak, chases a second consecutive stakes victory Sunday when he makes his Maryland debut in the $100,000 Deputed Testamony at Laurel Park.