Four $100,000 Stakes Highlight Saturday Laurel Program
LAUREL, MD – Laurel Park celebrates the second week of the 2025 Spring Meet on Saturday with four $100,000 stakes for 3-year-olds and upward. The first post time for the nine-race program is 12:10 pm ET. Carded as the fifth race with an approximate post time of 2:02 pm ET, the Native Dancer at 1 […]
Arrow Speed Hits Bullseye in Sunday Feature
Post Time tunes up with another bullet workoutJaime Rodriguez rides four winners LAUREL, MD – Last summer, Arrow Speed was claimed by trainer Jamie Ness out of a runner-up effort in a $25,000 “non-two” event at Delaware Park. Arrow Speed went on a roll for Ness, winning three of five starts with two second-place finishes […]
Dixie Groove Kicks Late in Saturday Feature
Two more winners for teenage phenom Hazlewood LAUREL, MD – Second-generation trainer Jack Abrams is in the midst of a career year. The son of Ronald Abrams, an active Parx-based trainer with over 350 wins to his credit, Jack Abrams advanced his 2025 record to 10 wins from 26 starters after Dixie Groove rallied from […]
Wild Vine Rallies in Friday Feature
Hazlewood rides first two career winnersNominations released for four stakes on April 12 LAUREL, MD – Jamie Ness and Jaime Rodriguez, Laurel Park’s champion trainer and jockey, respectively, at the recently completed winter meet, wasted little time building on that momentum as they combined for Wild Vine’s upset victory in Friday’s featured fifth race, a […]
The National Thoroughbred League Announces 2025 Schedule With Race Weekends in Baltimore, Philadelphia, St. Louis, Nashville
Each weekend hosted by a celebrity team owner including Lamar Jackson, Julius ‘Dr. J’ Erving & Tanya TuckerSeason opener to kick-off 150th Preakness Week; race purse totals will top $2.5 million LAUREL, MD –Today, the National Thoroughbred League (NTL) announced the schedule for the 2025 season, with races taking place throughout the summer in Baltimore, […]
Discreet Ops Wins Sunday Feature at Laurel Park
Jaime Rodriguez captures Winter Meet riding titleJamie Ness repeats as Winter Meet training champion LAUREL, MD – Favored Discreet Ops ($4.20) didn’t disappoint the Laurel Park betting public on Sunday when winning the featured sixth race, a second-level allowance with a $40,000 claiming option for fillies and mares at 5 ½ furlongs. Returning from a […]
S S Sinatra Does It His Way in Laurel Feature
Omaha Omaha breezes for potential Wood Memorial startMillionaire Post Time back to work LAUREL, MD – Three weeks ago, trainer Kerry Hohlbein was on the verge of her first career stakes victory. Her charge, S S Sinatra, battled every step of the way inside favored Speedyness in the $75,000 Not For Love, put that foe […]
High Paf Clears Next Hurdle in Friday Feature
It’s Hammertime breezes bullet five furlongs LAUREL, MD – Don’t look now, but the wife-husband, trainer-jockey combination of Brittany Russell and Sheldon Russell sent out another promising runner, this time in Friday’s featured seventh race at Laurel Park, a first-level allowance with a $62,500 claiming option for 3-year-old fillies at six furlongs. Sent away the […]
Rominski Wins Sixth Straight Start in Sunday Feature
Just a Fair Shake overcomes layoff to win first-level allowance LAUREL, MD – It’s been over a year since Rominski tasted defeat. In that race, the restricted Not For Love Stakes on March 16, 2024, Rominski ran without Lasix, finished fourth of six, and reportedly bled. Since then, he has been unstoppable in allowance and […]
Pay Billy Returns Dividends in Private Terms
Safe Trust placed first by disqualification in Beyond the Wire LAUREL, MD – Within 30 minutes at Laurel Park on Saturday, trainer Michael Gorham suffered the agony of defeat and enjoyed the thrill of victory. Following the Beyond the Wire Stakes, Gorham cradled the trophy in the winner’s circle after Moon Cache finished first by […]
