Bet the Breeders’ Cup at Laurel Park Nov. 2 and 3
Bet the Breeders’ Cup at Laurel Park Nov. 2 and 3
Doors Open 11 A.M. Friday, 10 A.M. Saturday; Buffet on Saturday
Live Post Time 12:30 P.M. Friday, 11:45 A.M. Saturday
LAUREL, MD – In addition to full cards of live racing, fans at Laurel Park will be able to watch and wager on all 14 Breeders’ Cup races from Churchill Downs Friday and Saturday, Nov. 2 and 3.
First post Friday at Laurel is 12:30 p.m., with the inaugural $1 million Juvenile Turf Sprint kicking off the Breeders’ Cup action in Churchill’s Race 5 at 3:21 p.m.
Post time moves to 11:45 a.m. Saturday at Laurel, and the $1 million Filly & Mare Sprint – featuring Maryland stakes winners Chalon and Happy Like a Fool – begins the Breeders’ Cup action in Churchill’s Race 3 at noon.
The $6 million Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1) Saturday, Nov. 3 will be Churchill’s 11th race with a post time of 5:44 p.m.
Laurel’s doors will open at 11 a.m. on Friday and 10 a.m. on Saturday. General parking, admission and seating are free.
On Saturday, a buffet will be available from noon to 5 p.m. in both TIPS and Tycoons restaurants and the Terrace Dining Room at a cost of $59.99 including tax and service charge.
Lael Stables’ Chalon won the Primonetta Stakes April 21 at Laurel to open her 4-year-old season and has since won the Regret Stakes and run second in the Vagrancy (G3) and Thoroughbred Club of America (G2) Oct. 6. Happy Like a Fool was fifth in the TCA, her first start since a front-running 6 ½-lenth romp in the Adena Springs Miss Preakness (G3) May 18 at legendary Pimlico Race Course.
On the same Laurel card as Chalon, also based at the Fair Hill Training Center in Elkton, Md., Matt Schera’s Glorious Empire began his season in the Henry S. Clark Stakes before reeling off three straight wins including the Bowling Green (G2) and Sword Dancer (G1), earning an automatic berth in Saturday’s $4 million Breeders’ Cup Turf (G1). Immediately preceding the Classic, post time for the Turf is 4:56 p.m.
Raymond Mamone’s Imperial Hint, whose first open stakes win and first graded-stakes win came last winter at Laurel Park, is the program favorite in the $2 million Breeders’ Cup Sprint (G1) Saturday, a field that includes 2017 Maryland Sprint (G3) winner Whitmore. Post time is 2:46 p.m.
