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Weekend Racing Cancelled at Laurel Park

Main Track Undergoing Further Evaluation

LAUREL, MD – With further evaluation of the racing surface ongoing, the Maryland Jockey Club has cancelled its remaining programs this weekend at Laurel Park.

Nine races were scheduled for Saturday including a trio of $100,000 stakes, and eight races were scheduled for Sunday at Laurel.

Laurel will remain open during its normal morning training hours for galloping and jogging.

Laurel Park Cancels Friday’s Nine-Race Program

Racing Scheduled to Return Saturday with Three Stakes

LAUREL, MD – The Maryland Jockey Club canceled Friday’s nine-race program at Laurel Park prior to the opener after speaking with jockeys who expressed concerns about riding over the main track.

Following the cancellation, track officials were in the process of further evaluating the racing surface.

G2 Winner Manny Wah Seeks to End Drought in Dave’s Friend

Bourbon Bon Bay Looking to Regain Form in Willa On the Move
Nominations Close Saturday for Pair of Juvenile Stakes Dec. 7

LAUREL, MD – Susan Moulton’s well-traveled millionaire Manny Wah, without a victory since becoming a Grade 2 winner 25 months ago, will attempt to end his drought when he comes to Maryland for the first time in Saturday’s $100,000 Dave’s Friend at Laurel Park.

G3 Winner Dean Delivers Returns for $100,000 Dave’s Friend

 

Sophomore Copper Tax to Face Older Horses in Richard W. Small
Stakes Winners Simply Stated, Bourbon Bon Bay Top Willa On the Move

LAUREL, MD – Stonehedge’s Grade 3-winning homebred Dean Delivers, whose last trip to Maryland resulted in a popular triumph in the Frank J. De Francis Memorial Dash, returns looking to restart his win streak in Saturday’s $100,000 Dave’s Friend at Laurel Park.

G3 Winner Brunacini Among City of Laurel Nominations

7F Sprint for 3YOs Co-Headlines Thanksgiving Saturday Card
$100,000 Safely Kept Nominees include G1 Winner Tamara
Rainbow 6 Solved Sunday for Jackpot Payout of $11,886

LAUREL, MD – Emilie Fojan homebred Brunacini, upset winner of the Perryville (G3) in his last start, and Maryland Million Sprint winner Celtic Contender are among 23 sophomores nominated to the $100,000 City of Laurel at Laurel Park.

Stakes-Winning Speedyness Set to Launch Comeback in Friday Feature

3YO Gelding in First Race Since Mid-May
Post Time 12:25 P.M. for Nine-Race Program

LAUREL, MD – Morris Kernan Jr. and Jagger Inc.’s stakes winner Speedyness, one of the Mid-Atlantic’s top 3-year-olds in the runup to the Triple Crown that has gone unraced in four months, is set to launch his comeback in Friday’s feature as the fall meet resumes at Laurel Park.

Stilleto Boy, Copper Tax Top Richard Small Nominations

Among Trio of $100,000 Stakes Saturday, Nov. 23 at Laurel
Fall Meet Resumes with Nine Races Friday Starting at 12:25 P.M.

LAUREL, MD – Kentucky-based Grade 1-winning millionaire Stilleto Boy and Grade 3-placed local multiple stakes winner Copper Tax, on the Triple Crown trail earlier this spring, are among 18 horses nominated to the $100,000 Richard W. Small at Laurel Park.

Sacred Thunder Wins James F. Lewis III

Caprice Gets up In the Smart Halo
Another Victory for Foxy Junior

LAUREL, MD – John Hazard’s Sacred Thunder moved three-wide around the turn under jockey Jevian Toledo and then drove home to victory Saturday in the $100,000 James F. Lewis III at Laurel Park.

Trained by Gary Capuano, Sacred Thunder covered six furlongs in 1:10.45 and finished a length in front of a closing Re Markably. Saxton was third.

The Lewis was one of three stakes races on the 10-race program.

Post Time Back to Business at Home, Cigar Mile (G2) Possible

Undefeated Daze to Test Streak in Saturday’s $100,000 Smart Halo
6YO Mare Malibu Beauty Back for More in Thirty Eight Go Go
Nominations Close Saturday for Trio of $100,000 Stakes Nov. 23

LAUREL, MD – It didn’t take long for Hillwood Stable’s Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile (G1) runner-up Post Time to get back to business upon his return to Maryland.

Battle Cry Takes Aim at $100,000 Thirty Eight Go Go

G3-Placed Mare Defeated by Soul of an Angel Last Time Out
Special 11:50 A.M. Post Time for Saturday’s 10-Race Program

LAUREL, MD – After running into a subsequent Breeders’ Cup winner as well as her own multiple stakes-winning stablemate last time out, Skull Racing’s Battle Cry will get a modest class break when she races for the 40th time and just the fifth outside her native South Florida in Saturday’s $100,000 Thirty Eight Go Go at Laurel Park.