Racing News

Pretty Good Year Stands Tall in $100,000 Maryland Million Turf

10/24/2020
Among Eight Stakes, Four Starter Stakes on ‘Maryland’s Day at the Races’
 
LAUREL, MD – Lead Off Stable’s diminutive gelding Pretty Good Year, standing just 13 hands tall, came with a steady run down the center of the track to catch leaders Cannon’s Roar and favored Nick Papagiorgio and spring a 15-1 upset of Saturday’s $100,000 Maryland Million Turf at Laurel Park.
 

Hello Beautiful Dazzles in Maryland Million Distaff

10/24/2020
LAUREL, MD – Hello Beautiful welcomed a return to action at Laurel Park Saturday, scoring a thoroughly dominating 11 1/4-length victory in the 100,000 Maryland Million Distaff.
 
The Distaff, a seven-furlong sprint for fillies and mares, was one of eight stakes and four starter stakes on the 35th Jim McKay Maryland Million program for offspring of stallions standing in Maryland.
 

Kenny Had a Notion Drives to Victory in $100,000 Nursery

10/24/2020
Miss Nondescript Gives Sire Mosler First Stakes Winner
 
LAUREL, MD – Under a ground-saving trip by jockey Jorge Ruiz, Louis J. Ulman and Neil Glasser’s Kenny Had a Notion ran away from a dozen others down the stretch to win the $100,000 Maryland Million Nursery Saturday on the 35th edition of Maryland Million Day at Laurel Park.
 

Fiya Stays Hot with $75,000 Maryland Million Turf Sprint Win

10/24/2020
Epic Idea Stretches Out to Win $100,000 Maryland Million Ladies
 
LAUREL, MD – Robert Masiello’s Fiya continued his hot streak this year, stepping up to stakes company for the first time and extending his win streak to four races with a popular 2 ¼-length triumph in Saturday’s $75,000 Maryland Million Turf Sprint Handicap.
 

Lots of Winners in Friday's Stronach 5

10/23/2020
Popular Wager Returns $682
 
LAUREL, MD – There were 129 winning tickets in Friday’s Stronach 5 with each worth $682.10.
 
The Stronach 5 featured races from Laurel Park, Gulfstream Park West, Santa Anita Park and Golden Gate Fields along with an industry-low 12-percent takeout and a $100,000 guaranteed pool
 

Jaxon Traveler Stays Unbeaten with Impressive Performance Friday

10/23/2020
35th Jim McKay Maryland Million Program Gets Under Way at 11:25 A.M.
 
LAUREL, MD – Proving his eye-opening debut triumph last month was no fluke, West Point Thoroughbreds and Marvin Delfiner’s promising 2-year-old Jaxon Traveler followed up with an even more impressive performance Friday on Maryland Million eve at Laurel Park.
 

Impressive Fiya Makes Stakes Debut in Maryland Million Turf Sprint

10/23/2020
Stablemates Look to Give Capuano Fifth Maryland Million Ladies Victory
 
LAUREL, MD – Robert Masiello’s Fiya, unbeaten in three starts this year, will put his speed and streak to the test when he steps up to stakes company for the first time in Saturday’s $75,000 Maryland Million Turf Sprint Handicap at Laurel Park.
 

Trainer Has a 'Notion' in $100,000 Maryland Million Nursery

10/23/2020
Undefeated Street Lute Tops $100,000 Maryland Million Lassie
 
LAUREL, MD – Louis J. Ulman and Neil Glasser’s Kenny Had a Notion, a runaway stakes winner on the grass last out, wheels back in two weeks and returns to the main track for his latest assignment in Saturday’s $100,000 Maryland Million Nursery at Laurel Park.
 

Salter, Tullock Preview Three Key Maryland Million Races

10/22/2020
Watch & Wager at 1/ST BET 
 
LAUREL, MD – The 35th edition of the Jim McKay Maryland Million Saturday at Laurel Park will feature eight stakes and four starter stakes that have drawn competitive fields for ‘Maryland’s Day at the Races.’
 

Great Notion Takes Impressive Streak into Maryland Million

10/22/2020
LAUREL, MD – Sometimes, numbers don’t tell the whole story. Other times, it’s in the interpretation. When taking a look back at Great Notion’s impact as a sire, particularly in the Maryland Million, David Wade found both scenarios to be true.
 
Great Notion is once again well-represented in Saturday’s 35th Jim McKay Maryland Million program at Laurel Park with 16 entrants in all but three of eight stakes and four starter stakes that comprise ‘Maryland’s Day at the Races.’