Racing News

G3 Winner Name Changer Gets Started in Harrison Johnson

03/12/2020
Victim of Love Stretching Out in $100,000 Nellie Morse
Among Four Stakes Worth $400,000 Saturday, March 14
 
LAUREL, MD – Colts Neck Stables’ homebred Name Changer, a Grade 3 winner of more than a half-million dollars in lifetime purses, will make the earliest seasonal start of his career and first at Laurel Park in nearly 40 months in Saturday’s $100,000 Harrison E. Johnson Memorial.
 

Stronach 5 Offers $100,000 Guaranteed Pool Friday

03/11/2020
Races from Laurel, Gulfstream & Golden Gate Fields                      
 
LAUREL, MD – The Stronach 5, which had six winning tickets last week each worth $31,273, returns Friday with a $100,000 guaranteed pool and industry-low 12-percent takeout.
 
The Stronach 5 will feature races from Laurel Park, Gulfstream Park and Golden Gate Fields.
 

G1-Placed Big City Bob Returns in $100,000 Private Terms

03/11/2020
Naughty Thoughts Back for More in $100,000 Beyond the Wire
Among Four Stakes Worth $400,000 Saturday, March 14
 
LAUREL, MD – Colts Neck Stables’ stakes winner Big City Bob, unraced since finishing third behind Triple Crown contender Tiz the Law in the Champagne (G1) last fall, is set to kick off his 3-year-old season in Saturday’s $100,000 Private Terms at Laurel Park.
 

Statement from The Stronach Group on Federal Horse Racing Indictments

03/09/2020

HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – The Stronach Group, operators of Gulfstream Park West and Palm Meadows Training Center, complied fully with the search warrants that were executed by federal authorities this morning. The warrants issued were specific only to the barns and stalls that were occupied by the individuals charged today.
 
The Stronach Group is not included in the charges.
 

Tapit Filly Amanite Impresses in Career Debut Saturday

03/07/2020
Trainer Jonathaniel Badillo Earns First Career Victory
Triple Carryovers, New Post Time for Sunday Program
 
LAUREL, MD – Wertheimer & Frere’s Amanite, a homebred daughter of champion sire Tapit, launched her career in impressive fashion with a front-running 2 ¾-length triumph Saturday at Laurel Park.
 

Six Bettors Win $31,273 Each in Friday Stronach 5

03/06/2020

LAUREL, MD – There were six winning tickets in Friday’s Stronach 5, each returning $31,273.30.

Rough Sea ($51.80) opened Friday’s sequence with a 24-1 upset in Laurel Park’s eighth race, before Fender Baby ($12.20) captured Laurel’s ninth-race finale in the second leg. King Parker ($8.40) took Santa Anita’s second race, followed by My Friend Tony ($6.40) in the third at Golden Gate Fields and Miss Auramet ($5.40) in the ninth at Gulfstream Park.

Big City Bob, Lebda Top Private Terms Nominations

03/06/2020

Test for 3-Year-Olds Among Four $100,000 Stakes March 14

LAUREL, MD – Big City Bob, unraced since finishing third in the Champagne (G1) last fall, and the top five finishers from the Miracle Wood Stakes last month top a group of 19 3-year-olds nominated to the $100,000 Private Terms Saturday, March 14 at Laurel Park.

Maryland Jockey Club Appoints Jillian Tullock Racing Secretary

03/05/2020

LAUREL, MD – The Maryland Jockey Club announced today that respected racing official Jillian Tullock has been appointed racing secretary at Laurel Park and Pimlico Race Course.

Tullock worked in nearly every capacity for the Maryland Jockey Club from 1994-2019, including assistant racing secretary under Georganne Hale.

G2 Winner Shotski Pointing to UAE Derby March 28

03/05/2020

Laurel Park-Based Colt Fourth in Fountain of Youth (G2)

HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Gary Barber, Wachtel Stable, Pantofel Stable and Howling Pigeon Farms’ Grade 2 winner Shotski, fourth in the Fasig-Tipton Fountain of Youth (G2) Feb. 29, will remain at Gulfstream Park before leaving later this month to head overseas for a planned start in the $2.5 million UAE Derby (G2).

Stronach 5 Returns Friday with Four Tracks & $100,000 Guaranteed Pool

03/04/2020

LAUREL, MD – The Stronach 5, featuring a $100,000 guaranteed pool and industry-low 12-percent takeout, returns Friday with races from Laurel Park, Santa Anita Park, Golden Gate Fields and Gulfstream Park.

Friday’s sequence begins at 3:49 p.m. with Laurel’s eighth race, a $42,000 allowance contest at seven furlongs led by 4-year-olds Benintendi and Mungojerrie.