Racing News

Irish Mias Graduates in Style in $200,000 Laurel Futurity

09/21/2019

Sharing Takes Step Toward Breeders’ Cup in $200,000 Selima
Trainer Motion, Jockey Franco Sweep Both Juvenile Turf Stakes

LAUREL, MD – Isabelle Haskell de Tomaso’s homebred Irish Mias earned his first career win in style, scooting through an opening along the rail in mid-stretch and edging stablemate Torres Del Paine by a nose in Saturday’s $200,000 Fasig-Tipton Laurel Futurity at Laurel Park.

$107,353 Stronach 5 Carryover for Friday, Sept. 27

09/20/2019

LAUREL, MD – There will be a $107,353.23 carryover in the Friday, Sept. 27 Stronach 5 after there were no winning tickets in Friday’s Stronach 5.

There were plenty of longshots in Friday’s Stronach 5. The sequence kicked off with a $27.40 winner in Laurel Park’s eighth race with Laddie Liam. It concluded with the 30-1 longshot Seeking The Truth winning Gulfstream’s ninth race and returning $67.40.

The Stronach 5 has an industry-low 12-percent takeout.

Trio of G3 Winners Among Nominees to $150,000 All Along

09/20/2019

Among Six Stakes Worth $600,000 in Purses Saturday, Sept. 28
September to Remember Stakes Festival Round 2 Draws 143 Nominations

LAUREL, MD – Grade 3 winners Colonia, Notapradaprice and Pamina, European Group 3 winners Barkaa and Candy Store, and two-time defending Maryland Million Ladies champion My Sistersledge are among 34 horses nominated to the $150,000 All Along Stakes Saturday, Sept. 28 at Laurel Park.

Glorious Empire Thriving under Lawrences Care

09/20/2019

Video: Aguirre Jr. Tries Benny Havens in Futurity
Reds on the Rail Kicks off Saturday at 1 P.M.

LAUREL, MD - Glorious Empire won five of nine starts in Europe, but after winning just one of his first 10 races in North America, it seemed as though the son of Holy Roman Empire would never realize his full potential.

Dirty Looks to Clean Up in $100,000 Laurel Dash on Saturday

09/19/2019

Goldwood Ready to Shine in $100,000 Sensible Lady Turf Dash

LAUREL, MD – Tom O’Grady’s Dirty, who has shown a distinct fondness for the Laurel Park turf, will be looking to clean up in Saturday’s $100,000 Laurel Dash presented by Fidelity First and Blackwell Real Estate.

Stakes Winner Doc Boy Takes Win Streak Into Fasig-Tipton Laurel Futurity

09/19/2019

Sharing Looks to Maintain Family Tradition in $200,000 Selima
Among Eight Stakes Worth $1.3 Million in Purses Saturday, Sept. 21

LAUREL, MD – Rick Kanter’s Doc Boy, already a stakes winner at the distance and unbeaten in two tries on the surface, takes aim at his third consecutive victory in the $200,000 Fasig-Tipton Laurel Futurity Saturday at Laurel Park.

Friday Stronach 5 Returns to Main Track at Laurel, Gulfstream & Golden Gate

09/19/2019

$100,000 Guaranteed Pool, Industry-Low 12-Pecrent Takeout

LAUREL, MD – A week after featuring five turf races, Friday’s Stronach 5 will take to the main tracks at Laurel Park, Gulfstream Park and Golden Gate Fields with a $100,000 guaranteed pool and 12-percent takeout.

Needs Supervision Launches Comeback in Warriors Reward Weather Vane

09/18/2019

Filly Sprint Among Eight Stakes Worth $1.3 Million in Purses Saturday, Sept. 21

LAUREL, MD – Stakes winner Needs Supervision, unraced since her lone try against graded company in mid-February, is set to launch her comeback in Saturday’s inaugural $100,000 Warrior’s Reward Weather Vane at Laurel Park.

Glorious Empire Returns in Baltimore/Washington International Turf Cup

09/18/2019

Grade 1 Stakes-Winning Gelding Set for 2019 Debut in Grade 3 Stakes

LAUREL, MD – After romping to victory in the $200,000 Fort Lauderdale (G2) at Gulfstream Park last December, Matthew Schera’s Glorious Empire was poised to match his Grade 1 credentials against those of many of the very best turf performers in the world in the $7 million Pegasus World Cup Turf Invitational (G1) over the same course six weeks later.

Jais’s Solitude Looks to Soar in $150,000 Bald Eagle Derby

09/18/2019

Among Eight Stakes Worth $1.3 Million in Purses Saturday, Sept. 21

LAUREL, MD – Mike Anderson Racing’s Jais’s Solitude, beaten a head in his graded debut to end last month, stretches out in seek of his first career stakes victory in the $150,000 Bald Eagle Derby presented by B&B Commercial Interiors Saturday at Laurel Park.