Racing News

Christmastide Day Stakes Attract 151 Nominations

12/22/2018
Six Stakes Worth $550,000 in Purses Saturday, Dec. 29
Multiple Graded Winner Something Awesome Tops 31 in Dave’s Friend
 
LAUREL, MD – Laurel Park will wrap up its 2018 stakes schedule Saturday, Dec. 29 with a Christmastide Day program of six stakes worth $550,000 in purses which attracted a total of 151 nominations.
 

Stronach 5 Returns $2,916 to 37 Winners

12/21/2018
LAUREL, MD – Thirty-seven bettors walked away with $2,916.90 each for selecting the correct winners in Friday’s Stronach 5.
 
The national pick 5 with an industry-low 12-percent takeout featured three races from Gulfstream Park’s Championship Meet and two from Laurel Park. The lowest price winner in the five-race sequence was $8.20 – coming in the last leg at Gulfstream – while the highest price winner was $17.40
 

Past Performances, All-Star Ticket for Friday’s Stronach 5

12/20/2018
$50,000 Guaranteed Pool, 61 Entries         
   
LAUREL, MD – Past performances and an All-Star Ticket are now available for Friday’s Stronach 5, a national pick 5 with an industry-low 12-percent takeout and a $50,000 guaranteed pool.
 

Friday’s Stronach 5 Has 61 Entries, $50,000 Guaranteed Pool

12/19/2018
Three Races from Gulfstream, Two from Laurel
    
LAUREL, MD – The Stronach 5, a national wager that returned $51,815 last week to two bettors, will have a $50,000 guaranteed pool Friday and feature three races from Gulfstream Park and two from Laurel Park.
 
Friday’s sequence kicks off at 3:50 ET with a six furlong maiden claimer at Laurel. The sequence also includes a mile turf event at Gulfstream that drew 10.
 

Two Bettors Win $51,815 in Friday’s Stronach 5

12/15/2018

LAUREL, MD – The Stronach 5, featuring three races from Gulfstream Park and two from Laurel Park, rewarded two bettors Friday with payoffs of $51,815 each.

The Stronach 5, a national pick 5 with an industry-low 12-percent takeout, was hit by a bettor in New York and another on Xpressbet.com.

The Stronach 5 ended with Marcelino winning the final leg of the sequence and returning $169.20.

Friday’s Stronach 5 sequence

144th Preakness (G1), 65 Stakes Highlight 2019 Maryland Stakes Schedule

12/14/2018
16 Stakes, Nine Graded, on Preakness Weekend May 17-18
Winter Carnival Featuring Barbara Fritchie (G3) Saturday, Feb. 16
Seven Stakes Worth $750,000 Saturday, April 20 
$250,000 De Francis (G3), $200,000 Baltimore-Washington (G3), Bald Eagle Saturday, Sept. 21 
Tesio, Weber City Winners April 20 Earn Trip to Preakness, Black-Eyed Susan, Kick off MATCH Series
 

MEDIA ADVISORY

12/13/2018

Please find below a press statement from Belinda Stronach, Chairman and President of The Stronach Group regarding the release of the Maryland Stadium Authority report on 12/13.

The Stronach Group would like to thank the Maryland Stadium Authority for its thorough and extensive job of understanding and responding to the challenges of the aging Pimlico Race Course. The final conclusions of the MSA report are in line with our assessment that in order to bring the facility up to par, it will require several hundreds of millions of dollars.

Friday’s Stronach 5 Features $50,000 Guaranteed Pool

12/12/2018
Three Races from Gulfstream, Two from Laurel
 
LAUREL, MD – Friday’s Stronach 5, a national Pick 5 featuring races from Gulfstream Park and Laurel Park, will feature a $50,000 guaranteed pool.
 
Post time for the first leg of the Stronach 5, with an industry-low 12-percent takeout, is 3:50 p.m.
       

Tiz He the One Cruises to Popular Win in Sunday Feature

12/09/2018
Rainbow 6, Late Pick 5 Carryovers for Return of Live Racing Dec. 14
 
LAUREL, MD – Outrun for the early lead, Lady Sheila Stable and Iris Smith Stable’s Tiz He the One took command around the far turn and cruised through the stretch for a confident and popular 2 ½-length victory in Sunday’s feature at Laurel Park.
 

Alwaysmining Strikes Gold in Maryland Juvenile Futurity

12/09/2018
Money Fromheaven Cashes Big in Maryland Juvenile Filly Championship
Laki Approaches Track Record in $75,000 Bender Memorial
 
LAUREL, MD – Runnymede Racing’s Alwaysmining went straight to the front under jockey Daniel Centeno and never looked to register his first stakes victory with another impressive front-running performance in Saturday’s $100,000 Maryland Juvenile Futurity at Laurel Park.