Racing News

Friday’s Stronach 5: Four Tracks, $50,000 Guaranteed Pool

01/02/2019

Three Races on theTurf,First Race Post 4:35 ET, 1:35 PT
Races from Gulfstream, Santa Anita, Laurel and Golden Gate

LAUREL, MD – Friday’s Stronach 5 will feature a $50,000 guaranteed pool and will go cross-country with races from Gulfstream Park, Santa Anita Park, Laurel Park and Golden Gate Fields.

Jockey Weston Hamilton Continuing Tradition of Success

12/31/2018
New Journeyman Top Contender for Eclipse as Champion Apprentice
            
LAUREL, MD – There’s a strong tradition, both in his family and on his circuit, which preceded Weston Hamilton when he began riding professionally last December – one the newly minted journeyman is poised to continue.
 

Rainbow 6, Super Hi-5 Carryovers on Nine-Race Program

12/30/2018
Special New Year’s Day Program to Kick Off 2019 Winter Meet 
            
LAUREL, MD – Laurel Park will wrap up its 2018 fall meet with a special nine-race program Monday, Dec. 31 featuring mandatory payouts in the 20-cent Rainbow 6, 50-cent Late Pick 5 and $1 Super Hi-5.
 
First race post time is 12:30 p.m.
 

Late Pick 5 Carryover of $14,562 Sunday at Laurel

12/29/2018
LAUREL, MD – Laurel Park will have a Late Pick 5 carryover of $14,562.96 when racing resumes Sunday with a 12:30 p.m. first race post.
 
Sunday’s program will also have a Super Hi 5 carryover in the first race of $2,477.58 and a Rainbow 6 carryover of $3,383.05.
 

Elevated Vision Springs Emotional $78.40 Upset in $75,000 Politely

12/29/2018
Cordmaker Snaps John Jones’ Win Streak in $75,000 Jennings
 
LAUREL, MD – Making just her fifth career start and first in stakes company, Elevated Vision bolstered her resume and lifted the spirits of her connections with an emotional 38-1 upset in Saturday’s $75,000 Politely at Laurel Park.
 

Colonel Sharp Proves Best in $100,000 Dave’s Friend

12/29/2018
Isotope Rides Rail to Win $100,000 Thirty Eight Go Go
 
LAUREL, MD – Rising Sun Racing Stables’ Colonel Sharp earned a trip back to graded-stakes company by putting away one multiple stakes winner in favored Laki and holding off another in Ohio shipper Altissimo to register a head victory in Saturday’s $100,000 Dave’s Friend at Laurel Park.
 

Alwaysmining Digs Deep to Capture $100,000 Heft

12/29/2018
Please Flatter Me Stays Perfect in $100,000 Gin Talking
 
LAUREL, MD – Runnymede Racing’s Alwaysmining, three weeks removed from his first career stakes win, overcame an inside post and a game favorite to his inside to register a gutsy 1 ½-length victory in Saturday’s $100,000 Heft Stakes. 
 

Altissimo Seeking New Heights in $100,000 Dave’s Friend

12/28/2018
Ness Hopes to Cure Second-itis (29 to be Exact) with Our Super Freak in Gin Talking
Jockey Race Undecided as Laurel Fall Meet Nears Conclusion
 
LAUREL, MD – Though he has made 32 starts over the past three racing seasons, with 13 visits to the winner’s circle, Nancy Lavrich and Ronald Zielinski’s Altissimo will be entering new territory Saturday in the $100,000 Dave’s Friend at Laurel Park.
 

Four Bettors Cash $29,000 Each on Friday’s Stronach 5

12/28/2018
LAUREL, MD – Four bettors had all five winners in Friday’s Stronach 5, resulting in a payout for each of $29,068.30.
 
The Stronach 5, which included races from Gulfstream Park, Golden Gate Fields and Santa Anita Park, included a $51.20 winner at Gulfstream, a $16.60 winner at Golden Gate and a $10.60 winner in the last leg from Santa Anita Park. 
There was a $132,149 bet into the national Pick 5 with an industry-low 12-percent takeout.
 

John Jones Targets Three-Peat in $75,000 Jennings

12/27/2018

Crabcakes, Limited View Clash in $75,000 Politely
Among Six Stakes Worth $550,000 in Purses Saturday, Dec. 29

LAUREL, MD – Winless in seven starts this year, Matthew Schera’s multiple stakes winner John Jones looks to end that drought in a familiar place as he goes after his third consecutive victory in the $75,000 Jennings Stakes Saturday at Laurel Park.