Racing News

Stallion Super Ninety Nine a Study in Perseverance

10/16/2018
Country Life Farm Stud has Three Fillies Pre-Entered in $100,000 Lassie
33rd Jim McKay Maryland Million Day Program Saturday, Oct. 20
 
LAUREL, MD – Dating back to before he ever ran, continuing on through his racing career and extending to a second career at stud, Super Ninety Nine has been a case study in perseverance.
 

Breeder, Owner, Trainer Bill Boniface Talks Maryland Million

10/16/2018
Co-Founded ‘Maryland’s Day at the Races’ with Late Broadcaster McKay
33rd Maryland Million Set for Saturday, Oct. 20 at Laurel
            

Media Advisory - Live Post Position Draw

10/16/2018
Maryland Million Classic Post-Position Draw
Wednesday 4:30 P.M
Laurel Park – Tips Restaurant
Live on Facebook
 
LAUREL, MD – Post positions will be drawn and odds will be assigned Wednesday for the $150,000 Maryland Million Classic, to be held Saturday at Laurel Park.
 

Phlash Phelps Tops Several Maryland Million Workers Saturday

10/13/2018
Two-Time Turf Winner Fires Bullet Five Furlongs in 59 Seconds
33rd ‘Maryland’s Day at the Races’ Set for Saturday, Oct. 20
            
LAUREL, MD – Hillwood Stable’s multiple stakes winner Phlash Phelps breezed a sharp five furlongs Saturday at Laurel Park in his final work before seeking to become the first three-time winner of the $125,000 Maryland Million Turf.
 

Friday’s Stronach 5 Opens with Three Turf Races

10/12/2018

$50,000 Guaranteed Pool, Industry-Low 12-Percent Takeout
Races from Gulfstream West, Santa Anita & Laurel
Five Races and 58 Horses in Approximately 60 Minutes
Preview Show & Past Performances Now Available

LAUREL, MD – There’s plenty to look forward to in Friday’s Stronach 5. The national wager, which has a guaranteed $50,000 pool and industry-low 12-percent takeout, will feature an average field size of 11.6, three turf races, and coast-to-coast action in less than 60 minutes.

Bonus Points Tops 224 Maryland Million Day Pre-Entries

10/11/2018
2017 Classic Winner Among Six Defending Champions
Laurel to Host ‘Maryland’s Day at the Races’ Saturday, Oct. 20
 
LAUREL, MD – Three Diamonds Farm’s Bonus Points, whose last stakes victory came in the 2017 Classic, is one of six defending champions and 13 past winners among 224 horses pre-entered in 11 stakes that help comprise the 33rd annual Jim McKay Maryland Million Day program Saturday, Oct. 20 at Laurel Park.
 

Friday’s Stronach 5 Opens with Three Turf Races

10/10/2018
$50,000 Guaranteed Pool, Industry-Low 12-Percent Takeout
Races from Gulfstream West, Santa Anita & Laurel
Five Races and 58 Horses in Approximately 60 Minutes 
Preview Show & Past Performances Now Available 
 
LAUREL, MD – There’s plenty to look forward to in Friday’s Stronach 5.
 

Undefeated Stakes Winner Our Braintrust on Comeback Trail

10/07/2018
Community Watch Breaks Maiden for Hall of Famer McGaughey
 
LAUREL, MD – Undefeated Our Braintrust, unraced since winning the Tremont Stakes June 8 at Belmont Park in his second start, continued working toward his return to competition for Laurel Park-based trainer and co-owner Cal Lynch.
 

Miz Creed Impresses in Career Debut at Laurel Saturday - Charles Town Shipper Wins for Late Breeder of Classic Winner Hansel

10/06/2018

Miz Creed Impresses in Career Debut at Laurel Saturday
Charles Town Shipper Wins for Late Breeder of Classic Winner Hansel

LAUREL, MD – Miz Creed, racing for accomplished late breeder Marvin Little Jr., broke on top and never looked back on the way to an easy 3 ½-length front-running debut victory Saturday at Laurel Park.

Stronach 5 Returns $1,161.10

10/05/2018
LAUREL, MD – Bettors with all five winners in Friday’s Stronach 5 were rewarded with $1,161.10.
 
There were 74 winners in the Stronach 5 and $97,003 bet into the second edition of the national Pick 5 with an industry-low 12-percent takeout. The third and fourth legs of the Stronach 5 – the ninth and 10th races from Laurel – were taken off the turf and run on the main track after heavy rain fell Thursday evening in the Baltimore-Washington area.