Racing News

Believe in Royalty Easy Winner of Sunday Feature; Rainbow 6 Carryover $2,251 for Monday Program

11/19/2017
Spill Forces Third Race to be Declared No Contest, Wagers Refunded
Rainbow 6 Carryover $2,251 for Monday Program
 
LAUREL, MD – Believe in Royalty, a $900,000 yearling facing winners for the first time, got out to an easy lead and opened up on his rivals in the stretch before hitting the wire 3 ¾ lengths in front in Sunday’s featured fifth race at Laurel Park.
 

Stakes Winner Northern Eclipse Captures Saturday Feature; Carryovers in Late Pick 5, Rainbow 6 for Sunday’s Program

11/18/2017
Carryovers in Late Pick 5, Rainbow 6 for Sunday’s Program
 
LAUREL, MD – Toby Roth’s Northern Eclipse, reverting to her stakes-winning form from this summer, outsprinted the field early and dug in down the stretch to hold off long shot Bioterp and win Saturday’s featured eighth race at Laurel Park.
 

Unbridled Daddy Wins Third Straight in Laurel Feature Friday; Super Hi-5 Carryover $10,358 for Saturday’s Program

11/17/2017
Clouded Judgement Breaks Maiden on World-Class Turf Course
Super Hi-5 Carryover $10,358 for Saturday’s Program
 
LAUREL, MD – Red Oak Stable homebred Unbridled Daddy took the lead early and had something left late to fend off Final Prospect and earn his third straight victory in Friday’s featured eighth race at Laurel Park.
 

Laurel Park Hosting Sixth Annual Brew & Bourbon Classic

11/16/2017
Live Nine-Race Program Begins at 12:30 P.M.
 
LAUREL, MD – In addition to a program of nine live races, Laurel Park will host the sixth annual Brew & Bourbon Classic Saturday, Nov. 18.
 
More than 60 different beers and bourbons will be available for tasting from noon to 5 p.m., accompanied by DJ music and various food offerings. The event is limited to adults 21 and older.
 

Injured Jockey McCarthy Eager to Get Back in the Saddle

11/12/2017
Champion Maryland Rider Cleared to Get On Horses Dec. 5
 

Afleet Willy Sweeps to $100,000 Richard W. Small Victory

11/11/2017
My Magician Popular Winner of $75,000 Geisha
 
LAUREL, MD – Overcoming a poor break that took him out of his usual front-running style, BB Horses’ Afleet Willy came flying on the far outside to pass horses and go on to a three-quarter-length victory in Saturday’s $100,000 Richard W. Small on Ben’s Cat Day at Laurel Park.
 

Prince of Hempt Stays Unbeaten in $100,000 City of Laurel Upset

11/11/2017
Multiple G3 Winner El Areeb Runs Sixth in Return to Races
Berned Earns First Stakes Win in $100,000 Safely Kept
A Different Style Captures $100,000 James F. Lewis III
‘Paula’ Takes Charge in $100,000 Smart Halo
 

Farewell to Ben

11/11/2017
Leatherbury’s Champ Laid to Rest at Laurel
 
LAUREL, MD – Under a brilliant sky of blue on a Saturday morning that brought freezing temperatures to the Mid-Atlantic, they laid the remains of Ben’s Cat in the frozen ground at Laurel Park.
 

Taking a ‘Page’ from Ben’s Cat in $100,000 Richard W. Small

11/10/2017
G3 Winner Page McKenney Aims for 14th Career Stakes Win
Miss Nosy Goes for Fourth Straight Win in $75,000 Geisha
 
LAUREL, MD – Never having met on the track but linked by longevity and success, 7-year-old Grade 3-winning gelding Page McKenney fittingly makes his return to Laurel Park on Ben’s Cat Day in Saturday’s $100,000 Richard W. Small.
 

Ben’s Cat “A Magnificent Animal”

11/09/2017
Bobblehead, Poster Giveaways, Autograph Signing Among Events
Live Racing to Include Six Stakes Worth $575,000 in Purses 
 
LAUREL, MD – By the time he had invested half a century into a training career that dates back to 1959 and continues to this day, trainer King Taylor Leatherbury had long since stopped waiting for his ‘super horse.’