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Kids’ Day, Crab Feast Highlight Busy Weekend at Laurel; Sunday, July 30 Crab Feast Offering Baseball Cap Giveaway

07/26/2017
Free Admission and Activities for Families Saturday, July 29
Sunday, July 30 Crab Feast Offering Baseball Cap Giveaway
 
LAUREL, MD – In addition to its live programs of world-class Thoroughbred racing, Laurel Park will be hosting a weekend filled with food and fun on Saturday, July 29 and Sunday, July 30.
 

Delacour Continues Summer Hot Streak with Sunday Maiden Sweep

07/23/2017
Goiaba, Greek Mythology Impressive Debut Winners for Fair Hill Trainer
Buddly Buddy Wins Photo in FEGENTRI Amateur Race
 
LAUREL, MD – Arnaud Delacour’s torrid summer hot streak continued Sunday when the Fair Hill-based trainer swept a pair of $40,000 maiden special weight events that highlighted the 10-race program at Laurel Park.
 

No Dozing Outclasses Rivals Saturday in $75,000 Concern

07/22/2017
Talk Show Man Ends Drought in One-Mile Turf Allowance Feature
Rainbow 6, Super Hi-5 Carryovers for Sunday’s Program
            
LAUREL, MD – An old track and some new equipment proved to be a winning combination for Lael Stables’ homebred No Dozing, who was able to overcome an awkward break, an off track and a formidable challenge on the far turn to capture Saturday’s $75,000 Concern at Laurel Park.

Team Gaudet Welcomes Back Multiple-Stakes Winner John Jones; Rainbow 6, Super Hi-5 Carryovers for 10-Race Program Friday

07/20/2017
Saturday Turf Allowance Draws Star-Studded Field of 9 Older Horses
Maryland Horses Aim High in Opening Day Stakes at Saratoga
Rainbow 6, Super Hi-5 Carryovers for 10-Race Program Friday
             
LAUREL, MD – Matt Schera’s multiple-stakes winner John Jones is back in the Laurel Park barn of trainer Lacey Gaudet to begin preparations for what his connections hope is a strong second half of 2017.

No Dozing Drops Down, Cuts Back for $75,000 Concern Stakes

07/20/2017
Returns to Laurel after Six Straight Graded-Stakes Starts 
            
LAUREL, MD – After making six straight graded-stakes starts, including several Triple Crown preps during the spring, Lael Stables’ homebred No Dozing finds himself back in Maryland and sprinting for the first time since last fall in Saturday’s $75,000 Concern at Laurel Park.
 

Horsemen Remember Late Mid-Atlantic Legend Ben’s Cat

07/19/2017
Complications from Colic Surgery Claim Life of 26-Time Stakes Winner 
 
LAUREL, MD – Wearing a bright orange shirt and helmet cover, Elizabeth Eckert went about her business as an exercise rider for Hall of Fame trainer King Leatherbury Wednesday morning with a heavy heart.
 

Irish War Cry Breezes Sunday at Fair Hill for G1 Haskell

07/16/2017
Works in Company with G1 Winner Ascend for Graham Motion
 
LAUREL, MD – Isabelle de Tomaso’s multiple Grade 2-winning homebred Irish War Cry continued preparations for his next start with a six-furlong breeze at the Fair Hill Training Center in Elkton, Md. Sunday morning.
 
Both Irish War Cry and his workmate, 5-year-old Grade 1 turf winner Ascend, went the distance in 1:14 over Fair Hill’s dirt track.
 

Morticia Scary Good in $100,000 Stormy Blues Victory

07/15/2017
Multiple-Stakes Winner Sets Course Record in Richest Stakes of Laurel Summer
Three Stakes Worth $250,000 Over World-Class Turf Course Saturday
Rainbow 6, Super Hi-5 Carryovers for Sunday’s 9-Race Program
            

Just Howard Edges Bonus Points to Win $75,000 Caveat

07/15/2017
I’m Betty G Captures Stakes Debut in $75,000 Pearl Necklace
Two of Three Stakes Worth $250,000 Over World-Class Turf Course
 
LAUREL, MD – Skeedattle Associates’ Just Howard, making his stakes debut seven weeks off a maiden victory, dueled with stakes winner and Grade 3-placed Bonus Points from the gate into deep stretch before edging clear near the wire to capture Saturday’s $75,000 Caveat by a head at Laurel Park.
 

Multiple G3 Winner El Areeb Taking Next Step in Recovery

07/13/2017
Jockey Pimentel Gets Good News on Back, Knee Injuries
Late Pick 5, Rainbow 6 Carryovers for 10-Race Program Friday
 
LAUREL, MD – M M G Stable’s multiple Grade 3 winner El Areeb, sidelined since late March with a knee injury, will move to the Fair Hill Training Center in Elkton, Md. this weekend to continue his recovery.