8-Year-Old Gelding Breezes Easy Half Sunday at Pimlico
Final Weekend of Preakness Meet Kicks off Friday, Aug. 20

lAUREL, MD – A decision is coming this week on the route Hillside Equestrian Meadows’ multiple stakes winner Laki will take to defend his title next month in the $200,000 Frank J. De Francis Memorial Dash (G3) at Laurel Park.

Pimlico-Based Gelding Captured Friday’s Tale of the Cat at Saratoga
Preakness Meet Leading Rider Marquez Registers Saturday Hat Trick
Triple Carryovers for Sunday’s Eight-Race Card Starting at 12:40 P.M.

LAUREL, MD – Patience and perseverance paid off handsomely for owners Michael Dubb, The Elkstone Group, Madaket Stables and Michael Caruso and trainer Brittany Russell when Wondrwherecraigis became a stakes winner for the first time in Friday’s Tale of the Cat at Saratoga.

Pimlico Race Course to Host Live Nine-Race Program Friday

LAUREL, MD – On the first day horses were allowed to breeze over Laurel Park’s newly rebuilt main track, no one was busier than trainer Hamilton Smith.

According to Equibase, of the 15 horses sent out for timed works Thursday morning, nine were from the barn of the 76-year-old Smith, a multiple stakes winner of more than 2,000 career races.

Multi-Million-Dollar Dirt Track Remodel Completed On Schedule

LAUREL, MD (August 10, 2021) - The four-month reconstruction of Laurel Park’s dirt surface, which included the replacement of the cushion, base and substructure, officially ended Tuesday morning on schedule when horses once again began training over the track.