Racing News

Laurel Trainer McMahon Approaching 1,000-Win Plateau

10/31/2020
Pair of Juvenile Maiden Special Weighs Spice Up Sunday Card
 
LAUREL, MD – Laurel Park-based Hugh McMahon, a steady presence among Maryland’s leading trainers since first going out on his own in 2011 and the state’s overall win leader in 2013, is closing in on a career milestone.
 

Friday's Stronach 5 Returns $7,435

10/30/2020
Races from Laurel, Gulfstream West and Golden Gate
Industry-Low 12-Percent Takeout
 
LAUREL, MD – There were 11 winning tickets in the Stronach 5 Friday afternoon with each ticket returning $7,435.
 
Doubleoseven, who won Laurel’s ninth race and leg four of the sequence, represented the largest win payoff at $12.
 

Stakes Winner Francatelli Beats Elders Again in Friday Feature

10/30/2020
Juvenile Colt Lugamo Continues Progression with Friday Allowance Win
Jockeys Cruz, Rosado, Trainer O’Dwyer Post Three-Win Days Friday
 
LAUREL, MD – Maribeth Sandford and Lynch Racing’s Francatelli, already a stakes winner on turf, earned himself a shot at duplicating the feat on dirt with a popular and impressive front-running victory in Friday’s featured sixth race at Laurel Park.
 

Maryland Juvenile Futurity Next for Undefeated Jaxon Traveler

10/29/2020
Juvenile Fillies Take Center Stage When Live Racing Returns Thursday
Runaway Distaff Winner Hello Beautiful Pointed to Nov. 28 Stakes at Laurel
 
LAUREL, MD – West Point Thoroughbreds and Marvin Delfiner’s 2-year-old colt Jaxson Traveler, undefeated through two impressive starts in Maryland, is being pointed to the $100,000 Maryland Juvenile Futurity Dec. 5 at Laurel Park to cap his rookie season.
 

Taco Supream Spices Up Stakes-Quality Allowance Feature Friday

10/29/2020
G1 Winner Wet Your Whistle Pre-Entered for Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint
Juvenile Fillies Gherardini, Tapit’s Girl, Targe Break Maidens Thursday
 
LAUREL, MD – Unable to defend his title in the Maryland Million Sprint last weekend, Big Bertha Stable and Stormy Stable’s Taco Supream lands instead in a stakes-quality allowance that highlights Friday’s nine-race program at Laurel Park.
 
First race post time is 12:25 p.m.

Races from Laurel, Gulfstream West and Golden Gate for Friday's Stronach 5

10/29/2020
Industry-Low 12-Percent Takeout
 
LAUREL, MD – Five competitive races from Laurel Park, Gulfstream Park West and Golden Gate Fields, including two maiden events, highlight Friday’s Stronach 5.
 

MAJOR U.S. HORSE RACING ORGANIZATIONS JOINTLY FUND FIRST-OF-ITS-KIND STUDY ON THE EFFECTS OF FUROSEMIDE IN TWO-YEAR-OLD RACEHORSES

10/29/2020

Study to be Led by Washington State University’s Department of Veterinary Clinical Services

Longtime Stakes Coordinator Coley Blind Calling It Quits

10/25/2020
Ex-Trainer Jason Egan Promoted to Fill Role Effective Nov. 1
 
LAUREL, MD – Embracing a family tradition in Thoroughbred racing that dates back more than a century, and following his own distinguished career in various roles touching parts of six decades, Coleman E. ‘Coley’ Blind is stepping down as stakes coordinator for the Maryland Jockey Club.
 

Russell Caps Four-Win Day in $150,000 Maryland Million Classic

10/24/2020
Monday Morning Qb Sets Stakes Record in Richest of Eight Stakes  
 
LAUREL, MD – Jockey Sheldon Russell, a month into his return from a broken wrist, put an exclamation point on his comeback with four wins Saturday capped by a record-setting victory aboard Monday Morning Qb in the $150,000 Maryland Million Classic at Laurel Park.
 

Karan's Notion Pulls off 16-1 in Maryland Million Sprint

10/24/2020
“Never Give Up”
 
LAUREL, MD – Owner/trainer/breeder Nancy Heil’s Karan’s Notion pulled off a 16-1 upset victory in Saturday’s $100,000 Maryland Million Sprint at Laurel Park.
 
The Sprint, a six-furlong dash for 3-year-olds and up, was one of eight stakes and four starter stakes on the 35th Jim McKay Maryland Million program for offspring of stallions standing in Maryland.