Racing News

Alwaysmining Seeks Return to Form in $100,000 Native Dancer

12/23/2019

Home Run Maker Launches Comeback in $100,000 Dave’s Friend
Laurel-Loving Majestic Reason Lands in $100,000 Willa On the Move
Among Five Stakes on Dec. 28 Christmastide Day Program

LAUREL, MD – Last December, Runnymede Racing’s Alwaysmining was just establishing the form that would see him become a multiple stakes winner and earn himself a berth in the Preakness Stakes (G1).

G1 Winner Nucky Heads East for Return in $100,000 Heft

12/23/2019

Cofactor Seeks Fourth Straight Win in $100,000 Gin Talking
Among Five Stakes on Dec. 28 Christmastide Day Program

LAUREL, MD – Rockingham Ranch’s Nucky, risked for a tag one start before becoming a Grade 1 winner, launches his comeback after an absence of three months between races in Saturday’s $100,000 Heft Stakes at Laurel Park.

Multiple Stakes Winner Limited View Takes Saturday Feature

12/21/2019

4-Year-Old Filly Gives Jockey Boyce 800th Career Victory

LAUREL, MD – Limited View, who snapped a 10-race losing streak in her previous start, continued to run to her multiple stakes-winning form with a front-running four-length triumph in Saturday’s featured eighth race at Laurel Park.

Four Winners Each Take Home $33,033 in Stronach 5

12/20/2019

LAUREL, MD – There were four winning tickets in Friday’s Stronach 5 with each worth $33,033.90.

Christmastide Day Stakes Attract 107 Nominations

12/20/2019

Five Stakes Worth $500,000 in Purses Saturday, Dec. 28
Entries Taken, Post Positions Drawn Sunday, Dec. 22

LAUREL, MD – Laurel Park lowers the curtain on its 2019 stakes schedule Saturday, Dec. 28 with a Christmastide Day program of five stakes worth $500,000 in purses which attracted a total of 107 nominations.

Entries will be taken and post positions drawn Sunday, Dec. 22 for all five stakes.

Friday Stronach 5 to Feature $100,000 Guaranteed Pool, Races from Gulfstream and Laurel

12/19/2019

Video: All-Star Ticket

LAUREL, MD – Friday’s Stronach 5, featuring an industry-low 12-percent takeout, will have a guaranteed pool of $100,000 and races from Gulfstream Park and Laurel Park.

The Stronach 5 will have three races from Gulfstream, including two at a distance on the turf, and an allowance optional claimer for 2-year-olds at a mile featuring Juddmonte Farms Inc.’s Toledo and Gelfenstein Farm LLC’s Masterday.

Triple Carryovers for Nine-Race Program on Sunday

12/14/2019

$15,973 in Rainbow 6, $15,170.26 in Late Pick 5

LAUREL, MD – Laurel Park will wrap up its weekend of live racing Sunday, Dec. 15 with carryovers in the 20-cent Rainbow 6, $1 Late Pick 5 and $1 Super Hi-5 on a nine-race program that kicks off at 12:25 p.m.

The Rainbow 6 jackpot carryover stands at $15,973.28 after going unsolved during Saturday’s card. Tickets with five of six winners returned $412.58.

Friday Stronach 5 Returns $19,386

12/13/2019

LAUREL, MD – There were seven winning tickets in Friday’s Stronach 5, each worth $19,386.60.

The Stronach 5, featuring an industry-low 12-percent takeout, $100,000 guaranteed pool and races from Laurel Park, Gulfstream Park and Golden Gate Fields, kicked off with Barbsgray Lion ($17.20) winning the eighth race at Laurel and Spicy Meatball ($12.80) winning Laurel’s ninth race. They would be the highest payoffs of the sequence.

Friday’s races and sequence

Maryland Jockey Club Paying Tribute to 'Backstretch Heroes'

12/13/2019

Viral Campaign Recognizes Those Working Behind the Scenes

LAUREL, MD – While the spotlight regularly shines on the horses and horsemen that bring national and international attention to Maryland’s Thoroughbred industry, the Maryland Jockey Club has launched a campaign to recognize the people whose passion and work behind the scenes play a large part in that success.

G3-Placed Cordmaker on Winter Break Ahead of 2020 Campaign

12/12/2019

Live Racing Returns Friday with Double Carryovers & Stronach 5
Laurel Hosting Breakfast with Santa Saturday, Dec. 14
Recent Stakes Winner Laddie Liam Sold in Besecker Dispersal

LAUREL, MD – Hillwood Stable’s Cordmaker, a three-time stakes winner at Laurel Park who ran third by two necks in the historic Pimlico Special (G3) in May, is getting the winter off in preparation for his 5-year-old campaign in 2020.