Racing News

Nominations Closing Jan. 30 for General’s Stake, Fritchie & Four Others

01/17/2021
Laurel Program Will Include Six Stakes, $900,000 in Purses        
 
LAUREL, MD - Free nominations to the $250,000 General’s Stake (G3) and $250,000 Runhappy Barbara Fritchie (G3), to be run Saturday, Feb. 13 at Laurel Park along with four $100,000 stakes, will close Saturday, Jan. 30.
 

Hello Beautiful Too Tough in $100,000 What a Summer

01/16/2021
Wendell Fong Gives Lynch First Winner in $100,000 Fire Plug
 
LAUREL, MD – Madaket Stables, Albert Frassetto, Mark Parkinson, K-Mac Stables and Magic City Stables’ Hello Beautiful picked up where she left off in 2020 while punching her ticket for a return to graded-stakes competition with a front-running victory in Saturday’s $100,000 What a Summer at Laurel Park.
 

Kenny Had a Notion Digs in to Win $100,000 Spectacular Bid

01/16/2021
Street Lute Makes It Four Straight Victories in $100,000 Xtra Heat
 
LAUREL, MD – Louis J. Ulman and H. Neil Glasser’s Kenny Had a Notion, a juvenile stakes winner on both turf and dirt, dueled from start to finish with a stubborn Maythehorsebwithu before prevailing by a neck in Saturday’s $100,000 Spectacular Bid at Laurel Park.
 

Tattooed Snags Elusive Stakes Victory in $75,000 Jennings

01/16/2021
Gale Blows Away Rivals to Become Stakes Winner in $75,000 Geisha
 
LAUREL, MD – Holt, Montuori and Palumbo Racing Stable’s 6-year-old gelding Tattooed, making his 32nd career start, became a stakes winner for the first time with a rallying neck triumph over Galerio in Saturday’s $75,000 Jennings at Laurel Park.
 

Jockey Ferrin Peterson Makes Winning Impression Friday

01/15/2021
Maryland’s Leading Apprentice Marquez Back on Home Turf
Saturday’s Winter Carnival Offers Six Stakes Worth $550,000
 
LAUREL, MD – Jockey Ferrin Peterson got off to a winning start on her first day in Maryland, booting home Spanish d’Oro to a 9-1 upset victory in Friday’s ninth race finale at Laurel Park.
 

Stronach 5 Carryover of $97,891 Friday, Jan. 22

01/15/2021
LAUREL, MD – The Stronach 5 will have a carryover of $97,891.79 Jan. 22 after there were no winning tickets in Friday’s popular wager.
 
The Stronach 5, with an industry-low 12-percent takeout and featuring races from Laurel Park, Gulfstream Park, Santa Anita Park and Golden Gate Fields, started with a bang Friday when Step by Step won the opening leg and the eighth race at Laurel and returned $54.
 

Four Tracks & Full Fields for Friday Stronach 5

01/14/2021
All-Star Ticket $72
 
LAUREL, MD –Full, competitive fields and coast-to-coast racing in under an hour will be delivered by Friday’s Stronach 5.
 
The popular wager that continually shows a strong return on investment and an industry-low 12-percent takeout will feature races from Laurel Park, Gulfstream Park, Santa Anita Park and Golden Gate Fields when it kicks off at 3:55 ET.
 

Hello Beautiful Opens 2021 Season in $100,000 What a Summer

01/14/2021
Lynch Seeking Breakthrough Win with Wendell Fong in $100,000 Fire Plug
 
LAUREL, MD – With an eye on the future and a nod to her successful past, Madaket Stables, Albert Frassetto, Mark Parkinson, K-Mac Stables and Magic City Stables’ multiple stakes winner Hello Beautiful will open her 4-year-old season in Saturday’s $100,000 What a Summer at Laurel Park.
 

Alwaysmining Returns to Defend Title in $75,000 Jennings

01/14/2021
Coconut Cake Making Stakes Debut in $75,000 Geisha
 
LAUREL, MD – Runnymoore Racing’s multiple stakes winner Alwaysmining, unraced since last summer, is set to launch his comeback Saturday in defense of his 2020 victory in the $75,000 Jennings at Laurel Park.
 

Ferrin Peterson Beginning New Chapter at Laurel Park

01/13/2021
Veterinarian & Jockey Named to Ride Two Horses Jan. 15
 
LAUREL, MD – Starting Friday, the latest chapter in the intriguing story of practicing veterinarian and aspiring jockey Ferrin Peterson will be written at Laurel Park.
 
Peterson, 28, is named in two of nine races when live action returns to Laurel Jan. 15. The California native has the call on One More Nightcap for trainer Patrick McBurney in Race 5 and Spanish d’Oro, trained by Hamilton Smith, in Race 9.