Racing News

'I Fought it Off:' Duarte Overcomes Virus to Resume Training

06/11/2020

Sends Out Stakes Winner Introduced for Laurel Feature Saturday
Live Racing Returns Friday with Full Fields, Carryovers, Stronach 5

LAUREL, MD – As out of state horsemen are welcomed back to Laurel Park this weekend for the first time since live racing returned to Maryland late last month, no one is happier than Jorge Duarte Jr.

Friday's Stronach 5 Features 4 Races on the Turf

06/10/2020
$100,000 Guaranteed Pool
Races from Laurel, Gulfstream, Santa Anita and Golden Gate
 
LAUREL, MD – Four of the five races making up Friday’s Stronach 5 will be turf races from Laurel Park, Gulfstream Park and Santa Anita Park.
 
Along with the four turf races, there will be a $100,000 guaranteed pool and an industry-low 12-percent takeout.
 

American Sailor Sprints to Laurel Feature Triumph Monday

06/08/2020

8-Year-Old Defeats Five Fellow Stakes Winners for 14th Career Victory
Live Racing Returns With 10-Race Program Friday, June 12

LAUREL, MD – Left alone to set brisk but comfortable fractions by his standards, Raj Jagnanan’s 8-year-old stakes winner American Sailor cruised to his 14th career victory and first in nearly a year with a front-running one-length triumph Monday at Laurel Park.

Seven Stakes Winners in Laurel Turf Feature Monday

06/07/2020

10-Race Program has Carryovers in Rainbow 6, Super Hi-5
Five Races Scheduled on the Turf

LAUREL, MD – Seven stakes winners are among a field of 12 turf sprinters in a third-level optional claimer that highlight a 10-race program Monday afternoon at Laurel Park.

The feature is one of five races scheduled over Laurel’s turf course.

First race post time is 12:40 p.m.

Multiple Stakes Winner Lebda Nominated to Triple Crown

06/05/2020
Friday’s Rainbow 6 Solved for $36,714 Jackpot Payout
Jockey Alex Cintron Registers Friday Hat Trick
 
LAUREL, MD – Euro Stable’s multiple 3-year-old stakes winner Lebda, based at Laurel Park with trainer Claudio Gonzalez, is among 22 horses made a late nomination to the 2020 Triple Crown.
 

Stronach 5 Has 71 Winning Tickets, Each Worth $1,918

06/05/2020
LAUREL, MD – The Stronach 5, featuring races from Laurel Park, Gulfstream Park, Golden Gate Fields and Santa Anita Park, returned Friday with 71 winning tickets each worth $1,918.90.
 
The largest price in the sequence came in Laurel’s eighth race, the third leg of the sequence, when Outofthepark returned $15.60. The final two legs of the sequence from Golden Gate and Santa Anita were won by favorites.
 

Laurel to Begin Accepting Out of Town Shippers June 12

06/05/2020
Owners Allowed to Watch Their Horses Race Starting Saturday
 
LAUREL, MD – Laurel Park will begin accepting out of town horses for its live race programs beginning Friday, June 12, the Maryland Jockey Club announced today.
 
Shippers coming in to Laurel may be accompanied by one trainer and one groom only, and must report to the track’s receiving barn.
 

Off to Hot Start, Jockey Toledo Approaching 1,000-Win Milestone

06/04/2020

Triple Carryovers Worth Nearly $136,000 for Friday Program
Stronach 5 Returns Friday with $100,000 Guaranteed Pool

LAUREL, MD – More than just restarting his march to a milestone, the return of live racing in Maryland has journeyman rider Jevian Toledo extremely grateful to be back at work.

“It feels really good. I feel blessed that we have racing, because some places haven’t started yet,” Toledo said. “We have to be thankful that we have started already.”

The Stronach 5 is Back - Returns Friday June 5

06/02/2020
Races from Laurel, Gulfstream, Golden Gate & Santa Anita
$100,000 Guaranteed Pool, Industry-Low 12-Percent Takeout
Three Races Scheduled on Turf              
InTheMoneyPodcast with Kinchen & Fornatale
 

Money Fromheaven Rides Rail to Upset Monday Feature

06/01/2020

Multiple Stakes Winner Hello Beautiful 7th in Season Debut
Maryland Mo Gets it Done in Season & Turf Debut Monday
Huge Carryovers for Friday’s Return of Live Racing

LAUREL, MD – Make Family First Stable’s Money Fromheaven, making her 4-year-old debut and racing for the first time on grass in nearly two years, flashed her juvenile stakes-winning form with a gutsy rail-skimming victory in Monday’s featured ninth race at Laurel Park.