Racing News

Lady Sabelia Wins $75,000 Primonetta Stakes

03/26/2016
6-year-old Graded-Stakes Winning Mare Wins 8th Race at Laurel
Karamanos, McCarthy Each Win Three 
 
LAUREL, MD - Mrs. Frank Wright's homebred and graded-stakes winner Lady Sabelia needed the entire stretch to wear down Disco Chick to win the $75,000 Primonetta Stakes Saturday at Laurel Park.
 

McCarthy Wins Three, Toledo Takes First Turf Race

03/25/2016
Pick 5 & Super Hi 5 Carryovers Saturday
 
LAUREL, MD - Jockey Trevor McCarthy won the first three races Friday at Laurel Park, but it was Jevian Toledo who won the first turf race of the season. 
 
McCarthy rode the early double with Memento d'Oro ($6.60) in the first and Pom Pom Pistol ($4.80) in the second, and came back to win the third race aboard J La Tache ($3).
 

Graded Winner Lady Sabelia Returns To Laurel Saturday In $75,000 Primonetta

03/23/2016
LAUREL, MD - Mrs. Frank P. Wright's Grade 2-winning homebred Lady Sabelia, a winner of eight of her last 12 races, meets seven others Saturday in the $75,000 Primonetta Stakes.
            
Along with Lady Sabelia, a winner of nearly $700,000 for trained by Robin Graham and jockey Horacio Karamanos, the Primonetta drew Love Came to Town, a 5 1/2-length winner Jan. 2 of the Nellie Morse, and Flattering Bea, who ships in from Charles Town.

Sonny Inspired Runs Away With Ben's Cat

03/19/2016
LAUREL, MD - Sonny Inspired, a 5-year-old gelded son of Artie Schiller, appears to only be getting better with age after holding off a late rally by Any Court Inastorm at Laurel Park to win Saturday's $75,000 The Ben's Cat, a six-furlong event for Maryland breds.
 

Sonny Inspired Leads Select Field in Laurel's $75,000 Ben's Cat

03/17/2016
$30,000 Pick 5 Awaits Bettors Friday
 
LAUREL, MD - Trainer Phil Schoenthal is looking for a big performance out of his 5-year-old gelding and Fire Plug Stakes winner Sonny Inspired in Saturday's $75,000 Ben's Cat Stakes at Laurel Park.
            

Sophia’s Song Impressive in Caesar’s Wish

03/16/2016
Abiding Star Takes Private Terms at 18-1
 
LAUREL, MD – Earlier this year, Bill Mathis purchased controlling interest in the 3-year-old filly Sophia’s Song after trainer Todd Pletcher told him of the filly’s potential after she won an allowance optional claiming event at Gulfstream Park.
 

Fan Favorite Ben's Cat Back at the Track

03/10/2016
Jockey Russell Could be Back May or June
Racing Returns Friday Through Sunday at Laurel
 
LAUREL, MD - The Jim Stable's Ben's Cat, the popular, Maryland-bred fan favorite who has won 30 of 53 starts for $2.4 million, is back at Laurel in light training for his Hall of Fame conditioner King Leatherbury after taking the winter off at Stephanie Nixon's farm in Virginia.
 

Stakes Winners Marengo Road, Great Soul Top Laurel's Weekend Stakes

03/09/2016
Racing Returns Friday through Sunday, First Race Post 1:10 p.m.
 
LAUREL, MD - A group of promising 3-year-olds, led by Miracle Wood winner Marengo Road and Wide Country winner Great Soul, tops a busy weekend of racing at Laurel Park.
 
Marengo Road, a 3-year-old colt by Quality Road, leads a group of six in Saturday's $75,000 Private Terms, while Great Soul, a lightly-raced filly by Great Notion, meets five others in the co-featured $75,000 Caesar's Wish.

Racing Resumes Friday, March 11 at Laurel Park

03/08/2016
Private Terms, Caesar's Wish Saturday, March 12                                
Champions Handicapping Tourney and St. Paddy's Day Pig Roast              
            
LAUREL, MD - Live racing returns to Laurel Park's newly-refurbished facility Friday with a big weekend of stakes races and events.

Stakes Winners Marengo Road, Sunny Ridge Nominated for Private Terms

03/03/2016
Great Soul, Mo d'Amour Nominated for Caesar's Wish         
St. Paddy's Day Roast, Champions Tourney March 12                      
Maryland Racing Mourns Former Trainer Michael T. Beck