Racing News

Multiple Stakes Winner Forewarned Tops $100,000 Native Dancer

04/21/2022

Cinnabunny Takes on Stakes-Winning Stablemates in $100,000 Primonetta

LAUREL, MD – Trin-Brook Stables, Inc.’s 7-year-old gelding Forewarned, an 11-time career winner with multiple stakes victories in New York and Ohio, will continue chasing an elusive first victory in Maryland in Saturday’s $100,000 Native Dancer at Laurel Park.

Grateful Bred Launches Comeback in $100,000 King T. Leatherbury

04/20/2022

Saturday’s Turf Sprint Among Five $100,000 Stakes, First Three on Grass

LAUREL, MD – When it comes to her stable star, trainer Madison Meyers has plenty to be Grateful about.

Gordon Keys’ Maryland homebred Grateful Bred provided Meyers with her first victory at a recognized flat track July 11, 2020 at Laurel Park, after she recorded previous wins in a 2016 amateur event at Great Meadow in Virginia and a hurdle race in the fall of 2019 in Aiken, S.C.

Field Pass Hitting Reset Button in $100,000 Henry S. Clark

04/20/2022

Multiple Graded Winner Tops Field for One-Mile Turf Stakes

LAUREL, MD – Three Diamonds Farm’s well-traveled Field Pass, a multiple graded-stakes winner approaching $1 million in purse earnings, will get some class relief as he steps out of graded company for the first time in nearly two years in Saturday’s $100,000 Henry S. Clark at Laurel Park.

Decisions Ahead for Gutsy Federico Tesio Winner Joe

04/17/2022

Show Finisher Shake Em Loose Possible for Preakness (G1)
Luna Belle to Try Weber City, Black-Eyed Susan (G2) Sweep

LAUREL, MD – The 147th Preakness Stakes (G1), Middle Jewel of the Triple Crown, won’t be casually dismissed as the connections contemplate a next start for Joe, resolute winner of the $125,000 Federico Tesio Saturday at Laurel Park.

Joe Edges Stablemate Mr Jefferson in $125,000 Federico Tesio

04/16/2022

Second Stakes Win for Maryland’s Champion 2-Year-Old of 2021

LAUREL, MD – The Elkstone Group’s homebred Joe, Maryland’s champion 2-year-old male of 2021, bounced back from having his three-race win streak ended with a determined head victory over stablemate Mr Jefferson in Saturday’s $125,000 Federico Tesio at Laurel Park.

Pennybaker Impressive in U.S. Debut Winning Heavenly Cause

04/16/2022

Disco Pharoah Goes from Maiden Win to Whiteley Victory

LAUREL, MD - Godolphin LLC’s Pennybaker, a 4-year-old filly making her first start in the U.S. after four consecutive victories in France over all-weather surfaces, made it look easy over the main track Saturday, drawing away from 11 others at the top of the stretch and then wrapped up the final 100 yards to an easy victory in the $100,000 Heavenly Cause at Laurel Park.

Luna Belle Makes It Five Straight in $125,000 Weber City Miss

04/16/2022

May 20 Black-Eyed Susan (G2) Next for Champion 3-Year-Old Filly

LAUREL, MD – Luna Belle rolled down the stretch of her two-turn debut and straight into next month’s Black-Eyed Susan (G2) with her fifth consecutive stakes victory, a popular 4 ½-length triumph in Saturday’s $125,000 Weber City Miss at Laurel Park.

Stronach 5 Returns $3,452

04/15/2022

LAUREL, MD – There were 31 winning tickets on Friday’s final Stronach 5 with each ticket worth $3,452.30.

The Stronach 5 featured races from Laurel Park, Gulfstream Park, Santa Anita Park and Golden Gate Fields along with a low 12 percent takeout.

Tesio Favorite Joe, Stakes Winner on Dirt, May Have Future on Turf

04/15/2022

Connections Being Rewarded for Faith in Champion Filly Luna Belle
Primacy Looks to Extend Streak to Three with First Stakes Triumph

LAUREL, MD – At some point The Elkstone Group’s stakes-winning homebred Joe, Maryland’s champion 2-year-old male of 2021, will get another shot on the grass, where his career began last fall. But not now.

English Jockey Humphrey Notches First U.S. Win Thursday

04/14/2022

Seven-Pound Apprentice Guides Zorb to $20.20 Upset Victory

LAUREL, MD – Richard Burnsworth’s 6-year-old gelding Zorb sprung a 9-1 upset in Thursday’s second race at Laurel Park, rolling home by 4 ¼ lengths to give English jockey William Humphrey his first victory in the United States.