Irish Maxima too good in Barbara Fritchie
Sea Dancer now 2 for 2 on dirt after Nellie Morse win
Speedyness lives up to name in John B. Campbell

LAUREL, MD – As he did last month, Quint’s Brew turned into the Laurel Park stretch with a commanding lead in a stakes race and maintained his run to the wire, this time in Saturday’s $200,000 General George for 4-year-olds and upward at seven furlongs.

“That was a big race,” said trainer Ned Allard. “I’m impressed.”

Irish Maxima the likely favorite in the Barbara Fritchie
Sea Dancer seeks back-to-back stakes victories in Nellie Morse
Offaly Cool looks for hat trick in John B. Campbell

LAUREL, MD – Quint's Brew, Celtic Contender, and Prince of Jericho have all won stakes races at Laurel Park this winter. They headline Saturday's $200,000 General George for 4-year-olds and upward racing seven furlongs at Laurel Park.

LAUREL, MD – When trainer Kate DeMasi claimed Paradise Valley for $25,000 during the fall of 2023, she was confident she had made a prescient purchase.

“I thought he was a nice horse,” DeMasi said after Paradise Valley overcame adversity to win Sunday’s featured race at Laurel Park, a $56,000 conditioned allowance with a $55,000 claiming option for 4-year-olds and upward at 5 ½ furlongs. “He just was a runner, and I think they were running him where he belonged,”

Bred classic-placed Mindframe

LAUREL, MD – The new Maryland Jockey Club at Laurel Park mourns the passing of influential owner and breeder R. Larry Johnson, who died on Feb. 4 at 78.

The owner of Legacy Farm in Bluemount, VA, Johnson's foray into breeding began in 1978 when he purchased the mare Ran's Chick for the bargain basement price of $2,800.

While Ran's Chick never made it to the racetrack, she became Johnson's foundation broodmare, with more than 40 stakes horses emerging from that family.