Racing News

$50,000 Guaranteed Pool for Friday’s Stronach 5

11/14/2018
Five Races, 59 Entries, Three Tracks
 
LAUREL, MD – Friday’s Stronach 5, a national wager with an industry-low 12-percent takeout, will feature a guaranteed pool of $50,000.
 
First race post time is 3:52 p.m.
 
Preview Show: click here to watch.
 

Maryland Million Classic Winner Saratoga Bob Returns Thursday

11/14/2018
Rainbow 6, Super Hi-5 Carryovers for Nine-Race Program
 
LAUREL, MD – Saratoga Bob, a half-length winner of the $150,000 Maryland Million Classic in his previous start, makes his return in a $45,000 second-level optional claimer for 3-year-olds and up that serves as the feature of a nine-race program when live racing resumes at Laurel Park Thursday.
 

Bonus Points Rallies to Capture Laurel Feature Sunday

11/11/2018
Live Racing Returns with Nine-Race Program Thursday, Nov. 15
 
LAUREL, MD – Three Diamonds Farm’s Bonus Points, trailing by 20 lengths after a half-mile, unleashed a powerful last-to-first move on the far outside through the stretch to catch long shot pacesetter Saratoga Jack and win Sunday’s featured seventh race at Laurel Park.
 

Unbridled Juan Proves Best in $100,000 Richard W. Small

11/10/2018
Scrap Copper Rallies to $100,000 James F. Lewis III Win
Congrats Gal Gets Job Done in $100,000 Smart Halo
Jockey Trevor McCarthy Wins Four Races, Three Stakes
 
LAUREL, MD – Stronach Stables’ Unbridled Juan, stepping up in place of his multiple graded-stakes winning stablemate Something Awesome, sat a stalking trip before pouncing in the stretch and holding off a resurgent Dalmore to win Saturday’s $100,000 Richard W. Small at Laurel Park.

Majestic Dunhill Springs Upset in $100,000 City of Laurel

11/10/2018
America’s Tale Repels Challenge in $100,000 Safely Kept
Among Five Stakes Worth $500,000 on Salute the Troops Day
 
LAUREL, MD – R A Hill Stable’s Majestic Dunhill, a sprint stakes winner on the grass this summer, transferred his success to the main track with a last-to-first half-length upset in Saturday’s $100,000 City of Laurel at Laurel Park. 
 

Stronach 5 Rewards a Dozen Bettors with $17,832

11/09/2018
LAUREL, MD – The Stronach 5, a national Pick 5 with an industry-low 12-percent takeout, was hit Friday by 12 bettors who each received $17,832.20. 
 
The winning numbers were 6/4,5,6/12/9/7. The total pool was $180,002. The highest price in the sequence was $27.60 and the lowest price $6.
            
Friday’s sequence and results: 
 

G3 Winner Golden Brown Looks to Shine in $100,000 City of Laurel

11/08/2018
Majestic Reason Seeks Second Stakes Win in $100,000 Safely Kept
Among Five Stakes Worth $500,000 in Purses Saturday, Nov. 10
 
LAUREL, MD – New Jersey-bred Golden Brown, winner of the 1 1/8-mile Kent Stakes (G3) on turf this summer, cuts back to sprinting in his return to the main track for Saturday’s $100,000 City of Laurel at Laurel Park. 
 

Trainer Ward Sends Trio to Laurel for Juvenile Stakes

11/08/2018
Fayette Warrior, Hawaiian Noises Top $100,000 James F. Lewis III
Mae Never No Draws Outside in $100,000 Smart Halo
Among Five Stakes Worth $500,000 in Purses Saturday, Nov. 10
 

Something Awesome Set for Comeback in $100,000 Richard W. Small

11/07/2018
Among Five Stakes Worth $500,000 in Purses Saturday, Nov. 10
 
LAUREL, MD – Stronach Stable’s multiple graded-stakes winning millionaire Something Awesome, unraced since having his three-race win streak snapped mid-May, is entered to make his comeback in a loaded edition of the $100,000 Richard W. Small Stakes Saturday at Laurel Park.
 

$100,000 Guaranteed Pool for Friday’s Stronach 5

11/07/2018
Three Tracks, Five Races, 56 Horses
 
LAUREL, MD – Friday’s Stronach 5, a national wager with an industry-low 12-percent takeout, will feature a $100,000 guaranteed pool.
 
The Stronach 5 will crisscross the country from Laurel Park to Gulfstream Park West, back to Laurel and Gulfstream West before the final leg is contested at Golden Gate Fields.