Racing News

Limited View Stretching Out in $100,000 Beyond the Wire

03/15/2018
Multiple Stakes-Winning Sprinter Faces Seven Other 3-Year-Old Fillies
Among Five Stakes Worth $450,000 in Purses Saturday, March 17
 
LAUREL, MD – After putting her brilliance on display with five wins from seven starts sprinting, three of those victories coming in stakes, Limited View will stretch out to a mile for her latest engagement in Saturday’s $100,000 Beyond the Wire at Laurel Park.
 

Still Having Fun Facing New Challenge in $100,000 Private Terms

03/14/2018
Multiple Stakes Winner Tops Field of Nine 3-Year-Olds
One of Five Stakes Worth $450,000 in Purses Saturday, March 17
 
LAUREL, MD – Gary Barber, Wachtel Stable and Terp Racing’s Still Having Fun, a winner of back-to-back stakes to open his sophomore campaign, will attempt to extend his streak to three straight making his two-turn debut in Saturday’s $100,000 Private Terms at Laurel Park.
 

Live Racing Returns Friday with $74,400 Rainbow 6 Carryover

03/13/2018
Champion Jockey Toledo Picks Up First Win in Comeback
 
LAUREL, MD – The 20-cent Rainbow 6 went unsolved Sunday at Laurel Park, creating a jackpot carryover of $74,400.54 for when live racing returns with an eight-race program Friday, March 16.
 
Two horses, Summer Run (5-1) and True Arch (16-1), were live to take down the jackpot heading into the ninth-race finale, won by The Great Ronaldo ($6.80). Summer Run finished fifth.
 

Rainbow 6 Carryover Swells to $62,695 for Sunday

03/10/2018
Limited View Blazes Half-Mile Saturday for March 17 Stakes
MJC Hosts Second Annual Students on Track Program Saturday
 
LAUREL, MD – The 20-cent Rainbow 6 saw its carryover jackpot swell to $62,695.08 for Sunday after going unsolved on Saturday’s nine-race program.
 

Champion Jockey Toledo Returns to Ride Friday at Laurel

03/09/2018
Maryland’s Leading Rider in 2017 Out Since Jan. 21 Spill
Rainbow 6 Carryover Grows to $52,584 for Saturday
 
LAUREL, MD – Jevian Toledo, Maryland’s leading rider in 2015 and 2017, made his return to the irons with a pair of mounts Friday at Laurel Park.
 

Brian Conley Captures MJC Handicapping Tournament

03/07/2018
Earns $3,780 in Prize Money and Berth in Breeders’ Cup Betting Challenge
 
LAUREL, MD – Brian Conley of Columbia, Md. finished with a balance of $2,192 to edge Coleen Curley and capture the spring session of the Maryland Jockey Club’s Champions Handicapping Tournament held Saturday, March 3 at Laurel Park.
 

Rainbow 6 Carryover Grows to $42,563 for Friday, March 9

03/05/2018
LAUREL, MD - Jorge Vargas Jr. rode three straight winners late in Monday’s card to punctuate a four-win afternoon for the current winter-spring meet’s leading jockey.
 
Vargas picked up his first winner with Belfour ($3.20) in the second race and followed up with Mila Jane ($10.80) in the sixth, first-time starter Three Hawk ($7) in the seventh and Kaitain ($4.40) in the eighth.
 

Still Having Fun, Limited View Among 123 St. Patrick’s Day Stakes Noms

03/04/2018
Private Terms for 3-Year-Olds Tops Five Stakes Worth $450,000 in Purses
Laurel Hosting Rescheduled Nine-Race Program Monday, March 5
Rainbow 6 Carryover $31,205, Super Hi-5 Carryover $4,975
 
LAUREL, MD – Multiple stakes-winning sophomores Still Having Fun and Limited View are among 123 nominees to five stakes worth $450,000 in purses Saturday, March 17 at Laurel Park.
 

Forecast Forces Laurel Park to Postpone Friday, March 2 Program

03/01/2018
Nine-Race Card Moved to Monday, March 5
            
LAUREL, MD – Heavy rain and high winds from Winter Storm Riley forecast to hit the East Coast Thursday evening has forced The Maryland Jockey Club to postpone the live program Friday, March 2 at Laurel Park.
 
Friday’s entire nine-race program will be run, as carded, on Monday, March 5. Post time will be 12:30 p.m.
 

Laurel Hosting MJC Champions Handicapping Tournament March 3

02/28/2018
Berths on Line for NHC, BCBC and BIG ONE Tournaments
Guaranteed Prize Money Paid to Top 10 Finishers
 
LAUREL, MD – The Maryland Jockey Club is hosting its spring session of the Champions Handicapping Tournament Saturday, March 3 at Laurel Park.
 
Berths to the NTRA/DRF National Handicapping Championship (NHC), Breeders’ Cup Betting Challenge (BCBC) and BIG ONE tournaments are on the line, as well as guaranteed prize money to the top 10 finishers.