Racing News

Well-Traveled Golden Soul Seeks First Stakes Win in $100,000 Richard Small

11/18/2016
Ivan Fallunovalot Can Make the Grade in $250,000 De Francis Dash (G3)
Never Gone South Returns to Races in $100,000 City of Laurel
Fall Turf Festival Weekend Closes Sunday with Full Fields
 
LAUREL, MD – Charles Fipke homebred Golden Soul, the 2013 Kentucky Derby (G1) runner-up that has raced at nine tracks from California to Dubai, will make his Maryland debut in Saturday’s $100,000 Richard W. Small presented by Samsung Business at Laurel Park.

El Areeb Making Stakes Debut in $100,000 James F. Lewis III

11/17/2016
Balanced Field of Nine Set for $100,000 Smart Halo
Fall Festival of Racing Features Seven Stakes Worth $825,000 Saturday
 
LAUREL, MD – Fresh off his impressive maiden victory last month, M M G Stables’ highly regarded El Areeb returns to Laurel Park for his stakes debut in Saturday’s $100,000 James F. Lewis III presented by Ourisman of Bowie.
 

Sharp Azteca Begins Comeback in Saturday's $100,000 City of Laurel

11/17/2016
Multiple Graded Stakes-Placed Malibu Stacy Tops $100,000 Safely Kept
Saturday's Fall Festival of Racing Features Seven Stakes Worth $825,000
 
LAUREL, MD – Three months after his promising career was interrupted by a freak foot injury, Gelfenstein Farm’s Grade 3-winning speedster Sharp Azteca is slated to make his return to the races in Saturday's $100,000 City of Laurel presented by Fidelity First at Laurel Park.
 

X Y Jet Set to Soar in $250,000 De Francis Memorial Dash (G3)

11/16/2016
Six-Furlong Sprint Highlights Seven Stakes Worth $825,000 Saturday
            
LAUREL, MD – Having recovered from spring knee surgery and with a Grade 1 tightener under his belt, Rockingham Ranch and Gelfenstein Farm’s multiple graded stakes winner X Y Jet continues his comeback in the $250,000 Frank J. De Francis Memorial Dash (G3) presented by Maker’s Mark Saturday at Laurel Park.
 

Jockey Shaffer Breaks Ribs, Collarbone; Franklin Returns; Rainbow 6 Carryover $13,000 Sunday

11/12/2016
Rainbow 6 Carryover $13,000 Sunday
            
LAUREL, MD - Saturday's first race was ruled a no contest and all wagers were refunded when jockey Sarah Shaffer fell from her mount Boston Strong crossing the finish line for the first time in the 1 1/16 mile turf race. Outriders had jockeys pull their mounts up on the backstretch as Shaffer was removed from the track. 
            

Full Fields, Five Turf Races & Three Carryovers at Laurel Saturday

11/11/2016
Irish War Cry Breaks Maiden Friday in 1:10.62 
 
LAUREL, MD - Laurel Park's Saturday program will be a bettors delight with five of its nine races scheduled on the turf, a total of 118 entries, and three carryovers.
 
First race post time is 12:30 p.m.
 
Laurel's 20-cent Rainbow 6 will have a carryover of $11,678.04. The carryover on the 50-cent late Pick 5 will be $2,365.43 and the carryover of the $1 Super Hi 5 $980.

$250,000 Frank J. De Francis Memorial Dash (G3) Draws 35 Nominations

11/11/2016
195 Nominees to Seven Stakes Worth $825,000 on Nov. 19 Fall Festival of Racing
 
LAUREL, MD – Led by the 25th running of the $250,000 Frank J. De Francis Memorial Dash (G3), a total of 195 horses were nominated to seven stakes worth $825,000 in purses for the Fall Festival of Racing Saturday, Nov. 19 at Laurel Park.
 

John Jones Sparkles Again for Gaudet in $60,000 Claiming Crown Jewel

11/06/2016
Gelding Extends Win Streak to Four, One of Three Wins for Trainer Gaudet
‘Win and You’re In’ for $1.11 Million Claiming Crown Dec. 3 at Gulfstream
Jockey Karamanos Registers Three-Win Day
20-Cent Rainbow Six Carryover $10,081,04 for Friday
 

John Jones Puts Streak to Test in Sunday’s $60,000 Jewel

11/04/2016
Claiming Crown Preview Day Offers Nine Starter Allowances Worth $400,000
‘Win and You’re In’ for $1.11 Million Claiming Crown Dec. 3 at Gulfstream
 
LAUREL, MD – When John Jones was claimed for $25,000 in mid-July, his new connections thought the 4-year-old gelding could be a useful horse. Three starts and three wins including one shocking stakes victory later, owner Matt Schera and trainer Lacey Gaudet have uncovered a real gem.
 

Jockey Carrow Earns First Career Victory Friday at Laurel

11/04/2016
Second Female Rider in Six Days to Notch Breakthrough Win
 
LAUREL, MD – Apprentice jockey Anna Carrow picked up her first career victory in her 11th mount with a front-running 1 ¼-length triumph aboard First to Fire in Friday’s third race at Laurel Park.
 
Carrow, 23, became Laurel’s second female rider in less than a week to reach the historic milestone following Sarah Shaffer, who registered her first win Oct. 29.