Racing News

Three Stakes Highlight Saturday's Program at Laurel

Page McKenney, Primo Via and Eddy Gourmet Entered
 
LAUREL, MD - Laurel Park's Saturday afternoon program will be highlighted by three $75,000 stakes featuring popular older horses Page McKenney, Primo Via and Eddy Gourmet.
 
First race post time is 12:25 p.m.
 

Salter Handicaps Laurel's Mandatory Pick 5 Thursday

LAUREL, MD - Laurel Park will have a mandatory payout of all its multi-race wagers Thursday, including the 50-cent Pick 5 which will have a carryover of $16,361.
 
The Pick 5, with its industry-low 12 percent takeout, has become one of the most popular wagers in the country. For Laurel's television host and handicapper Stan Salter, Thursday's Pick 5 offers a "real good chance of hitting it big" with a single in the eighth race.
 

Rainbow 6 Hit at Laurel for $140,000; Mandatory Payoffs Thursday; Pick 5 Carryover $16,000

Mandatory Payoffs Thursday
Pick 5 Carryover $16,000
 
LAUREL, MD - Laurel Park's 10-cent Rainbow 6 was hit Sunday afternoon by a single bettor for $140,827.44.
 

Bode Miller's Ravenheart Takes Maryland Juvenile Futurity

Look Who's Talking Runs Off With Maryland Juvenile Filly
Always Sunshine Best in $100,000 Dave's Friend
Noteworthy Peach Easy Winner in $50,000 Jennings Handicap
Sunday's 10-cent Rainbow 6 Carryover $105,000
 

Laurel Park News & Notes

Smith Saddles Three in Saturday’s Five Stakes
Saturday’s Rainbow 6 Carryover $91,000
Rainbow Heir Seeks Victory in $100,000 Dave’s Friend
Lexington Street Looking for Four Straight in Juvenile Filly

Showalter Steps Up Saturday in Maryland Juvenile At Laurel

LAUREL, MD - Trainer Robert Leaf Jr., doesn't need to be reminded that Showalter, a 2-year-old gelding named after Baltimore Orioles baseball manager Buck Showalter by the team's CEO and majority owner Peter Angelos, is garnering national interest.

Five Stakes And $91,000 Rainbow 6 Carryover Saturday At Laurel; Toledo Wins Four; Carrasco Wins Three More

Toledo Wins Four
Carrasco Wins Three More
 
LAUREL, MD - Not only will Laurel Park feature five stakes races when racing returns Saturday, Dec. 26, but there will also be a 10-cent Rainbow 6 carryover of $91,337.21.
 
There was no single, unique winning ticket on the Rainbow 6 Sunday, meaning there will be a carryover come Saturday's program. Multiple-winning tickets Sunday on the Rainbow 6 with the winning combination 4-8-4-6-1-1 returned $6,783.76.

Three Big Carryovers Sunday At Laurel; Rainbow 6 Carryover $77,700; Pick 5 Carryover $11,900; Super Hi 5 Carryover $10,000; Carrasco Wins Three

Rainbow 6 Carryover $77,700
Pick 5 Carryover $11,900
Super Hi 5 Carryover $10,000
Carrasco Wins Three 
 
LAUREL, MD - Laurel Park will feature three big carryovers when racing resumes Sunday with a 12:25 p.m. first race post time.
 

Laurel Rainbow 6 Carryover $66,900 Saturday

Pick 5 Carryover; McCarthy Wins Two

LAUREL, MD - Laurel Park's 10-cent Rainbow 6 will have a carryover of $66,930.93 when racing resumes Saturday with a nine-race program at 12:25 p.m.

There will also be a Pick 5 carryover Saturday of $3.805.05.

There were multiple winning tickets on Friday's Rainbow 6. Tickets with the winning numbers 4/5-9-6-10-7-5 returned $4,345.47.

Laurel Features Five Stakes Saturday, Dec. 26

Juveniles Showalter, Flash McCaul Lead Nominations
 
LAUREL, MD - After a brief Christmas break, live racing action will resume at Laurel Park on Saturday, December 26 with five stakes races, including a pair of events for juveniles. The $50,000 Maryland Juvenile Futurity will feature the stakes debut of Showalter, who slugged it out with Hennessy Fire en route to victory in his career opener at Laurel Park on November 29.