Racing News

Liz Merryman TOBA Finalist for Second Straight Year

08/16/2024

Breeder of Three-Time Dirt and Turf Stakes Winner Witty
Ness Nets Friday Hat Trick to Clinch Summer Training Title
Twice Stakes-Placed Sheliahs Warcloud Nearing Comeback

LAUREL, MD – Largely thanks to her 5-year-old Grade 2-placed homebred Witty, a three-time stakes winner at Laurel Park, owner-trainer Elizabeth Merryman is a finalist to win a second straight national award from the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association.

Another Stakes Test for Cut From Class in $75,000 All Brandy

08/15/2024

irst of Two $75,000 Turf Stakes on Closing Day Program Sunday
10 Races Friday to Launch Final Weekend of Laurel’s Summer Meet

LAUREL, MD – Cut From Class, stubborn in defeat to near-millionaire and two-time graded winner Sparkle Blue in an unplanned stakes debut last month, faces no such rival when she attempts to restart her win streak in Sunday’s $75,000 All Brandy at Laurel Park.

Crabs N Beer Chasing Elusive Stakes Win in $75,000 Find

08/14/2024

One of Two Turf Stakes on 13-Race Closing Day Program Sunday

LAUREL, MD – Charles Blanford’s Grade 3-placed Crabs N Beer, beaten two lengths or less in each of his last four stakes attempts and fewer than three lengths on average in seven career tries, continues the quest for his breakthrough win in Sunday’s $75,000 Find at Laurel Park.

Jockey Torrealba Continues Hot Streak with Five-Win Sunday

08/11/2024

Return to Dirt Possible for G3-Placed 3YO Filly Discreet Ops

LAUREL, MD – Jockey J.G. Torrealba continued what has been a torrid August with five winners on Sunday’s eight-race program at Laurel Park.

The 22-year-old native of Venezuela moved into second place in the rider standings at Laurel’s 35-day summer meet, which wraps up Aug. 18 and has three scheduled racing days remaining. His 30 wins trail only Jaime Rodriguez (39), who won twice Sunday.

Post Time Earning Respect in Older Horse Division

08/09/2024

Trainer Brittany Russell: ‘This Horse Shows Up Every Time’

LAUREL, MD – Following a second straight Grade 1 placing and closing in on $1 million in lifetime earnings, Hillwood Stable’s Maryland-bred and based multiple graded-stakes winner Post Time has emerged as a major player among older horses.

Laurel Cancels Friday Program Due to Tropical Storm

08/08/2024

Summer Meet Scheduled to Resume with Nine Races Saturday

LAUREL, MD – A forecast calling for high winds and heavy rain in the wake of Tropical Storm Debby has led the Maryland Jockey Club to cancel Friday’s nine-race program at Laurel Park.

The tropical storm, which first made landfall last week in Florida, has moved up the East Coast and was expected to pass through the Mid-Atlantic region bringing wind gusts of up to 33 mph and as much as two inches of rain according to the National Weather Service.

Crabs N Beer Tops 20 Nominations to $75,000 Find Aug. 18

08/07/2024

Joins $75,000 All Brandy on Laurel Summer Meet Closing Day

LAUREL, MD – Grade 3-placed Crabs N Beer, runner-up in last year’s race, and two-time Maryland Million Turf winner Wicked Prankster are among 20 nominees to the $75,000 Find for Maryland-bred/sired horses Sunday, Aug. 18 at Laurel Park.

Malibu Beauty Springs Upset in $100,000 Caesar’s Wish

08/04/2024

Give It a Whirl Captures $100,000 Bald Eagle Derby
Roanan Goddess Rules in $100,000 Searching

LAUREL, MD – ZWP Stable, Inc. and Non Stop Stable’s 6-year-old homebred mare Malibu Beauty dueled with favored Saddle Up Jessie through the stretch before edging clear inside the eighth pole and drawing away to a 2 ¾-length victory in Sunday’s $100,000 Caesar’s Wish at Laurel Park.

Madison Meyers Looking to Transfer July Heat into August

08/02/2024

Trainer Has Stakes Winner Desvio in Sunday’s Bald Eagle Derby
Post Time Facing Biggest Test Yet in Saturday’s G1 Whitney

LAUREL, MD – Madison Meyers, for one, was sorry to flip her calendar this week. Racing primarily at Laurel Park, the Middleburg, Va.-based trainer enjoyed one of the best months of her career in July, winning with five of 13 starters to go along with three seconds and two thirds.

Mugatu Back on Grass for $100,000 Bald Eagle Derby

08/01/2024

1 1/8-Mile Stakes One of Two Scheduled for Laurel Turf

LAUREL, MD – At one point or another this spring, Average Joe Racing Stables, Ltd. and Dan Wells’ Mugatu faced all three Triple Crown race winners, two of them coming in his last trip to Maryland for the May 18 Preakness Stakes (G1).

Eighth in the Middle Jewel of the Triple Crown, Mugatu will be up against a different class of horses on a surface he hasn’t tried in more than seven months in Sunday’s $100,000 Bald Eagle Derby for 3-year-olds at Laurel Park.