Racing News

Someday Jones Runs Down Alwaysmining in $100,000 Native Dancer

12/28/2019

Among Five Stakes Worth $500,000 on Christmastide Day Card

LAUREL, MD – John Servis enjoyed some of the finest days of his career with 2004 Kentucky Derby (G1) and Preakness (G1) winner Smarty Jones. Now the veteran trainer is enjoying a multiple stakes-winning ride with a son of Smarty Jones.

Threefiveindia Becomes Stakes Winner in $100,000 Dave's Friend

12/28/2019

Majestic Reason Gets Job Done in $100,000 Willa On the Move
Jockey McCarthy Sweeps Sprint Stakes on Five-Win Day

LAUREL, MD – Rockingham Ranch’s 6-year-old gelding Threefiveindia, graded-stakes placed at 3 and 4, became a stakes winner for the first time while remaining unbeaten for his new connections with a three-quarter-length triumph in Saturday’s $100,000 Dave’s Friend at Laurel Park.

Monday Morning Qb Passes Test in $100,000 Heft

12/28/2019

Bella Aurora Sparkles in $100,000 Gin Talking Triumph

LAUREL, MD – Cash is King and LC Racing’s Monday Morning Qb, three weeks after a fever cost him a chance at making his stakes debut, returned to Laurel Park in full health and rebounded with a three-quarter-length score in Saturday’s $100,000 Heft Stakes.

Friday Stronach 5 Returns $5,404

12/27/2019

LAUREL, MD - There were 36 winning tickets in Friday’s Stronach 5, each returning $5,404.70.

Empire Maker Filly I Was Looking Up Graduates Friday at Laurel

12/27/2019

Five Stakes, Holiday Festivities for Saturday’s Christmastide Day Program

LAUREL, MD – I Was Looking Up, a $425,000 daughter of 2003 Belmont Stakes (G1) winner Empire Maker, forged a short lead at the top of the stretch and powered through the lane for a 2 ¼-length maiden triumph Friday at Laurel Park.

Graded Turf Winner Isotherm Cuts Back for $100,000 Dave's Friend

12/26/2019

Hockey Puck Shoots for Open Stakes Score in $100,000 Heft
Three-Way Battle for Fall Meet Jockey Title Going Down to Wire
$100,000 Guaranteed Pool for Friday’s National Stronach 5

LAUREL, MD – Matt Schera’s Isotherm, a two-time graded-stakes winner on the turf, will cut back to a dirt sprint for only the second time in his career and the first time in 20 months in Saturday’s $100,000 Dave’s Friend at Laurel Park.

Stronach 5: Three Tracks, Two on the Turf, $100,000 Guaranteed Pool

12/26/2019

LAUREL, MD – The popular Stronach 5, with an industry-low 12-percent takeout, will feature races Friday from Laurel Park, Gulfstream Park and Golden Gate Fields along with a $100,000 guaranteed pool.

Alwaysmining Seeks Return to Form in $100,000 Native Dancer

12/23/2019

Home Run Maker Launches Comeback in $100,000 Dave’s Friend
Laurel-Loving Majestic Reason Lands in $100,000 Willa On the Move
Among Five Stakes on Dec. 28 Christmastide Day Program

LAUREL, MD – Last December, Runnymede Racing’s Alwaysmining was just establishing the form that would see him become a multiple stakes winner and earn himself a berth in the Preakness Stakes (G1).

G1 Winner Nucky Heads East for Return in $100,000 Heft

12/23/2019

Cofactor Seeks Fourth Straight Win in $100,000 Gin Talking
Among Five Stakes on Dec. 28 Christmastide Day Program

LAUREL, MD – Rockingham Ranch’s Nucky, risked for a tag one start before becoming a Grade 1 winner, launches his comeback after an absence of three months between races in Saturday’s $100,000 Heft Stakes at Laurel Park.

Multiple Stakes Winner Limited View Takes Saturday Feature

12/21/2019

4-Year-Old Filly Gives Jockey Boyce 800th Career Victory

LAUREL, MD – Limited View, who snapped a 10-race losing streak in her previous start, continued to run to her multiple stakes-winning form with a front-running four-length triumph in Saturday’s featured eighth race at Laurel Park.