Racing News

X Y Jet, Trio of G1 Winners Among 34 De Francis Nominations

09/07/2018
$250,000 Xpressbet De Francis Memorial Dash (G3) Saturday, Sept. 15
Fall Festival of Racing Program of Seven Stakes Worth $900,000 Draws 245 Noms
 
LAUREL, MD – Rockingham Ranch and Gelfenstein Farm’s multiple graded-stakes winning millionaire X Y Jet, Grade 1 winners Imperial Hint, Whitmore and Ransom the Moon and defending champion Chublicious are among 34 horses nominated to the $250,000 Xpressbet Frank J. De Francis Memorial Dash (G3) Saturday, Sept. 15 at Laurel Park.

Apprentice Jockey Gutierrez Begins New Phase of Career at Laurel

09/06/2018
Schoenthal Hoping to Parlay Timonium Title into Strong Laurel Fall Meet
Multiple Stakes Winner John Jones Makes Return to Dirt Saturday
 
LAUREL, MD – Five-pound apprentice jockey Reylu Gutierrez, a 22-year-old native of Rochester, N.Y., has moved his tack to the Mid-Atlantic and is named to ride Donald Barr-trained Holiday Hopes in Friday’s ninth race at Laurel.
 

Laurel Park Opens Fall Meet with 10-Race Program Friday

09/05/2018
September to Remember Features 18 Stakes Worth $1.8 Million
Super Saturdays, Maryland Million, ClubHouse Fest Among Meet Highlights
Three MATCH Series Finals Help Kick Off Vibrant Stakes Schedule Sept. 15
The Stronach 5 National Wager Begins Saturday, Sept. 28
97 Horses Entered, Six Races Carded on World-Class Turf Course
 

G3 Winner Always Sunshine Breezes Sunday for De Francis Dash

09/02/2018
One of Seven Stakes Worth $900,000 in Purses Saturday, Sept. 15
 
LAUREL, MD – Gilbert Campbell’s homebred graded-stakes winner Always Sunshine breezed Sunday morning in his final serious piece of work ahead of a scheduled start in the $250,000 Frank J. De Francis Memorial Dash (G3) Saturday, Sept. 15 at Laurel Park.
 

New National Wager – The Stronach 5

09/02/2018
Industry-Low 12-Percent Takeout on $1 Wager
Action-Packed Pick 5 to Be Run in Less Than 1 Hour
Races from Gulfstream, Golden Gate, Laurel & Santa Anita        
            
LAUREL, MD – The Stronach Group announced today it will begin offering a new national Pick 5 wager – the Stronach 5 – beginning Friday, September 28. 
 

Multiple Stakes Winner Phlash Phelps Targeting Laurel Stakes Sept. 29

08/31/2018
G3 BWI Turf Cup, Find Stakes Possible Preps for Maryland Million Turf
 
LAUREL, MD – Both the $200,000 Baltimore-Washington International Turf Cup (G3) and $75,000 Find Stakes Saturday, Sept. 29 at Laurel Park are on the radar for multiple grass stakes winner Phlash Phelps as the 7-year-old gelding gears up for another run at the Maryland Million.
 

G3 De Francis Dash Remains in Play for G1 Winner Imperial Hint

08/29/2018
One of Seven Stakes Worth $900,000 in Purses Saturday, Sept. 15
            
LAUREL, MD – The $250,000 Xpressbet Frank J. De Francis Memorial Dash (G3) Saturday, Sept. 15 remains in play for Raymond Mamone’s Grade 1-winning millionaire Imperial Hint.
 

Deadmau5 to Headline Clubhouse Festival at Maryland Million

08/21/2018
Laurel, MD - The Stronach Group, owners of Laurel Park, announced today the addition of the Clubhouse Festival to the upcoming Maryland Million race day on Saturday, October 20, 2018.  
 

Toledo, Gonzalez Crowned Laurel Summer Meet Champions

08/19/2018
Trio of Mandatory Payouts on Closing Day Sunday
 
LAUREL, MD – Laurel Park lowered the curtain on its 40-day summer stand with a 10-race program Sunday as jockey Jevian Toledo and trainer Claudio Gonzalez formally wrapped up their respective meet titles.
 

Jeffrey Harryman Captures MJC Champions Handicapping Tournament

08/19/2018
Earns $2,790 in Prize Money and Berth in Breeders’ Cup Betting Challenge
 
LAUREL, MD – Jeffrey Harryman of Baltimore finished with a bankroll balance of $2,214.50 to capture the fall session of the Maryland Jockey Club Champions Handicapping Tournament held on Maryland Pride Day, Saturday, Aug. 18 at Laurel Park.