Racing News

Jose Giron Captures MJC Champions Handicapping Tournament

08/20/2023

Earns $11,357 in Prize Money & Berth in Breeders’ Cup Betting Challenge

LAUREL, MD – Jose Giron of Silver Spring, Md. finished with a balance of $1,885.50 to top a field of 98 entrants and capture the Maryland Jockey Club’s Champions Handicapping Tournament held Saturday, Aug. 19 at Laurel Park.

The fall edition of the bi-annual Champions Tournament was hosted in Laurel’s refurbished second-floor clubhouse sports bar, open to players for a fee of $500 that included $300 per entry and a $200 bankroll.

Field Pass Outclasses Rivals for $75,000 Find Victory

08/19/2023

1st Career Stakes Win, 4th on Day for Apprentice Concepcion
Gold Digging Broad Promoted Winner of $75,000 All Brandy
Mandatory Payouts for Sunday’s Closing Day Program

LAUREL, MD – Three Diamonds Farm’s multiple graded-stakes winning millionaire Field Pass, given a heady ride by apprentice Axel Concepcion, came with a steady run down the center of the stretch to reel in Crabs N Beer for a neck victory in Saturday’s $75,000 Find at Laurel Park.

Connections Hoping B Determined Can ‘Find’ Winner’s Circle

08/18/2023

6-Year-Old Chasing Second Stakes Win in 1 1/16-Mile Turf Event
MJC Champions Handicapping Tournament, Crab Fest Saturday
Sophomore Blame Colt High Value Graduates in Friday Debut

LAUREL, MD – Mint Meadows Farm and Donald Metzger’s B Determined, whose biggest win came on one of Maryland’s highest-profile days at the longest distance he’s ever run, will stretch out again in search of a second career stakes victory in Saturday’s $75,000 Find at Laurel Park.

Laurel Summer Meet Opens Final Weekend Friday

08/18/2023

Double Carryovers on 9-Race Program Starting at 12:25
$1.5 Million Maiden Vinco Continues Quest for First Win
Turf Stakes, Handicapping Tournament, Crab Fest Saturday

LAUREL, MD – Laurel Park will bring the curtain down on its 33-day summer meet starting Friday with a nine-race program featuring a maiden special weight on dirt and an open allowance on turf for 3-year-olds and up.

First race post time is 12:25 p.m.

Coconut Cake Seeking Rebound in $75,000 All Brandy

08/15/2023

First of Two Grass Stakes for Maryland-Breds Saturday

LAUREL, MD – N R S Stable, James Chambers and Avalon Farm’s 6-year-old mare Coconut Cake, exiting the furthest finish in her 11 grass starts, will get a chance to regain her form while seeking a third stakes victory in Saturday’s $75,000 All Brandy at Laurel Park.

Field Pass Getting Class Relief in Saturday’s $75,000 Find

08/15/2023

Multiple GS Winning Millionaire Facing State-Breds for First Time

LAUREL, MD – There is little that Three Diamonds Farm’s multiple graded-stakes winning millionaire Field Pass hasn’t done over five seasons of racing, but the well-traveled 6-year-old veteran will be trying something new when he returns to Maryland for Saturday’s $75,000 Find at Laurel Park.

Dataman Delivers in $100,000 Bald Eagle

08/13/2023

Bolivie in the Searching

LAUREL, MD – Wertheimer and Frere’s Dataman, a 3-year-old son of Tapit, drove past the pacesetting stakes winner Ari Gold down the stretch to win Sunday’s $100,000 Bald Eagle by three-quarters of a length over a firm 1 3/16-mile turf course.

Trained by Graham Motion and ridden by Jorge Ruiz, Dataman returned $26.80 while covering the distance in 1:54.72.

Two $100,000 Turf Stakes Headline Laurel Sunday Program

08/12/2023

Irish G3 Winner Speirling Beag Tops Searching for 3YO Fillies
Mendelssohn’s March Takes Class Drop in Bald Eagle Derby
Summer Meet Leader Jaime Rodriguez Rides 3 Winners Saturday

LAUREL, MD – The penultimate weekend of Laurel Park’s summer meet will come to a thrilling end with a nine-race program Sunday featuring a pair of $100,000 stakes scheduled for its world-class turf course.

Circling the Drain Chasing Stakes Win in Bald Eagle Derby

08/11/2023

Second of Two $100,000 Turf Stakes for 3YOs Sunday at Laurel
Jockey Russell Registers Friday Hat Trick; Triple Carryovers Saturday

LAUREL, MD – Sycamore Hall Thoroughbreds’ Circling the Drain, a homebred gelding that is stakes-placed on both turf and dirt, will face seven rivals seeking a breakthrough stakes victory in the $100,000 Bald Eagle Derby Sunday at Laurel Park.

Trainer Schultz Well Represented in Sunday’s $100,000 Searching

08/10/2023

Laurel Park Summer Meet Resumes with Live Nine-Race Card Friday
Nominations Close Saturday for $75,000 Timonium Distaff Aug. 26

LAUREL, MD – When it comes to Sunday’s $100,000 Searching for 3-year-old fillies at Laurel Park, trainer Lindsay Schultz is taking no chances as she seeks the first open stakes victory of her young career.