Racing News

Weekend Stakes, Including De Francis (G3), Rescheduled

09/10/2018
Virginia-Bred Stakes Rescheduled to Sunday, Sept. 23
 
LAUREL, MD – Due to poor weather conditions forecast this weekend due to Hurricane Florence, the Maryland Jockey Club announced Monday that its Sept 15 stakes program – highlighted by the De Francis Memorial Dash (G3) and three finals of the MATCH Series - has been rescheduled to Saturday, Sept. 22.
 

Sidelined Journeyman Rider Hamilton to Have Back Surgery Sept. 17

09/09/2018
Two-Time Maryland Meet Champion Out of Action Since June 10
Keefe Pointing to Sept. 22 Stakes for G2 Winner Still Having Fun
Live Racing Returns Friday, Sept. 14 with 10-Race Program
 
LAUREL, MD – Journeyman Steve ‘Cowboy’ Hamilton, a multiple meet champion in Maryland and winner of more than 1,374 career races, is scheduled to have back surgery Sept. 17 in an attempt to continue his riding career.
 

Sheikh of Sheikhs Extends Win Streak to Four Friday at Laurel

09/07/2018
Yowza Yowza Yowza Thrilling Maiden Winner in Fall Meet Opener
Food & Drink Specials, BBQ for 12-Race Program Saturday
 
LAUREL, MD – Team Gaudet’s Sheikh of Sheikhs, a stakes winner at 2 and Grade 3 placed at 3, registered his fourth straight win and third in a row for new connections with a popular 5 ½-length romp Friday, opening day of Laurel Park’s calendar year-ending, 61-day fall meet.
 

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.