Racing News

Still There Gets There First in Saturday’s $75,000 Twixt Stakes

07/28/2018
4-Year-Old Filly Outruns Field of Stakes Winners in Fourth Career Start
 
LAUREL, MD – PTK LLC’s Still There, facing stakes company for the first time in just her fourth career start, took command at the top of the stretch and steadily pulled clear through the lane to post a 3 ½-length upset of Saturday’s $75,000 Twixt Stakes at Laurel Park. 
 

Sagamore Trainer DePaz Branching Out with Public Stable

07/27/2018
Multiple Stakes Winner John Jones Returns to Work Tab Friday
Rainbow 6 Carryover Reaches $19,242 for Saturday Program
 
LAUREL, MD – Horacio DePaz, multiple stakes-winning trainer for historic Sagamore Farm since 2015, will also be taking on outside clients as he transitions into running a public stable.
 

Crabcakes Serves Up Comeback Win Thursday at Laurel; Rainbow 6, Super Hi-5 Carryovers for Friday Program

07/26/2018
Outruns Shimmering Aspen in Battle of Multiple Stakes Winners
Barry Lee, Old Time Revival Bring Maryland Flavor to Saratoga
Laurel Hosting PDJF Day Fundraiser, Crab Feast Saturday, July 28
Rainbow 6, Super Hi-5 Carryovers for Friday Program
 

Trimble, Russell Enjoying Successful Partnership On and Off Track

07/26/2018
Fledgling Trainer, Champion Rider Will Exchange Vows Next Month
 
LAUREL, MD – Their first wins together have come with horses named Always, Magical and Karma, which only seems fitting given trainer Brittany Trimble and jockey Sheldon Russell are rapidly approaching their wedding day.
 

Multiple Graded Winner Tequilita Shortens Up for $75,000 Twixt

07/25/2018
Seven-Furlong Sprint Stakes Draws Field of 11 Saturday, July 28
 
LAUREL, MD – Multiple stakes winner Tequilita, whose two career graded victories have come at seven furlongs, can add another chapter to her sprint success story in Saturday’s $75,000 Twixt Stakes at Laurel Park.
 

Shimmering Aspen, Crabcakes Open Season Thursday at Laurel

07/24/2018
Meeting of Multiple Stakes Winners Highlights Return of Four-Day Week 
Average of 10.44 starters per race Thursday
 
 
LAUREL, MD – The first four-day race week of Laurel Park’s summer meet opens with a bang as multiple stakes-winning fillies Shimmering Aspen and Crabcakes are set to face each other in their seasonal debuts Thursday, July 26.
 

Laurel’s Fall Stakes Schedule Offers $3.425 Million in Purses

07/23/2018
Super September: 18 Stakes, $1.9 Million in Purses
$250,000 De Francis Memorial (G3) Sept. 15
$200,000 Baltimore/Washington International (G3) Sept. 29
Inaugural $150,000 Bald Eagle Derby at 1 ½ Mile Turf Sept. 29
Three MATCH Finals Sept. 15
$100,000 Safely Kept One of Five $100,000 Stakes Nov. 10
Six Stakes Worth $550,000 Dec. 29
 

Hamilton Smith Saddles Four Winners at Laurel

07/22/2018
LAUREL, MD – Trainer Hamilton Smith, a perennial leading trainer in Maryland, saddled four winners on Sunday’s 10-race program at Laurel Park.
 
Smith, who began his training career in 1976 and has won more than 1,900 races, started the day saddling the winner of the early double, True Cat ($4.40) and Queen of Schmooze ($4.20). He then saddled the winner of the fourth in Scrap Copper ($9), a game 2-year-old son of Great Notion making his debut, and the fifth in Stillsexyatsixty ($4). 
 

Surface Switch No Problem for Keep Your Distance in Laurel Feature

07/21/2018
Quartet of Sprint Stakes Highlights Closing Weekend of Summer Meet
Summer Meet-Ending Four-Day Race Week Starts Thursday, July 26
Rainbow 6 Carryover of $11,332 for Sunday’s 10-Race Program
 
LAUREL, MD – Super C Racing Inc.’s Keep Your Distance, racing first time off the claim for trainer Kieron Magee, led from gate to wire for an easy four-length victory in Saturday’s featured third race at Laurel Park.
 

Elsa Dominant Winner for Godolphin in Career Debut Friday

07/20/2018
Animal Kingdom Filly Captures Maiden Event by 3 ¾ Lengths
Rainbow 6, Late Pick 5, Super Hi-5 Carryovers for Saturday
 
LAUREL, MD – Godolphin homebred Elsa, a juvenile daughter of 2011 Kentucky Derby (G1) winner Animal Kingdom, made her much-anticipated race debut an impressive one with a 3 ¾-length victory in Friday’s featured third race at Laurel Park.