Racing News

Graded Winners Awesome Banner, Favorite Tale Head $100,000 Fire Plug

01/17/2018
Undefeated Angel At War Makes Stakes Debut in $100,000 What a Summer
 
LAUREL, MD – Multiple graded-stakes winning homebreds Awesome Banner and millionaire Favorite Tale will have their 10 rivals surrounded when they load in the gate for Saturday’s $100,000 Fire Plug at Laurel Park.
 

Ghoul’s Night Out Sharp Maiden Winner Monday at Laurel

01/15/2018
Rainbow 6 Carryover for Return of Live Racing Friday, Jan. 19
 
LAUREL, MD – Ghoul’s Night Out, a chestnut daughter of Hall of Famer Ghostzapper, broke her maiden in her 4-year-old debut with an impressive 2 ¼-length triumph on Monday’s special Martin Luther King Jr. holiday program at Laurel Park.
 

Dictate Cool Scores Debut Victory Saturday at Laurel

01/13/2018
Eastern Bay Captures Entry-Level Allowance
Rainbow 6, Super Hi-5 Carryovers for Sunday’s Card
Special Nine-Race Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday Program Monday, Jan. 15
 
LAUREL, MD – Sagamore Farm’s Dictate Cool, a homebred daughter of Hall of Famer Curlin, overcame some crowding at the start and her own greenness to rally for a 1 ¼-length debut victory Saturday at Laurel Park.
 

Favorite Tale Springs Mild Upset in $100,000 Dave’s Friend

01/08/2018
Bishop’s Pond Goes the Distance in $100,000 Thirty Eight Go Go
Live Racing Returns with Nine-Race Program Friday, Jan. 12
 
LAUREL, MD – PJG Stable’s multiple graded-stakes winning homebred Favorite Tale, making just his third start in 22 months, became racing’s newest millionaire with a hard-fought 1 ¼-length victory over Struth in Monday’s $100,000 Dave’s Friend at Laurel Park.
 

Undefeated Angel At War, G1 Winner Takaful Top Stakes Nominations

01/07/2018
$100,000 What a Summer, $100,000 Fire Plug Saturday, Jan. 20
Sunday Marks Opening of Winter Meet with Mandatory Payouts
Monday, Jan. 8 Card Features $100,000 Dave’s Friend, $100,000 Thirty Eight Go Go
 
LAUREL, MD – Old Coach Farm’s Angel At War, undefeated through six career starts, and Shadwell Stables’ Grade 1 winner Takaful are among 45 horses nominated to a pair of $100,000 stakes for older horses Saturday, Jan. 20 at Laurel Park.

Laurel Opens Sunday With Mandatory Payouts

01/06/2018
LAUREL, MD – Laurel Park is scheduled to open Sunday with a nine-race program and mandatory payouts of its Rainbow 6, Late Pick 5, Late Pick 4 and Super Hi 5.
 
Due to the extreme weather conditions, the track has been forced to cancel its live programs since Dec. 30. The facility has remained opened for simulcasting wagering.
 
The Rainbow 6 carryover entering Sunday’s program is $3,998 while the Super Hi 5 carryover is $2,341. 
 

Maryland Jockey Club’s Total Handle in 2017 Tops $600 Million

01/06/2018
Total Handle Up 12 Percent; In-State Handle Up 8.5 Percent
Handle Up $216 Million Since 2014
Average Handle Up 8.2 Percent 
Preakness and Black-Eyed Susan Days Continue to Set Records  
 
LAUREL, MD – The Maryland Jockey Club announced today total handle on races at Laurel Park and Pimlico Race Course in 2017 exceeded $600 million for the first time since 2008.
 

Racing Loses Renowned Trainer Eddie Gaudet

01/05/2018
Well-Respected Horseman Passed Away Jan. 4 at 87
Saddled Multiple Stakes Winner Concealed Identity in 2011 Preakness
 
LAUREL, MD – Edmond ‘Eddie’ Gaudet, a trainer of more than 1,700 winners and patriarch of one of Maryland’s best known and respected racing families, passed away peacefully at home Wednesday, Jan. 4. He was 87.
 

Laurel’s Mandatory Payouts Pushed to Sunday

01/04/2018
Saturday’s Races Cancelled, Facility Remains Open for Simulcasting
 
LAUREL, MD – Due to extreme winter weather conditions, Laurel Park will cancel live races through Saturday.
 
Laurel will remain open for simulcasting wagering throughout the week. Laurel will also show a full card from Maronas in Latin America Saturday.
 

Laurel’s Friday, Jan. 5 Program Moved to Monday, Jan. 8

01/03/2018
Nine-Race Card Includes $100,000 Dave’s Friend, $100,000 Thirty Eight Go Go
 
LAUREL, MD – A continuation of extreme cold temperatures in the Mid-Atlantic region has caused the Maryland Jockey Club to cancel live racing for Friday, Jan. 5.
 
Forecasts call for a high of 19 degrees on Friday with lows in the single digits and winds gusting to 19 mph.