Racing News

Winter Carnival Returns to Laurel Park Saturday

02/17/2017
Barbara Fritchie (G2), General George (G3) Highlight Six Stakes
Ice Carvings, Winter Kids’ Korner & Maryland Jockey Club Tumbler
All Stakes 20-Cent Rainbow 6
Doors Open 11 A.M., First Race Post Time 12:30 P.M.
Special Presidents Day Holiday Program Monday Feb. 20
 

Multiple Stakes Winner Turco Bravo Returns in $75,000 John B. Campbell

02/17/2017
Six Rivals Try to Cool Off Winter in $75,000 Maryland Racing Media
Winter Carnival Offers Six Stakes Worth $850,000 Saturday
 
LAUREL, MD – Winning Move Stable’s Turco Bravo, unraced since his victory in the Birdstone Stakes last summer at Saratoga, is set to kick off his 8-year-old campaign in Saturday’s $75,000 John B. Campbell at Laurel Park.
 

Stakes Winners High Roller, O Dionysus Clash in $75,000 Miracle Wood

02/16/2017
Undefeated Crabcakes Puts Record to Test in $75,000 Wide Country
Winter Carnival Offers Six Stakes Worth $850,000 Saturday
 
LAUREL, MD – Separated by a half-length at the wire in their last meeting, stakes winners High Roller and O Dionysus will square off again against six rivals in the $75,000 Miracle Wood Saturday at Laurel Park.
 

Maryland Jockey Club to Host Students on Track Saturday, March 4

02/15/2017
Day-long Activities to Explore Jobs in Thoroughbred Industry
Meet Racing Experts, Complimentary Lunch, Watch Morning Workouts
 
LAUREL, MD - The Maryland Jockey Club will play host to Students on Track Saturday, March 4, an innovative and unique day designed for college students to explore career possibilities in the equine industry.
 

Florida Derby (G1) on Radar for Multiple Grade 3 Winner El Areeb

02/15/2017
HALLANDALE BEACH, FL -  Add the $1 million Florida Derby (G1) April 1 at Gulfstream Park to the list of Triple Crown preps being considered for M M G Stables’ impressive 3-year-old El Areeb, a winner of his last four races including back-to-back graded stakes.
            

G3 Winner Heaven’s Runway Can Extend Streak in General George (G3)

02/15/2017
$250,000 Sprint for Older Horses Attracts Solid Field of 10
Saturday’s Winter Carnival Offers Six Stakes Worth $850,000 in Purses
 
LAUREL, MD – Michael Dubb’s Grade 3 winner Heaven’s Runway, who concluded 2016 with back-to-back stakes victories, looks to push his streak to three straight when he makes his 7-year-old debut in Saturday’s $250,000 General George (G3) at Laurel Park. 
 

McLaughlin Seeking Repeat Performance in Barbara Fritchie (G2)

02/15/2017
Trainer Ships Pair to Face Grade 1 Winner By the Moon in $300,000 Stakes
Winter Carnival Offers Six Stakes Worth $850,000 Saturday
 
LAUREL, MD – A year after shipping two of his distaffers from New York to upset Lady Sabelia in the $300,000 Barbara Fritchie (G2), trainer Kiaran McLaughlin returns with another pair of contenders in Takrees and Clothes Fall Off in Saturday’s 2017 renewal at Laurel Park.
 

Winter Carnival a Tale of Two Races for Page McKenney

02/14/2017

Next Start Feb. 18 in General George (G3) or John B. Campbell
Carryovers in Rainbow 6, Super Hi-5 for Friday Program

LAUREL, MD – To run or not to run, that is the question facing trainer Mary Eppler as she ponders which race to bring back Adam Staple and Jalin Stable’s claimer-turned-millionaire Page McKenney on Saturday’s Winter Carnival program at Laurel Park.

Buckingham Farm’s Houghton Rewarded for Perseverance with Crabcakes

02/13/2017
Maryland-Bred Stakes Winner Undefeated in Three Starts
 
LAUREL, MD – Long before she and her husband moved to picturesque Buckingham Farm on the shores of the Chester River in eastern Maryland more than five decades ago, Elizabeth ‘Binnie’ Houghton has loved her adopted state’s most enduring delicacy almost as much as her horses.
 

Johnny Hop Makes Winning Debut at Laurel

02/11/2017
LAUREL, MD - Johnny Hop, a 3-year-old son of Bodemeister who sold for $350,000 at the Ocala Breeders' Sales Company March Sale of 2-year-olds, gamely held off Honor the Fleet down the stretch to break his maiden at first asking Saturday at Laurel Park.