Racing News

Showalter Steps Up Saturday in Maryland Juvenile At Laurel

12/21/2015

LAUREL, MD - Trainer Robert Leaf Jr., doesn't need to be reminded that Showalter, a 2-year-old gelding named after Baltimore Orioles baseball manager Buck Showalter by the team's CEO and majority owner Peter Angelos, is garnering national interest.

Five Stakes And $91,000 Rainbow 6 Carryover Saturday At Laurel; Toledo Wins Four; Carrasco Wins Three More

12/20/2015
Toledo Wins Four
Carrasco Wins Three More
 
LAUREL, MD - Not only will Laurel Park feature five stakes races when racing returns Saturday, Dec. 26, but there will also be a 10-cent Rainbow 6 carryover of $91,337.21.
 
There was no single, unique winning ticket on the Rainbow 6 Sunday, meaning there will be a carryover come Saturday's program. Multiple-winning tickets Sunday on the Rainbow 6 with the winning combination 4-8-4-6-1-1 returned $6,783.76.

Three Big Carryovers Sunday At Laurel; Rainbow 6 Carryover $77,700; Pick 5 Carryover $11,900; Super Hi 5 Carryover $10,000; Carrasco Wins Three

12/19/2015
Rainbow 6 Carryover $77,700
Pick 5 Carryover $11,900
Super Hi 5 Carryover $10,000
Carrasco Wins Three 
 
LAUREL, MD - Laurel Park will feature three big carryovers when racing resumes Sunday with a 12:25 p.m. first race post time.
 

Laurel Rainbow 6 Carryover $66,900 Saturday

12/18/2015

Pick 5 Carryover; McCarthy Wins Two

LAUREL, MD - Laurel Park's 10-cent Rainbow 6 will have a carryover of $66,930.93 when racing resumes Saturday with a nine-race program at 12:25 p.m.

There will also be a Pick 5 carryover Saturday of $3.805.05.

There were multiple winning tickets on Friday's Rainbow 6. Tickets with the winning numbers 4/5-9-6-10-7-5 returned $4,345.47.

Laurel Features Five Stakes Saturday, Dec. 26

12/18/2015
Juveniles Showalter, Flash McCaul Lead Nominations
 
LAUREL, MD - After a brief Christmas break, live racing action will resume at Laurel Park on Saturday, December 26 with five stakes races, including a pair of events for juveniles. The $50,000 Maryland Juvenile Futurity will feature the stakes debut of Showalter, who slugged it out with Hennessy Fire en route to victory in his career opener at Laurel Park on November 29. 
 

Friday’s Rainbow 6 Carryover $58,000 at Laurel Park

12/17/2015
LAUREL, MD – Laurel Park will kick off its weekend program Friday with a 10-cent Rainbow 6 carryover of $58,239.98.
 
First race post Friday is 12:25 p.m.
 

Saturday's Rainbow 6 Carryover $43,800 at Laurel Park

12/11/2015
LAUREL, MD - Laurel Park's 10-cent Rainbow 6 will have a carryover of $43,830.12 when racing resumes Saturday with a 12:25 p.m. first-race post.
 
There were multiple winning tickets on Friday's Rainbow 6, which included the $68.80 winner Hell of Afire in the seventh race. Tickets with the winning combination of 1-6-9-1-8-6 returned $2,639.60. 
 

Ben's Cat To Get Time Off

12/10/2015

Five Stakes Close Tuesday, Dec. 15

HLAUREL, MD - Hall of Fame trainer King Leatherbury reported Thursday that his 9-year-old graded-stakes winner Ben's Cat will get the winter off after finishing seventh Nov. 24 in the Fabulous Strike Handicap at Penn National.

Lady Sabelia Takes Willa On The Move For 10th Victory

12/05/2015
Vorticity Gritty in Marylander Win
Favored Cathryn Sophia Easy Winner in The Gin Talking
Sunday's Rainbow 6 Carryover $32,800
 
LAUREL, MD - Mrs. Frank P. Wright's Grade 2 winner Lady Sabelia added the $100,000 Willa On the Move to her resume Saturday with a 1 3/4-length score over Disco Chick while covering six furlongs in 1:10.17.
 

Jockey Lane Luzzi Wins First Race

12/04/2015
LAUREL, MD - Apprentice jockey Lane Luzzi, son of veteran New York rider Mike Luzzi, won his first professional race Friday afternoon when he rode Midwest Thoroughbred's Flo's Strawberry to victory in Laurel Park's third race.
 
Trained by Jamie Ness, Flo's Strawberry took the lead leaving the gate in the six furlong claiming event, opened up eight lengths on the field, and won by a nose over Say a Hail Mary. Luzzi and Flo's Strawberry, a 6-year-old mare, covered the distance in 1:12.54.