Racing News

Air Recruit Impresses in $150,000 Laurel Futurity Victory

09/30/2023

Breeders’ Cup ‘Could Be an Option’ for Winner of 2YO Turf Stakes

LAUREL, MD – Mark Grier’s Air Recruit, third behind one of the top juveniles in the country three weeks ago, put his own talent on display and has his connections considering the Breeders’ Cup with an impressive 5 ½-length victory in Saturday’s $100,000 Laurel Futurity at Laurel Park.

Interstatedaydream Returns a Winner in $100,000 Twixt

09/30/2023

Yamato Gets Job Done in $100,000 Japan Turf Cup

LAUREL, MD – If it was indeed her last race, Flurry Racing Stables’ multiple graded-stakes winner Interstatedaydream went out in style and kept her perfect Maryland record intact with a 2 ½-length triumph in Saturday’s $100,000 Twixt.

Brocknardini Notches ‘Professional’ Win in $150,000 Selima

09/30/2023

Second Win in Three Starts, First in Stakes, for 2-Year-Old Filly

LAUREL, MD – Thomas Brockley and Daryn Bedinotti’s Brocknardini, stretched out and dropped in class off a nightmarish stakes debut against Grade 1 company just two weeks earlier, returned to the races in style with a 2 ¼-length victory in the $100,000 Selima Saturday at Laurel Park.

G3 Winner Eons Tops Wide-Open $100,000 Japan Turf Cup

09/28/2023

Field of 15 Entered in 1 ½-Mile Scheduled Grass Stakes Saturday

LAUREL, MD – Mark Grier’s Grade 3 winner Eons chases a sixth career stakes victory and third over the local course in his return to Laurel Park for Saturday’s $100,000 Japan Turf Cup.

Interstatedaydream Returns to Maryland for $100,000 Twixt

09/28/2023

Saturday Stakes Expected to be Last Start for Multiple Graded Winner

LAUREL, MD – Flurry Racing Stable’s Interstatedaydream, a two-time graded-stakes winner that has enjoyed success in her only two prior trips to Maryland, will get the chance to end her career on a positive note when she takes on eight rivals in Saturday’s $100,000 Twixt at Laurel Park.

Stakes Winner Carmelina Trying Turf in $150,000 Selima

09/27/2023

Co-Headliner of Saturday Program with $150K Laurel Futurity

LAUREL, MD – Cash is King and LC Racing’s Carmelina, who became a stakes winner on dirt in her last start, will look to transfer that success to the turf when she returns from a short freshening in Saturday’s $150,000 Selima at Laurel Park.

Understudy Kitty Taking Step Up in $150,000 Laurel Futurity

09/27/2023

Among Four Stakes Worth $500,000 in Purses on Saturday Program

LAUREL, MD – Nearly two decades after winning with a relatively unknown horse that would go on to greater glory, trainer Michael Matz brings another talented maiden winner to Laurel Park in search of stakes success in Saturday’s $150,000 Laurel Futurity.

Russell, Barbosa Claim Pimlico Fall Meet Titles Sunday

09/24/2023

Lead Trainer, Jockey Standings for Second Straight Year
Jockey Jevian Toledo Registers 1,500th Career Victory
Laurel Park 50-Day Fall Meet Opens Friday, Sept. 29

LAUREL, MD – In a repeat of last year, trainer Brittany Russell and jockey Jeiron Barbosa finished at the top of their respective standings as historic Pimlico Race Course wrapped up its boutique nine-day fall meet Sunday.

Pimlico’s Saturday Program Cancelled Due to Tropical Storm

09/23/2023

LAUREL, MD – The Maryland Jockey Club has announced that Saturday’s 10-race program at Pimlico Race Course has been cancelled due to deteriorating weather conditions in the mid-Atlantic caused by Tropical Storm Ophelia.

First race post time for Sunday’s 10-race program is scheduled at 12:55 p.m.

Undefeated Post Time Makes Triumphant Return Friday

09/22/2023

Stakes-Winning Sophomore Cruises in First Start in 295 Days
Fall Meet-Leading Rider Barbosa Registers Friday Hat Trick

LAUREL, MD – Hillwood Stable’s undefeated stakes-winning 3-year-old Post Time, facing older and more seasoned horses in his first race in 295 days, launched his comeback in impressive style with a powerful and professional victory Friday at historic Pimlico Race Course.