Racing News

Harpers First Ride Targets Repeat in $100,000 Deputed Testamony

07/29/2021

G3 Winner, Leading Trainer Gonzalez Seek 11th Victory Together Saturday

LAUREL, MD – GMP Stables, Arnold Bennewith and Cypress Creek Equine’s Grade 3 winner Harpers First Ride and Maryland’s leading trainer Claudio Gonzalez, who celebrated a successful reunion last month, will look to keep their mojo going Saturday in defense of last year’s victory in the $100,000 Deputed Testamony at historic Pimlico Race Course.

Hello Beautiful Chasing Sixth Stakes Win in $100,000 Alma North

07/28/2021

Maryland-Bred Filly Edged by Undefeated Chub Wagon in Previous Start

LAUREL, MD – Racing for the first time in nearly four months, Madaket Stables, Albert Frassetto, Mark Parkinson, K-Mac Stables and Magic City Stables’ Hello Beautiful flashed her multiple stakes-winning form and came within a neck of handing undefeated Chub Wagon her first career loss in the June 13 Shine Again at historic Pimlico Race Course.

Laki Looking to Make his Point in $100,000 Challedon

07/28/2021

Whereshetoldmetogo Among Rivals in Six-Furlong Sprint

LAUREL, MD – The laundry list of accomplishments for Hillside Equestrian Meadows’ Laki includes at least one stakes victory in each of the last five years, seven overall topped by the 2020 Frank J. De Francis Memorial Dash (G3), a pair of Maryland-bred championships and $825,162 in purse earnings from 35 career starts.

‘Accidental Trainer’ McDermott Relishes First Career Victory

07/26/2021

Balancing Farm Work with Being G1-Winning Steeplechase Rider
McMahon Wins Twice Sunday, Live Racing Returns Friday, July 30

LAUREL, MD – Born in Ireland, where he has won more than 100 races riding over jumps, Sean McDermott has enjoyed similar success on the steeplechase circuit since coming to the United States. He has ranked in the top five in both races and money won every year since 2015, twice leading the country in purses earned.

Field Pass Gutsy Winner of $200,000 BWI Turf Cup

07/24/2021

Finds Narrow Opening Late for Fourth Career Graded Victory

LAUREL, MD – Three Diamonds Farm’s multiple graded-stakes winner Field Pass squeezed through a narrow opening along the rail in deep stretch and muscled his way to a popular neck triumph over stubborn pacesetter Ramsey Solution in Saturday’s $200,000 Baltimore-Washington International Turf Cup (G3) at historic Pimlico Race Course.

Tightly Twisted Pulls the Upset in $100,000 Big Dreyfus

07/24/2021

No Stopping Can The Queen in $100,000 Sensible Lady

LAUREL, MD – Trainer Juanita Bennett admitted when she saw the entries for the $100,000 Big Dreyfus, including Klaravich Stables Inc.’s 4-5 favorite and stakes-placed filly Counterparty Risk, “I was like ‘Oh my gosh.’ “

Indian Lake Shimmers in $100,000 Bald Eagle Derby Victory

07/24/2021

Sophomore Gelding Goes 1 ½ Miles in Front for First Stakes Win

LAUREL, MD – Gap View Stables and Jagger, Inc.’s Indian Lake, having only run twice previously on turf and never farther than a mile and 70 yards in 16 starts, conquered both the course and distance with a front-running three-quarter-length triumph over favored Experience in Saturday’s $100,000 Bald Eagle Derby at historic Pimlico Race Course.

MJC Unveils Fall Schedule of 33 Stakes Worth $3.525 Million

07/23/2021

Frank J. De Francis Memorial Dash (G3) Tops Four Stakes Sept. 18
36th Annual Jim McKay Maryland Million Program Set for Oct. 23
Five Stakes Worth $450,000 Highlight Thanksgiving Weekend, Nov. 26-27
Christmastide Day Features Six Stakes Worth $650,000 Dec. 26
BWI Turf Cup (G3) Tops Four Stakes Saturday at Pimlico Race Course

Trainer Sweezey Invades Pimlico Eyeing Filly Stakes Sweep

07/22/2021

Marlborough Road Looks to Rebound in $100,000 Big Dreyfus
What a Trick Aims to Keep Rolling in $100,000 Sensible Lady

LAUREL, MD – Seeking spots to run a pair of his lightly raced 3-year-old turf fillies, whose starts have been hampered by the wet Mid-Atlantic summer, trainer J. Kent Sweezey has found them on Saturday’s stakes-filled program at historic Pimlico Race Course.

Field Pass Tops Trio of Graded Winners $200,000 BWI Turf Cup

07/21/2021

Headlines Four Turf Stakes Worth $500,000 in Purses Saturday, July 24

LAUREL, MD – Three Diamonds Farm’s Field Pass, a Grade 3 winner on both grass and synthetics, will make his eighth consecutive start against graded company and first at Pimlico Race Course in Saturday’s $200,000 Baltimore-Washington International Turf Cup (G3).