Racing News

Injured Jockey McCarthy Eager to Get Back in the Saddle

11/12/2017
Champion Maryland Rider Cleared to Get On Horses Dec. 5
 

Afleet Willy Sweeps to $100,000 Richard W. Small Victory

11/11/2017
My Magician Popular Winner of $75,000 Geisha
 
LAUREL, MD – Overcoming a poor break that took him out of his usual front-running style, BB Horses’ Afleet Willy came flying on the far outside to pass horses and go on to a three-quarter-length victory in Saturday’s $100,000 Richard W. Small on Ben’s Cat Day at Laurel Park.
 

Prince of Hempt Stays Unbeaten in $100,000 City of Laurel Upset

11/11/2017
Multiple G3 Winner El Areeb Runs Sixth in Return to Races
Berned Earns First Stakes Win in $100,000 Safely Kept
A Different Style Captures $100,000 James F. Lewis III
‘Paula’ Takes Charge in $100,000 Smart Halo
 

Farewell to Ben

11/11/2017
Leatherbury’s Champ Laid to Rest at Laurel
 
LAUREL, MD – Under a brilliant sky of blue on a Saturday morning that brought freezing temperatures to the Mid-Atlantic, they laid the remains of Ben’s Cat in the frozen ground at Laurel Park.
 

Taking a ‘Page’ from Ben’s Cat in $100,000 Richard W. Small

11/10/2017
G3 Winner Page McKenney Aims for 14th Career Stakes Win
Miss Nosy Goes for Fourth Straight Win in $75,000 Geisha
 
LAUREL, MD – Never having met on the track but linked by longevity and success, 7-year-old Grade 3-winning gelding Page McKenney fittingly makes his return to Laurel Park on Ben’s Cat Day in Saturday’s $100,000 Richard W. Small.
 

Ben’s Cat “A Magnificent Animal”

11/09/2017
Bobblehead, Poster Giveaways, Autograph Signing Among Events
Live Racing to Include Six Stakes Worth $575,000 in Purses 
 
LAUREL, MD – By the time he had invested half a century into a training career that dates back to 1959 and continues to this day, trainer King Taylor Leatherbury had long since stopped waiting for his ‘super horse.’
 

Barry Lee Stays Home for $100,000 James F. Lewis III

11/09/2017
Undefeated Trio Top Full Field of 13 in $100,000 Smart Halo
 
LAUREL, MD – On the road for his last three starts, all in stakes, Sagamore Farm’s Barry Lee returns to the site of his impressive summer debut victory for Saturday’s $100,000 James. F. Lewis III on Ben’s Cat Day at Laurel Park. 
 

$100,000 City of Laurel Possible Starting Point for El Areeb

11/08/2017
Shimmering Aspen Looks to Rebound in $100,000 Safely Kept
 
LAUREL, MD – M M G Stables’ “bigger and stronger” multiple Grade 3 winner El Areeb is entered to make his first start since being knocked off the Triple Crown trail this spring in Saturday’s $100,000 City of Laurel on Ben’s Cat Day at Laurel Park.
 

El Areeb, Page McKenney Among 154 Nominees to Ben’s Cat Day Stakes

11/05/2017
G1 Grass Winner Ascend Nominated to Richard W. Small on Dirt
Six Stakes Worth $575,000 in Purses on Veterans Day, Saturday, Nov. 11
Autographs, Giveaways Part of Tribute to Late Legend Ben’s Cat
 

Rainbow 6 Solved for $35,515 Payout Saturday at Laurel

11/04/2017
Super Hi-5 Carryover of $6,110 for Sunday’s Opener
            
LAUREL, MD – One lucky bettor solved the 20-cent Rainbow 6 wager for a jackpot carryover payoff of $35,551 Saturday at Laurel Park.
 
Shecor, sent off at 25-1, was the lone horse eligible to take down the jackpot heading into the 11th race finale, rallying from last to first to split horses in deep stretch and get up by a neck over Menorah Lora in the six-furlong maiden claimer.