LAUREL, MD. 02/13/15 --- The link below provides a fascinating short video on the making of the horse ice sculptures to be featured this weekend at Laurel Park's Winter Carnival. Sculptures will include 2014 Preakness winner and Horse of the Year California Chrome.

            Finished sculptures weigh more than 1,800 pounds and are seven feet tall and six feet wide.

            Gates open Saturday at 11 a.m. The featured race will be the $300,000 Barbara Fritchie Handicap (G2). The Winter Carnival runs through Monday, Feb. 16 and includes giveaways, prizes totaling $2,500 hidden in an ice wall, and an ice bar with drink specials.

            Link is below:

            https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGwi_lF_Los&feature=youtu.be

            Laurel Park is a Stronach Group company, North America’s leading Thoroughbred racetrack owner/operator. The Stronach Group racetracks include Santa Anita Park, Gulfstream Park & Casino, Golden Gate Fields, Portland Meadows, Laurel Park and Pimlico Race Course, home of the world-famous Preakness. The company owns and operates the Palm Meadows Training Center in Florida and is one of North America's top race horse breeders through its award-winning Adena Springs operation. The Stronach Group is one of the world's largest suppliers of pari-mutuel wagering systems, technologies and services. Its companies include AmTote, a global leader in wagering technology; Xpressbet, an Internet and telephone account wagering service; and Monarch Content Management, which acts as a simulcast purchase and sales agent of horseracing content for numerous North American racetracks and wagering outlets. The Stronach Group is also a major producer of televised horse racing programming through its HRTV cable and satellite network and is North America's premier supplier of virtual online horse racing games, as well as a leading producer of social media content for the horseracing industry. For more information contact David Joseph at david.joseph@gulfstreampark.com or call 954.457.6451.