Racing News

Plenty of Fireworks on Independence Day Holiday Program

07/03/2021

Mandatory Payout of Record $1.43 Million Rainbow 6 Carryover
Video: Rainbow 6 Insights from MJC Analysts Tukker, Francois
11-Race Card Featuring Four Stakes Worth $375,000 in Purses
Food & Beer Specials at Pimlico and Laurel Park

Proper Attire Targets New Streak in Sunday's $75,000 Jameela

07/02/2021

Turf Sprint Among Four Stakes on Independence Day Holiday Card
Record Rainbow 6 Carryover Nears $1.4 Million for Saturday

LAUREL, MD – Bird Mobberley’s filly Proper Attire, who began her sophomore campaign with three straight wins, gets the chance to start a new streak and pick up her first career stakes victory in the process in Sunday’s $75,000 Jameela at historic Pimlico Race Course.

G3 Winner Mighty Mischief Back at Pimlico for $100,000 Concern

07/02/2021

Among Four Stakes Worth $375,000 on Independence Day Card Sunday

LAUREL, MD – Seven weeks after conquering the course and distance in his stakes debut, Bill and Corinne Heiligbrodt’s homebred Grade 3 winner Mighty Mischief returns to historic Pimlico Race Course as the horse to beat in Sunday’s $100,000 Concern.

Maryland Jockey Club Announces Purse Increase

07/02/2021

LAUREL, MD – The Maryland Jockey Club announced today a 15-percent increase in overnight purses at Pimlico Race Course effective Friday, July 2.

The Maryland Jockey Club has extended the Pimlico Meet through August 22 while the main track at Laurel Park is resurfaced.

STATEMENT FROM 1/ST IN SUPPORT OF SAVE AMERICA’S FORGOTTEN EQUINES ACT OF 2021

07/02/2021

Racing Returns Friday with Record Carryover at $1.35 Million

07/01/2021

Video: Rainbow 6 Insights from MJC Host-Analyst Naomi Tukker
Four Stakes, Mandatory Payout Scheduled for Sunday, July 4

LAUREL, MD – Historic Pimlico Race Course launches its July schedule Friday with an Independence Day holiday weekend of live racing featuring four stakes worth $375,000 in purses and a Maryland state record carryover jackpot of $1,351,928.63 in the 20-cent Rainbow 6.

Artful Splatter Seeks Reversal of Fortune in $100,000 Caesar's Wish

07/01/2021

Former Claimer Now Multiple Stakes Winner Starts in 1 1/16-Mile Stakes

LAUREL, MD – James Wolf’s durable Artful Splatter, an eight-time career winner from 29 lifetime starts, will attempt to reverse her recent fortunes and become a stakes winner for the third time in Sunday’s $100,000 Caesar’s Wish at historic Pimlico Race Course.

Record-Setting Yaupon Returns for Sunday's $100,000 Lite the Fuse

07/01/2021

Multiple Graded-Stakes Winner Facing Six Rivals in Six-Furlong Sprint

LAUREL, MD – Bill and Corinne Heiligbrodt’s Yaupon, record-setting winner of the Chick Lang (G3) last fall, returns to Maryland looking to recapture his winning form in Sunday’s $100,000 Lite the Fuse at Pimlico Race Course.

Mandatory Rainbow 6 Payout Scheduled for July 4 Holiday Program

06/30/2021

Maryland State Record Carryover Jackpot at $1.351 Million for Friday

LAUREL, MD – A mandatory payout in the Rainbow 6, currently featuring a Maryland state record carryover jackpot, has been scheduled for Sunday’s stakes-filled Independence Day holiday program at historic Pimlico Race Course.

Entering Friday’s eight-race program that begins at 12:40 p.m., the jackpot stands at $1,351,928.63. The popular multi-race wager has gone unsolved for 25 consecutive racing days since being hit for a $23,346.70 payout May 7.

G3 Winner Harpers First Ride Too Tough in Sunday Feature

06/28/2021

Completes Hat Trick for Trainer Gonzalez, Jockey Cruz
Record Rainbow 6 Carryover Grows to $1.351 Million for Friday, July 2

LAUREL, MD – GMP Stables, Arnold Bennewith and Cypress Creek Equine’s Harpers First Ride, reunited with trainer Claudio Gonzalez and jockey Angel Cruz for the first time in six months, returned to the winner’s circle with a 1 ¼-length victory in Sunday’s feature at historic Pimlico Race Course.