Racing News

Record Rainbow 6 Carryover Survives, Tops $1.3 Million Sunday

06/28/2021

Video: Rainbow 6 Insights from MJC Host-Analyst Naomi Tukker

LAUREL, MD – Even-money favorite Aperitivo held off Supporting Actor the length of the stretch to capture Saturday’s ninth-race finale at historic Pimlico Race Course and keep the Maryland state record 20-cent Rainbow 6 carryover jackpot alive for another day.

G3 Winner Mighty Mischief Tops 25 Nominees to $100,000 Concern

06/28/2021

102 Total Nominations for Four Stakes Worth $375,000 Sunday, July 4

LAUREL, MD – Four horses from the May 15 Chick Lang (G3), including impressive winner Mighty Mischief and third-place finisher Hemp, are among 25 3-year-olds nominated to the $100,000 Concern Sunday, July 4 at historic Pimlico Race Course.

G3 Pimlico Special Winner Harpers First Ride Returns Sunday

06/28/2021

Record Rainbow 6 Carryover Grows to $1.27 Million for Saturday

LAUREL, MD - Harpers First Ride is back in the barn of Maryland’s leading trainer Claudio Gonzalez, for whom he won nine of 15 starts including Laurel’s Deputed Testamony, Richard W. Small and Native Dancer in addition to the Pimlico Special in 2020 before being sold prior to a run in the Jan. 23 Pegasus World Cup Invitational (G1) at Gulfstream Park.

Pimlico Undergoing Enhanced Maintenance of Turf Course

06/28/2021

Grass Races Scheduled Friday & Saturday Moved to Main Track

LAUREL, MD – With the Preakness Meet at historic Pimlico Race Course stretched into

August amid ongoing renovations of the main track at Laurel Park, turf racing has been put on hold for the upcoming weekend to ready the grass course for its extended use.

Racing Returns Friday with Record Carryover at $1.25 Million

06/28/2021

Video: Rainbow 6 Insights from MJC Host-Analyst Naomi Tukker

LAUREL, MD – Live racing returns to historic Pimlico Race Course Friday to kick off the final weekend of June with another opportunity to take down a Maryland state record carryover jackpot in the 20-cent Rainbow 6 that has swelled to $1,253,882.76.

Post time for the first of eight races Friday is 12:40 p.m.

Multiple Stakes Winner Kenny Had a Notion Working His Way Back

06/28/2021

Stakes-Winning Foursome Highlights Featured Friday Allowance
Nominations Close Friday for Independence Day Stakes Worth $350,000

LAUREL, MD – Louis J. Ulman and H. Neil Glasser’s 3-year-old multiple stakes winner Kenny Had a Notion, who has found success on both turf and dirt, continues to work steadily at historic Pimlico Race Course for his comeback.

Celebrate Father’s Day with $1.2 Million Rainbow 6 Carryover

06/28/2021

Video: Rainbow 6 Insights from MJC Host-Analyst Naomi Tukker
Jockey Jevian Toledo Registers Four-Win Day Saturday

LAUREL, MD – Look no further than Sunday’s nine-race program at historic Pimlico Race Course for a chance to surprise Dad with the ultimate Father’s Day gift – a million-dollar payday.

Stronach 5 Returns $1,767

06/18/2021

LAUREL, MD – Friday’s Stronach 5, featuring races from Pimlico, Gulfstream, and Santa Anita, had 39 winning tickets with each worth $1,767.

Friday’s sequence started with a bit of a longshot in Posterity ($17.60) winning Pimlico’s seventh race. Lea Farms LLC’s Lightening Larry ($8.80), a 2-year-old by Uncaptured, won the second leg and the fifth race at Gulfstream. The third leg of the sequence was a single for many in 2-5 shot Golden G ($2.80), who won Pimlico’s eighth race.

Stronach 5 Returns with Races from Pimlico, Gulfstream & Santa Anita

06/17/2021

12-Percent Industry-Low Takeout

LAUREL, MD – The Stronach 5 returns Friday with two competitive maiden races and two turf races with full fields from Pimlico and Santa Anita.

The popular wager, cancelled last week when rainstorms forced racing at Pimlico to be called off after the second race, begins Friday at 3:45 ET with Pimlico’s seventh race, a 1 1/16 mile claiming race on the turf from for 3-year-olds and up.

A Dozen on the Pimlico Turf Kicks off Stronach 5

06/10/2021

Races from Pimlico, Gulfstream, Santa Anita and Golden Gate

LAUREL, MD – Friday’s Stronach 5 will include competitive fields at four tracks and will begin with a dozen 3-year-olds and up at five furlongs on the turf at Pimlico Race Course.

The Stronach 5, which features an industry-low 12-percent takeout, begins at 4:14 ET and wraps up a little more than an hour later at Gulfstream Park.