Racing News

Feb. 13 G2 Barbara Fritchie on Radar for Hello Beautiful

01/17/2021
Jockey Charlie Marquez Notches Riding Triple Sunday
Laurel Hosting Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday Program Monday
 
LAUREL, MD – It’s on to the $250,000 Runhappy Barbara Fritchie (G3) for Madaket Stables, Albert Frassetto, Mark Parkinson, K-Mac Stable and Magic City Stables’ Hello Beautiful, a measured one-length winner of the $100,000 What a Summer Jan. 16 at Laurel Park.
 

Nominations Closing Jan. 30 for General’s Stake, Fritchie & Four Others

01/17/2021
Laurel Program Will Include Six Stakes, $900,000 in Purses        
 
LAUREL, MD - Free nominations to the $250,000 General’s Stake (G3) and $250,000 Runhappy Barbara Fritchie (G3), to be run Saturday, Feb. 13 at Laurel Park along with four $100,000 stakes, will close Saturday, Jan. 30.
 

Hello Beautiful Too Tough in $100,000 What a Summer

01/16/2021
Wendell Fong Gives Lynch First Winner in $100,000 Fire Plug
 
LAUREL, MD – Madaket Stables, Albert Frassetto, Mark Parkinson, K-Mac Stables and Magic City Stables’ Hello Beautiful picked up where she left off in 2020 while punching her ticket for a return to graded-stakes competition with a front-running victory in Saturday’s $100,000 What a Summer at Laurel Park.
 

Kenny Had a Notion Digs in to Win $100,000 Spectacular Bid

01/16/2021
Street Lute Makes It Four Straight Victories in $100,000 Xtra Heat
 
LAUREL, MD – Louis J. Ulman and H. Neil Glasser’s Kenny Had a Notion, a juvenile stakes winner on both turf and dirt, dueled from start to finish with a stubborn Maythehorsebwithu before prevailing by a neck in Saturday’s $100,000 Spectacular Bid at Laurel Park.
 

Tattooed Snags Elusive Stakes Victory in $75,000 Jennings

01/16/2021
Gale Blows Away Rivals to Become Stakes Winner in $75,000 Geisha
 
LAUREL, MD – Holt, Montuori and Palumbo Racing Stable’s 6-year-old gelding Tattooed, making his 32nd career start, became a stakes winner for the first time with a rallying neck triumph over Galerio in Saturday’s $75,000 Jennings at Laurel Park.
 

Jockey Ferrin Peterson Makes Winning Impression Friday

01/15/2021
Maryland’s Leading Apprentice Marquez Back on Home Turf
Saturday’s Winter Carnival Offers Six Stakes Worth $550,000
 
LAUREL, MD – Jockey Ferrin Peterson got off to a winning start on her first day in Maryland, booting home Spanish d’Oro to a 9-1 upset victory in Friday’s ninth race finale at Laurel Park.
 

Stronach 5 Carryover of $97,891 Friday, Jan. 22

01/15/2021
LAUREL, MD – The Stronach 5 will have a carryover of $97,891.79 Jan. 22 after there were no winning tickets in Friday’s popular wager.
 
The Stronach 5, with an industry-low 12-percent takeout and featuring races from Laurel Park, Gulfstream Park, Santa Anita Park and Golden Gate Fields, started with a bang Friday when Step by Step won the opening leg and the eighth race at Laurel and returned $54.
 

Four Tracks & Full Fields for Friday Stronach 5

01/14/2021
All-Star Ticket $72
 
LAUREL, MD –Full, competitive fields and coast-to-coast racing in under an hour will be delivered by Friday’s Stronach 5.
 
The popular wager that continually shows a strong return on investment and an industry-low 12-percent takeout will feature races from Laurel Park, Gulfstream Park, Santa Anita Park and Golden Gate Fields when it kicks off at 3:55 ET.
 

Hello Beautiful Opens 2021 Season in $100,000 What a Summer

01/14/2021
Lynch Seeking Breakthrough Win with Wendell Fong in $100,000 Fire Plug
 
LAUREL, MD – With an eye on the future and a nod to her successful past, Madaket Stables, Albert Frassetto, Mark Parkinson, K-Mac Stables and Magic City Stables’ multiple stakes winner Hello Beautiful will open her 4-year-old season in Saturday’s $100,000 What a Summer at Laurel Park.
 

Alwaysmining Returns to Defend Title in $75,000 Jennings

01/14/2021
Coconut Cake Making Stakes Debut in $75,000 Geisha
 
LAUREL, MD – Runnymoore Racing’s multiple stakes winner Alwaysmining, unraced since last summer, is set to launch his comeback Saturday in defense of his 2020 victory in the $75,000 Jennings at Laurel Park.