Racing News

G3-Placed Cordmaker on Winter Break Ahead of 2020 Campaign

12/12/2019

Live Racing Returns Friday with Double Carryovers & Stronach 5
Laurel Hosting Breakfast with Santa Saturday, Dec. 14
Recent Stakes Winner Laddie Liam Sold in Besecker Dispersal

LAUREL, MD – Hillwood Stable’s Cordmaker, a three-time stakes winner at Laurel Park who ran third by two necks in the historic Pimlico Special (G3) in May, is getting the winter off in preparation for his 5-year-old campaign in 2020.

Turnaround No Problem for Lewisfield in $75,000 Bender Memorial

12/07/2019

Anna’s Bandit Makes it Six Straight Wins in $75,000 Politely

LAUREL, MD – Linda Zang’s multiple stakes-winning homebred Lewisfield, wheeled back 10 days after a troubled trip at Penn National, returned to his winning ways over his favorite track with a front-running score in Saturday’s $75,000 Howard and Sondra Bender Memorial at Laurel Park.

Laddie Liam Goes the Distance in $100,000 Maryland Futurity

12/07/2019

Hello Beautiful Romps in $100,000 Juvenile Filly Championship
Jockey Russell, Sire Golden Lad Sweep 2-Year-Old Stakes

LAUREL, MD – Joseph Besecker’s Laddie Liam broke running and never looked back, turning away a bid by Stone Courageous in the stretch and continuing on for a 4 ½-length triumph in Saturday’s $100,000 Maryland Juvenile Futurity at Laurel Park.

Still Having Fun, Alwaysmining Return in Bender Memorial

12/07/2019

Anna’s Bandit Goes for Sixth Straight Victory in $75,000 Politely
Prizes, Calendar Giveaway on Maryland Spectacular Day

LAUREL, MD – Still Having Fun and Alwaysmining, Maryland’s top Triple Crown race hopefuls the past two years who together have won eight stakes and more than $1 million in purses, are scheduled to meet for the first time as they launch their respective comebacks in Saturday’s $75,000 Howard and Sondra Bender Memorial at Laurel Park.

Monday Morning Qb Seeks Stakes Score in Maryland Futurity

12/06/2019

Juvenile Filly Championship Features Matchup of Stakes Winners
Prizes, Calendar Giveaway on Maryland Spectacular Day

LAUREL, MD – Cash is King and LC Racing’s Monday Morning Qb looks to come up big Saturday afternoon as he takes the step up to stakes company for the first time off an impressive maiden triumph in the $100,000 Maryland Juvenile Futurity at Laurel Park.

Friday Stronach 5 Returns $1,935

12/06/2019

LAUREL, MD – There were 60 winning tickets in Friday’s Stronach 5 with each ticket returning $1,935.80.

The Stronach 5, featuring an industry-low 12-percent takeout, featured races from Gulfstream Park, Laurel Park and Golden Gate Fields.

Honest Mischief Wins $100,000 Force the Pass City of Laurel

11/30/2019

Needs Supervision Rolls in $100,000 Imagining Safely Kept

LAUREL, MD – Juddmonte Farms Inc. Grade 2-placed homebred Honest Mischief, blocked in traffic at the head of the stretch, found room late to run down leader Chilly in Charge and earn his first career stakes victory in Saturday’s $100,000 Force the Pass City of Laurel at Laurel Park.

Sunny Ridge Shines in $100,000 Richard W. Small

11/30/2019

Vault Becomes Stakes Winner in $100,000 Thirty Eight Go Go

LAUREL, MD – Dennis A. Drazin’s multiple Grade 3-winning millionaire Sunny Ridge got a ground-saving trip under jockey Trevor McCarthy and split horse in deep stretch to capture the $100,000 Richard W. Small Stakes by three-quarters of a length Saturday at Laurel Park.

Lots of Winners in Friday's Stronach 5

11/29/2019

LAUREL, MD – There were 108 winning tickets in Friday’s Stronach 5, with each winner receiving $824.90.

Once again, the Stronach 5, featuring races from Laurel Park, Golden Gate Fields and Gulfstream Park as well as an industry-low 12-percent takeout, paid generously when considering the highest payoff was $10.20 and Taste’s Legend, the winner of the second leg from Golden Gate, returned $2.40.

Friday’s races and sequence

G2 Winner Still Having Fun Nominated to Return in $75,000 Bender Memorial

11/29/2019

Maryland Spectacular Day Program Dec. 7 Features Calendar, Gift Giveaways

LAUREL, MD – Gary Barber, Wachtel Stable and Terp Racing’s Grade 2 winner Still Having Fun and Runnymede Racing’s Alwaysmining, Maryland’s Triple Crown race contenders the past two years, are both nominated to end layoffs in the $75,000 Howard & Sondra Bender Memorial Saturday, Dec. 7 at Laurel Park.