Racing News

Jockeys Taken to Hospital Following Three-Horse Spill

Moon Virginia Eclipses Field in Laurel Friday Feature
Quartet of $100,000 Stakes Highlight Saturday Program
 
LAUREL, MD – Jockeys Trevor McCarthy, Horacio Karamanos and Jomar Torres were each taken to the hospital for evaluation following a three-horse spill during Friday’s sixth race.
 

Late Night Pow Wow Goes for Eight Straight in $100,000 What a Summer

Pletcher Looking to Score ‘Points’ in $100,000 Native Dancer
Home Run Maker Taking His Cut in $100,000 Fire Plug
Timeless Curls Making Stakes Debut in $100,000 Nellie Morse
 
LAUREL, MD – Breeze Easy LLC’s Grade 3 winner Late Night Pow Wow will face five rivals in her bid for a fifth straight stakes victory and eighth consecutive win overall in Saturday’s $100,000 What a Summer at Laurel Park.
 

Stronach 5 Stops at Four Tracks Friday, $50,000 Guaranteed Pool

Turf Races from Gulfstream, Santa Anita 
 
LAUREL, MD – The Stronach 5, featuring a $50,000 guaranteed pool and industry-low 12-percent takeout, will travel from Maryland to South Florida to California Friday afternoon.
 

Maryland Jockey Club Offering Stakes Incentive to Horsemen

Entry, Starting Fee Waived for Grade 1 Winners
 
LAUREL, MD – In preparation for this weekend’s kickoff at Laurel Park, the Maryland Jockey Club announced today an incentive program for graded-stakes winners that participate in its stakes schedule for the 2019 season.
 

Jockey LaBarre Earns First Pro Win Saturday at Laurel

Rainbow 6, Super Hi-5 Carryovers for Sunday Program
            
LAUREL, MD – Ejetero LLC’s Empire Panther took the lead at the top of the stretch and held off a late challenge from Ash n’ Em to give jockey Rebecca LaBarre her first professional victory Saturday at Laurel Park.
 

Five Winners Each Receive $29,027 in Friday’s Stronach 5

LAUREL, MD – Five players from across North America were each rewarded with $29,027.90 for hitting Friday’s Stronach 5, the national Pick 5 with an industry-low 12-percent takeout.
 
Friday’s Stronach 5 started at Laurel with a $12.40 winner in Hail the Queen and ended at Golden Gate Fields with a 6-5 favorite in Shadrack. The highest price in the sequence occurred in the second leg with Park Ridge Benny returning $20.40 at Gulfstream Park.
 

Late Night Pow Pow, Ms Locust Point Top Laurel Stakes Noms

Graded Winners Among 80 Nominations for Saturday, Jan. 12
Four Stakes Worth $400,000 in Purses Open 2019 Stakes Schedule
 
LAUREL, MD – Late Night Pow Wow, riding a seven-race win streak, and fellow graded-stakes winner Ms Locust Point top 15 horses nominated to the $100,000 What a Summer Stakes Saturday, Jan. 12 at Laurel Park.
 

Friday’s Stronach 5: Four Tracks, $50,000 Guaranteed Pool

Three Races on theTurf,First Race Post 4:35 ET, 1:35 PT
Races from Gulfstream, Santa Anita, Laurel and Golden Gate

LAUREL, MD – Friday’s Stronach 5 will feature a $50,000 guaranteed pool and will go cross-country with races from Gulfstream Park, Santa Anita Park, Laurel Park and Golden Gate Fields.

Jockey Weston Hamilton Continuing Tradition of Success

New Journeyman Top Contender for Eclipse as Champion Apprentice
            
LAUREL, MD – There’s a strong tradition, both in his family and on his circuit, which preceded Weston Hamilton when he began riding professionally last December – one the newly minted journeyman is poised to continue.
 

Rainbow 6, Super Hi-5 Carryovers on Nine-Race Program

Special New Year’s Day Program to Kick Off 2019 Winter Meet 
            
LAUREL, MD – Laurel Park will wrap up its 2018 fall meet with a special nine-race program Monday, Dec. 31 featuring mandatory payouts in the 20-cent Rainbow 6, 50-cent Late Pick 5 and $1 Super Hi-5.
 
First race post time is 12:30 p.m.