Racing News

Believe in Royalty Determined Maiden Winner Monday; $900,000 Yearling Rallies in Stretch to Capture Second Start

10/09/2017
$900,000 Yearling Rallies in Stretch to Capture Second Start
Live Racing Returns with Nine-Race Program Friday, Oct. 13
            

Maryland Million Pre-Entries Close Wednesday, Oct. 11

10/09/2017
LAUREL, MD - Pre-entries close Wednesday, Oct. 11 for all 11 races on the 32nd Jim McKay Maryland Million program set for Saturday, Oct. 21.
 

Columbus Day Holiday Program Opens Laurel’s New Monday Schedule; 20-Cent Rainbow 6 Solved for $10,342 Payout

10/08/2017
Admirals War Chest Preps Sunday for Maryland Million Classic
20-Cent Rainbow 6 Solved for $10,342 Payout
Trainer Hugh McMahon Registers 800th Career Victory
Christopher Elser Memorial, Donna Freyer Added to Fall Stakes Schedule
 
LAUREL, MD – A 10-race Columbus Day Holiday program Oct. 9 will kick off the first of 10 Monday cards as part of the newly revamped fall calendar at Laurel Park.
 

Karamanos Rides Four Winners Saturday at Laurel; Rainbow 6, Super Hi-5 Carryovers for Sunday Program

10/07/2017
Pimentel Finishes with Three-Win Afternoon
Rainbow 6, Super Hi-5 Carryovers for Sunday Program
 
LAUREL, MD – Journeyman Horacio Karamanos opened and closed racing with victories to highlight a four-win afternoon Saturday at Laurel Park.
 

Lynch Rides Four Winners on ‘Class on the Grass’ Program Saturday; Rainbow 6, Super Hi-5 Carryovers for Sunday’s 11-Race Card

09/30/2017
Rainbow 6, Super Hi-5 Carryovers for Sunday’s 11-Race Card
Doors Open 9:45 A.M. Sunday for Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe Simulcast
            
LAUREL, MD – Jockey Feargal Lynch put an exclamation point on a spectacular day Saturday with four winners, three in stakes, two of them graded, during the ‘Class on the Grass’ program as part of Commonwealth Day at Laurel Park.
 

Just Howard Extends Streak in $200,000 Commonwealth Derby (G3)

09/30/2017
One of Three Graded Turf Stakes on ‘Class on the Grass’ Program
 
LAUREL, MD – Skeedattle Associates’ Just Howard won his fourth straight race and earned his first graded stakes victory Saturday by three-quarters of a length over Voodoo Song in the $200,000 Commonwealth Derby (G3) at Laurel Park.
 

$200,000 Commonwealth Derby (G3) Quotes

09/30/2017
Skeedattle Associates co-owner Robert ‘Willie’ White (Just Howard): “We have Just Howard and it’s very exciting. He’s just a nice, solid horse. He does all the things that you want a horse to do. [Trainer] Graham [Motion] has been so excited about how he’s developed and gotten better.”
 
“I talked to [Graham] a couple of weeks ago about this race. He said, ‘I don’t care who is in there, we’re going because we’re going good.’”

Projected Makes the Grade in $200,000 BWI Turf Cup (G2)

09/30/2017
One of Three Graded Turf Stakes on ‘Class on the Grass’ Program
            
LAUREL, MD – Juddmonte Farms’ Projected topped a 1-2 finish by trainer Chad Brown’s runners in the $200,000 Baltimore/Washington International Turf Cup (G2) Saturday at Laurel Park.
 

Rymska Makes Triumphant Return in $150,000 Commonwealth Oaks (G3)

09/30/2017
First of Three Graded Turf Stakes on ‘Class on the Grass’ Program
 
LAUREL, MD – French-bred filly Rymska, unraced since becoming a graded stakes winner in early February, made a successful return to competition by rallying with a powerful move down the center of the stretch to capture Saturday’s $150,000 Commonwealth Oaks (G3) at Laurel Park.
 

$200,000 Baltimore-Washington International Turf Cup (G2) Quotes

09/30/2017
Assistant trainer Dermot Magner (Projected, 1st; Catapult, 2nd): “Both horses ran a huge race. Both riders ran a very intelligent race. One had to win and one had to be second. We thought there would be a lot of speed so both riders broke and sat behind. [Jockey] Nik [Juarez] rode a very clever race. The horse will get a lot of confidence from the win. Fast fractions would obviously suit him pretty well and he finished strong.”