Racing News

Jockey, Trainer Titles Going Down to Wire Entering Final Weekend

08/18/2017
Connections Fielding Offers for Stakes-Placed Expedited Vision
Maryland Pride Day Saturday Features Cap Giveaway, Food & Drink Specials
Mandatory Payout Sunday in Rainbow 6, Late Pick 5, Super Hi-5
 
LAUREL, MD – As Laurel Park’s 33-day summer meet winds down over the weekend, the races for the jockey and trainer titles are heating up.
 

Crabcakes Races for Late Owner-Breeder in $75,000 Miss Disco

08/17/2017
Buckingham Farm’s Elizabeth ‘Binnie’ Houghton Passed Aug. 7 at 79
Among Three Stakes on 12-Race Maryland Pride Day Program Saturday
 
LAUREL, MD – Elizabeth ‘Binnie’ Houghton waited a lifetime to have a horse good enough to name after her favorite delicacy. Crabcakes lived up to those expectations, winning her first three starts and adding her name to a roster of more than 40 stakes winners bred by Buckingham Farm.
 

Multiple Stakes Winner Phlash Phelps Targets $75,000 Find

08/17/2017
Daylight Ahead Attempts to Stretch Her Speed in $75,000 All Brandy
Stakes Part of 12-Race Card on Final Saturday of Summer Meet
 
LAUREL, MD – His last race was just long enough to make Phlash Phelps a winner in his seasonal debut, but he’ll have much more ground to work with when he returns to action in Saturday’s $75,000 Find at Laurel Park.
 

It’s the Journey Gets Perfect Trip in Sunday Feature; Meet-Leading Jockey Carrasco Registers Riding Triple

08/13/2017
Saida Extends Win Streak to Three with Allowance Triumph
Meet-Leading Jockey Carrasco Registers Riding Triple
Live Racing Resumes Friday for Final Weekend of Summer Meet
 
LAUREL, MD – R. Larry Johnson’s Maryland homebred It’s the Journey made it three wins in a row off an ideal trip under jockey Alex Cintron in Sunday’s featured 10th race at Laurel Park.
 

Divining Rod Cruises to Comeback Win in $75,000 Polynesian

08/12/2017
Shimmering Aspen Sparkling Winner of $75,000 Twixt
 
LAUREL, MD – Lael Stables homebred Grade 3 winner Divining Rod, racing for the first time in 8 ½ months, made an emphatic and triumphant return to competition with a 6 ¼-length romp in Saturday’s $75,000 Polynesian at Laurel Park. 
 

Multiple-Stakes Winners Greatbullsoffire, Phlash Phelps Top Stakes Noms

08/11/2017
Maryland Pride Day Features Four Stakes Worth $300,000 Saturday, Aug. 19
Wise Gal Smart Winner of Career Debut on Turf Friday
Late Pick 5, Rainbow 6, Super Hi-5 Carryovers for Saturday
 
LAUREL, MD – Multiple-stakes winners Greatbullsoffire and Phlash Phelps are among 49 horses nominated to a quartet of stakes worth $300,000 in purses on Maryland Pride Day, Saturday, Aug. 19, at Laurel Park.
 

Stakes Winner Shimmering Aspen Returns in Saturday’s $75,000 Twixt

08/11/2017
Heads Deep Field of 12 for Six-Furlong Sprint Stakes
 
LAUREL, MD – Hillwood Stable’s Shimmering Aspen, dominant while earning her first stakes victory eight weeks earlier, returns from her summer vacation as the horse to beat in Saturday’s $75,000 Twixt at Laurel Park.
 

Multiple Graded-Stakes Winner Whitmore Targeting G3 De Francis; Journeyman Jockey Pimentel Back in Action Following Injury

08/10/2017
Journeyman Jockey Pimentel Back in Action Following Injury
Full Fields to Open Penultimate Weekend of Summer Meet
MJC Champions Handicapping Tournament Saturday, Aug. 19
 
LAUREL, MD – Multiple Grade 3-winning sprinter Whitmore, having overcome a minor foot issue, returned to the work tab over the weekend and is expected to make his next start in the $250,000 Frank J. De Francis Memorial Dash (G3) Sept. 16 at Laurel Park.
 

G3 Winner Divining Rod Launches Season in Saturday’s Polynesian

08/10/2017
Multiple G1-Placed Runner Making First Start in 8 ½ Months 
 
LAUREL, MD – Lael Stables’ Grade 3-winning homebred Divining Rod, last seen running second in the Cigar Mile (G1) in late November, makes his long-awaited return to the races in Saturday’s $75,000 Polynesian at Laurel Park.
 

Rapid Dan Sprints to Allowance Feature Win Sunday at Laurel

08/06/2017
Live Racing Resumes with 11-Race Program Friday, Seven on World-Class Turf Course
 
LAUREL, MD – Diane Manning’s Rapid Dan took advantage of a speed duel up front to split horses in deep stretch and go on to a 1 ¾-length upset victory in Sunday’s featured open entry-level allowance at Laurel Park.