Racing News

Ness, Rodriguez Top Laurel Summer Meet Standings

08/20/2023

Trainer, Jockey Team Up to Win Second Titles This Year
MJC’s Next Live Meet Opens Sept. 8 at Historic Pimlico

LAUREL, MD – It has been a summer to remember for trainer Jamie Ness and jockey Jaime Rodriguez, who both reached career milestones and teamed up for the second time this year to lead the Laurel Park standings.

Jose Giron Captures MJC Champions Handicapping Tournament

08/20/2023

Earns $11,357 in Prize Money & Berth in Breeders’ Cup Betting Challenge

LAUREL, MD – Jose Giron of Silver Spring, Md. finished with a balance of $1,885.50 to top a field of 98 entrants and capture the Maryland Jockey Club’s Champions Handicapping Tournament held Saturday, Aug. 19 at Laurel Park.

The fall edition of the bi-annual Champions Tournament was hosted in Laurel’s refurbished second-floor clubhouse sports bar, open to players for a fee of $500 that included $300 per entry and a $200 bankroll.

Field Pass Outclasses Rivals for $75,000 Find Victory

08/19/2023

1st Career Stakes Win, 4th on Day for Apprentice Concepcion
Gold Digging Broad Promoted Winner of $75,000 All Brandy
Mandatory Payouts for Sunday’s Closing Day Program

LAUREL, MD – Three Diamonds Farm’s multiple graded-stakes winning millionaire Field Pass, given a heady ride by apprentice Axel Concepcion, came with a steady run down the center of the stretch to reel in Crabs N Beer for a neck victory in Saturday’s $75,000 Find at Laurel Park.

Connections Hoping B Determined Can ‘Find’ Winner’s Circle

08/18/2023

6-Year-Old Chasing Second Stakes Win in 1 1/16-Mile Turf Event
MJC Champions Handicapping Tournament, Crab Fest Saturday
Sophomore Blame Colt High Value Graduates in Friday Debut

LAUREL, MD – Mint Meadows Farm and Donald Metzger’s B Determined, whose biggest win came on one of Maryland’s highest-profile days at the longest distance he’s ever run, will stretch out again in search of a second career stakes victory in Saturday’s $75,000 Find at Laurel Park.

Laurel Summer Meet Opens Final Weekend Friday

08/18/2023

Double Carryovers on 9-Race Program Starting at 12:25
$1.5 Million Maiden Vinco Continues Quest for First Win
Turf Stakes, Handicapping Tournament, Crab Fest Saturday

LAUREL, MD – Laurel Park will bring the curtain down on its 33-day summer meet starting Friday with a nine-race program featuring a maiden special weight on dirt and an open allowance on turf for 3-year-olds and up.

First race post time is 12:25 p.m.

Coconut Cake Seeking Rebound in $75,000 All Brandy

08/15/2023

First of Two Grass Stakes for Maryland-Breds Saturday

LAUREL, MD – N R S Stable, James Chambers and Avalon Farm’s 6-year-old mare Coconut Cake, exiting the furthest finish in her 11 grass starts, will get a chance to regain her form while seeking a third stakes victory in Saturday’s $75,000 All Brandy at Laurel Park.

Field Pass Getting Class Relief in Saturday’s $75,000 Find

08/15/2023

Multiple GS Winning Millionaire Facing State-Breds for First Time

LAUREL, MD – There is little that Three Diamonds Farm’s multiple graded-stakes winning millionaire Field Pass hasn’t done over five seasons of racing, but the well-traveled 6-year-old veteran will be trying something new when he returns to Maryland for Saturday’s $75,000 Find at Laurel Park.

Dataman Delivers in $100,000 Bald Eagle

08/13/2023

Bolivie in the Searching

LAUREL, MD – Wertheimer and Frere’s Dataman, a 3-year-old son of Tapit, drove past the pacesetting stakes winner Ari Gold down the stretch to win Sunday’s $100,000 Bald Eagle by three-quarters of a length over a firm 1 3/16-mile turf course.

Trained by Graham Motion and ridden by Jorge Ruiz, Dataman returned $26.80 while covering the distance in 1:54.72.

Two $100,000 Turf Stakes Headline Laurel Sunday Program

08/12/2023

Irish G3 Winner Speirling Beag Tops Searching for 3YO Fillies
Mendelssohn’s March Takes Class Drop in Bald Eagle Derby
Summer Meet Leader Jaime Rodriguez Rides 3 Winners Saturday

LAUREL, MD – The penultimate weekend of Laurel Park’s summer meet will come to a thrilling end with a nine-race program Sunday featuring a pair of $100,000 stakes scheduled for its world-class turf course.

Circling the Drain Chasing Stakes Win in Bald Eagle Derby

08/11/2023

Second of Two $100,000 Turf Stakes for 3YOs Sunday at Laurel
Jockey Russell Registers Friday Hat Trick; Triple Carryovers Saturday

LAUREL, MD – Sycamore Hall Thoroughbreds’ Circling the Drain, a homebred gelding that is stakes-placed on both turf and dirt, will face seven rivals seeking a breakthrough stakes victory in the $100,000 Bald Eagle Derby Sunday at Laurel Park.