Racing News

G2-Placed Youalmosthadme Tops $100,000 Weather Vane Nominees

09/13/2024

Cotillion (G1) Runner-Up Morning Matcha Nominated to $100,000 Twixt
Juvenile Sky Mesa Filly Daze Dazzles in Career Debut Friday
Three $100,000 Stakes, Two on Turf, Headline 11-Race Program Saturday

LAUREL, MD – Three-time graded-stakes placed Youalmosthadme and fellow multiple stakes winners Carmelina, Miss Harriett, Roanan Goddess and Tricky Temper top 25 3-year-old fillies nominated to the $100,000 Weather Vane at Laurel Park.

Atomic Blonde Seeks Return to Form in $100,000 All Along

09/12/2024

Five Stakes Winners Top $100,000 Sensible Lady Turf Dash
Saturday’s Card Includes $100,000 Polynesian on Main Track

LAUREL, MD – Italian Group 3 winner Atomic Blonde, four times graded-stakes placed in North America, will get some class relief as she shortens up in attempt to regain her winning form in Saturday’s $100,000 All Along at Laurel Park.

Post Time Returning Home for Saturday’s $100,000 Polynesian

09/11/2024

Multiple Graded-Stakes Winner Unbeaten in Six Starts at Laurel Park
Anchors Three $100,000 Stakes, Two for Turf, on 11-Race Program

LAUREL, MD – Continuing on the path to a possible start in the Breeders’ Cup, Hillwood Stable’s Maryland-bred and based multiple graded-stakes winner Post Time returns to his home track for the first time since mid-February in Saturday’s $100,000 Polynesian at Laurel Park.

Jockey Angel Cruz Registers 1,000th Career Win Sunday

09/08/2024

Molly of Stratford Provides 29-Year-Old with Milestone Score
Fall Meet Resumes with Live 10-Race Program Friday, Sept. 13

LAUREL, MD – Mi Patria Racing’s 4-year-old Maryland-bred filly Molly of Stratford swept to the lead leaving the far turn and powered through the stretch to give jockey Angel Cruz his 1,000th career victory Sunday at Laurel Park.

Angel Cruz Nearing Milestone as Laurel Park Opens Fall Meet

09/06/2024

Journeyman Has Eight Mounts on Saturday’s Opening Day Program

LAUREL, MD – Laurel Park will launch its calendar year-ending fall meet Saturday with a 10-race program and multiple graded-stakes winning journeyman Angel Cruz on the verge of reaching a career milestone.

Cruz, 29, is named in eight races as he closes in on the 1,000-win mark. A finalist for the 2014 Eclipse Award as outstanding apprentice jockey, he stood at 997 including one win in his native Puerto Rico heading into Friday with two mounts at Colonial Downs.

39th Jim McKay Maryland Million Tops 36 Stakes Worth $3.53 Million

09/06/2024

Meet Opens Saturday, Stakes Schedule Begins Saturday, Sept. 14

LAUREL, MD – Laurel Park’s fall meet, which begins Saturday, will be highlighted by the 39th running of the Jim McKay Maryland Million Oct 12 along with 36 stakes worth $3.53 million.

Twice G1-Placed Post Time Tops Nominees to $100,000 Polynesian

09/04/2024

Among Three Stakes, Two on Turf, Worth $300,000 Saturday, Sept. 14

LAUREL, MD – Hillwood Stable’s Maryland-bred and based multiple graded-stakes winner Post Time, exiting back-to-back Grade 1 placings at Saratoga, tops 27 horses nominated to the $100,000 Polynesian Saturday, Sept. 14 at Laurel Park.

Riccio Springs Upset in $75,000 Find for First Stakes Victory

08/18/2024

Malibu Beauty Extends Streak to Three in $75,000 All Brandy
Rodriguez Wraps Up Second Straight Summer Meet Riding Title

LAUREL, MD – Sterling Road Stables and LBR Racing Stable’s Riccio, back in stakes company for the first time in 17 months, became a stakes winner for the first time in dominant fashion with a nine-length upset of Sunday’s $75,000 Find at Laurel Park.

Liz Merryman TOBA Finalist for Second Straight Year

08/16/2024

Breeder of Three-Time Dirt and Turf Stakes Winner Witty
Ness Nets Friday Hat Trick to Clinch Summer Training Title
Twice Stakes-Placed Sheliahs Warcloud Nearing Comeback

LAUREL, MD – Largely thanks to her 5-year-old Grade 2-placed homebred Witty, a three-time stakes winner at Laurel Park, owner-trainer Elizabeth Merryman is a finalist to win a second straight national award from the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association.

Another Stakes Test for Cut From Class in $75,000 All Brandy

08/15/2024

irst of Two $75,000 Turf Stakes on Closing Day Program Sunday
10 Races Friday to Launch Final Weekend of Laurel’s Summer Meet

LAUREL, MD – Cut From Class, stubborn in defeat to near-millionaire and two-time graded winner Sparkle Blue in an unplanned stakes debut last month, faces no such rival when she attempts to restart her win streak in Sunday’s $75,000 All Brandy at Laurel Park.