Return to Dirt Possible for G3-Placed 3YO Filly Discreet Ops

LAUREL, MD – Jockey J.G. Torrealba continued what has been a torrid August with five winners on Sunday’s eight-race program at Laurel Park.

The 22-year-old native of Venezuela moved into second place in the rider standings at Laurel’s 35-day summer meet, which wraps up Aug. 18 and has three scheduled racing days remaining. His 30 wins trail only Jaime Rodriguez (39), who won twice Sunday.

Summer Meet Scheduled to Resume with Nine Races Saturday

LAUREL, MD – A forecast calling for high winds and heavy rain in the wake of Tropical Storm Debby has led the Maryland Jockey Club to cancel Friday’s nine-race program at Laurel Park.

The tropical storm, which first made landfall last week in Florida, has moved up the East Coast and was expected to pass through the Mid-Atlantic region bringing wind gusts of up to 33 mph and as much as two inches of rain according to the National Weather Service.

Give It a Whirl Captures $100,000 Bald Eagle Derby
Roanan Goddess Rules in $100,000 Searching

LAUREL, MD – ZWP Stable, Inc. and Non Stop Stable’s 6-year-old homebred mare Malibu Beauty dueled with favored Saddle Up Jessie through the stretch before edging clear inside the eighth pole and drawing away to a 2 ¾-length victory in Sunday’s $100,000 Caesar’s Wish at Laurel Park.

1 1/8-Mile Stakes One of Two Scheduled for Laurel Turf

LAUREL, MD – At one point or another this spring, Average Joe Racing Stables, Ltd. and Dan Wells’ Mugatu faced all three Triple Crown race winners, two of them coming in his last trip to Maryland for the May 18 Preakness Stakes (G1).

Eighth in the Middle Jewel of the Triple Crown, Mugatu will be up against a different class of horses on a surface he hasn’t tried in more than seven months in Sunday’s $100,000 Bald Eagle Derby for 3-year-olds at Laurel Park.