Racing News

Victor Carrasco Returns to Laurel Winner’s Circle Friday

04/14/2023

First Local Win of Comeback for 2013 Eclipse Award Winner
Rides Summer Cause in Saturday’s $125,000 Federico Tesio
Tesio ‘Win and In’ for Preakness Tops Four Stakes Worth $450K

LAUREL, MD – Eclipse Award champion Victor Carrasco, who went 150 days between mounts with a dislocated left thumb, gave Larry Metz and Larry Bathon’s For Cryin Out Loud an ideal trip to spring an 8-1 upset Thursday at Laurel Park and earn the first local victory of his comeback.

Multiple Stakes Winner Joe, Named for President, Nearing 4YO Debut

04/14/2023

2022 Federico Tesio Winner Unraced Since Win in Murphy on Turf Last May

LAUREL, MD – The Elkstone Group’s Joe, a two-time state champion and winner of three stakes from seven starts including a determined triumph in last year’s $125,000 Federico Tesio, continues to train forwardly for his 4-year-old debut.

Wondrwherecraigis Makes Triumphant Season Debut Thursday

04/13/2023

G3 Winner Gives Jockey Sheldon Russell First Win of Latest Comeback
Mid Day Image Flirts with Course Record to Capture Turf Season Opener

LAUREL, MD – Michael Dubb, The Elkstone Group, Madaket Stables and Michael Caruso’s Wondrwherecraigis, racing for the first time in 208 days, held off a dramatic late run from fellow multiple stakes winner Witty Thursday at Laurel Park to capture his 6-year-old debut and give jockey Sheldon Russell the first win of his latest comeback.

Millionaire Bankit Returns to Laurel for $100,000 Frank Whiteley

04/13/2023

Connections Hoping to Live the ‘Dream’ in $100,000 Heavenly Cause
Preakness (G1) ‘Win and In’ Federico Tesio for 3YOs Tops 11-Race Card

LAUREL, MD – Winchell Thoroughbreds and Willis Horton Racing’s well-traveled millionaire Bankit will seek his first win of the year and eighth career stakes victory when he returns to Maryland for the first time in two years for Saturday’s $100,000 Frank Y. Whiteley at Laurel Park.

‘Win & In’ Tesio for Preakness 148 Draws Competitive Field of Nine Sophomores

04/12/2023

Multiple Stakes Winners Coffeewithchris and Ninetyprcentmaddie
Stablesmates Prince of Jericho and Circling the Drain

LAUREL, MD – Stablemates Prince of Jericho and Circling the Drain and multiple stakes winners Coffeewithchris and Ninetyprcentmaddie will each vie for a Triple Crown berth in a competitive edition of the $125,000 Federico Tesio Saturday at Laurel Park.

Girl Trouble Chasing Third Stakes Win in $125,000 Weber City Miss

04/12/2023

‘Win & In’ for 3-Year-Old Fillies to 99th Black-Eyed Susan (G2) May 19

LAUREL, MD – Swilcan Stable and LC Racing’s multiple stakes winner Girl Trouble will get the chance to snap a two-race losing streak and earn herself a date against graded-stakes competition in Saturday’s $125,000 Weber City Miss at Laurel Park.

Five Stakes Winners Entered in First Grass Race of Season Thursday

04/11/2023

Thursday Marks Return of G3 Winner Wondrwherecraigis
Journeyman Jorge Ruiz Rejoining Maryland Jockey Colony
$125,000 Federico Tesio for 3-Year-Olds to be Drawn Wednesday

LAUREL, MD – Stakes winners No Sabe Nada, Mid Day Image, Pyron, Determined Kingdom and Mr. Hustle are among nine older horses entered for the first grass race of the season Thursday, April 13 at Laurel Park.

Graded-Stakes Quinet Top $100,000 Henry S. Clark Nominees

04/09/2023

Among Five Stakes, Three on Turf, Worth $500K in Purses April 22

MEDIA ADVISORY PREAKNESS CREDENTIALS

04/09/2023

LAUREL, MD – The Maryland Jockey Club is accepting media credential requests for Preakness 148, to be held at Pimlico Race Course Saturday, May 20.

Credentials are provided to media members who represent professional news gathering organizations that produce and publish original content. Freelancers will not be granted credentials without a letter of support from an accredited medium.

Requests can be made here: Click here to request


 

MJC Cancels Live Racing Program Saturday at Laurel Park

04/08/2023

No Racing Easter Sunday, Live Racing to Resume Thursday April 13

LAUREL, MD –The Maryland Jockey Club cancelled Saturday’s live program out of an abundance of caution to do a full evaluation of the racing surfaces.

Live racing was not scheduled on Easter Sunday. Live racing will resume with an eight-race program Thursday, April 13, including the first race of the 2023 turf season.

Laurel Park remains open Saturday for full card simulcasting.