Racing News

Journeyman Sheldon Russell ‘Thrilled’ to Be Back Riding

07/06/2022

Elite Maryland Jockey Missed 296 Days Following Injury

LAUREL, MD – Having secured his first win on the first day of his comeback, Sheldon Russell is going about getting back to business. The 34-year-old journeyman, an eight-time meet champion in Maryland, waited 296 days between rides – nearly 10 months – and isn’t about to rush things.

Nine Live Races on Special Fourth of July Holiday Program

07/03/2022

Stakes Winner Courvoisier Makes Return in Monday Feature
Food & Drink Specials, Rainbow 6 Jackpot Carryover at $22,092

LAUREL, MD – Nine live races, food and drink specials and a 20-cent Rainbow 6 carryover in five figures will be on the menu when Laurel Park serves up a special Independence Day holiday program Monday.

First race post time is 12:40 p.m.

Trio of Graded Winners Top 28 De Francis Dash Nominations

07/03/2022

Six-Furlong Sprint Headlines Four Stakes Worth $450,000 July 16

LAUREL, MD – Graded-stakes winners Wondrwherecraigis, Special Reserve and Pickin’ Time, fellow multiple stakes winners Ny Traffic, Beren and Royal Urn, and multiple graded-stakes placed War Tocsin are among 28 horses nominated to the $150,000 Frank J. De Francis Memorial Dash at Laurel Park.

Old Homestead Returns to Winning Ways in $100,000 Concern

07/02/2022

Fourth Win in Five Starts, Second in Stakes, for 3-Year-Old Sprinter

LAUREL, MD – Marablue Farm and Pegasus Stud’s Old Homestead, knocked from the ranks of the unbeaten in his last trip to Maryland, got back on the winning track in his return with a popular one-length triumph in Saturday’s $100,000 Concern at Laurel Park.

Hybrid Eclipse Proves Too Tough in $100,000 Caesar’s Wish

07/02/2022

Jockey Toledo Won Stakes Earlier Saturday at Delaware Park

LAUREL, MD – Jockey Jevian Toledo was the author of three perfect trips Saturday afternoon, two on the horses he rode to stakes victories in different states and one in the car to get him back and forth.

Two and a half hours after guiding Whereshetoldmetogo to a popular triumph in the Alapocas Run at Delaware Park, Toledo was aboard for an even more lopsided score on Hybrid Eclipse in the $100,000 Caesar’s Wish at Laurel Park.

Laurel’s Summer of Stakes Boasts 11 Events Worth $1.05M in July

07/01/2022

$100,000 Concern, $100,000 Caesar’s Wish Top Saturday Program
Jockey Lynch, Trainer Motion Team Up for Pair of Friday Feature Wins

LAUREL, MD – Starting this weekend, Laurel Park will serve up 11 stakes worth $1.05 million in purses every other Saturday in July along with $500 in gift card giveaways each stakes day.

Jockey Sheldon Russell Makes Successful Return to Riding Friday

07/01/2022

Off 296 Days, Scores in Front-Running Fashion on 2YO Maiden Heldish

LAUREL, MD – Champion jockey Sheldon Russell, away from the races for 296 days, made a triumphant return to action aboard first-time starter Heldish in the fourth race Friday at Laurel Park.

G2 Winner Wholebodemeister Resumes Comeback in Caesar’s Wish

06/30/2022

G3-Placed Stablemate Also Entered in Saturday’s One-Mile Stake at Laurel

LAUREL, MD – Grade 2 winner Wholebodemeister and her Grade 3-placed stablemate Edie Meeny Miny Mo, stakes winner The Grass Is Blue and 6-year-old Bess, a 14-time career winner making her stakes debut, are among a wide-open field of eight entered for Saturday’s $100,000 Caesar’s Wish at Laurel Park.

Stakes Winners Nimitz Class, Old Homestead Top $100,000 Concern

06/29/2022

Seven-Furlong 3YO Sprint One of Two Stakes on Saturday, July 2 Program

LAUREL, MD – Nimitz Class, yet to race outside of his native Pennsylvania, and fellow stakes winner Old Homestead, who suffered his first career loss in his last trip to Maryland, are among five shippers that will line up for the $100,000 Concern Saturday, July 2 at Laurel Park.

Jockey Walter Rodriguez Registers First Career Win Sunday

06/26/2022

10-Pound Apprentice from El Salvador Scores on Rationalmillennial

LAUREL, MD – Rationalmillennial, a 3-year-old filly owned and trained by Jose Corrales, came with a steady run through the stretch to catch front-running Stopwatchsonny and surge past to give apprentice jockey Walter Rodriguez his first career victory.