Play Harder Chasing Third Straight Win in Star de Naskra

The Band Runs On Hoping to Continue Sire Bandbox’s Legacy Blue Kingdom Sporting New Equipment for Stakes Debut BALTIMORE – Less than a length from being undefeated through five starts, Rising Sun Racing Stables, Inc.’s Play Harder chases a third straight victory and first in stakes company in Saturday’s $75,000 Star de Naskra at Laurel […]

Haileysfirstnotion Looking to Join Mother as Stakes Winner

Unbeaten Son of Hailey’s Flip Making Stakes Debut in Star de Naskra Quint’s Brew Also Seeking to Stay Perfect in Maryland-Bred/Sired Sprint Stakes-Quality Allowance Tops Card as Summer Meet Resumes Friday BALTIMORE – Hailey’s Flip provided Daniel Crowley with some of his greatest moments in more than two decades of owning horses. Now, five years […]

Circle P Chasing Second Stakes Win in $75,000 Star de Naskra

  Seven Furlong Sprint for Maryland-Bred/Sired 3-Year-Olds Saturday at Laurel BALTIMORE – Nearly seven months after becoming a stakes winner the last time he sprinted over Laurel Park’s main track, DeSales 85’s Circle P will get a chance to duplicate that feat when he returns to face seven rivals in Saturday’s $75,000 Star de Naskra. […]

New Strategic Alliance Announced Between Tabcorp, ARC, RMG and 1/ST CONTENT

BALTIMORE – A new strategic alliance has been announced between Arena Racing Company (ARC), the British horse and greyhound group, Racecourse Media Group (RMG), the British-based media rights management company, Tabcorp, the Australian wagering and entertainment company, and 1/ST CONTENT – a division of 1/ST, North America’s preeminent Thoroughbred racing and pari-mutuel wagering company. This […]

Alwaysinahurry Breezes Ahead of Stakes-Quality Friday Feature

  Multiple Stakes-Winning 6YO Goes Five Furlongs Sunday at Laurel Stakes-Winning Stablemate Johnyz From Albany Sharp in Sunday Breeze BALTIMORE – Multiple stakes winner Alwaysinahurry, owned by Maury Povich’s Mopo Racing, will be facing a stakes-quality field in his second start off a year layoff when Laurel Park’s summer meet resumes Friday. Alwaysinahurry breezed five-eighths […]

Injured Champion Jockey Toledo Progressing, Nearing Return

Comeback Race in Sight for Multiple Stakes-Placed 3YO Inveigled 2YO Filly Sharedashenanigans Impressive Debut Winner Saturday BALTIMORE – Two months into his recovery from a collarbone injury, champion jockey Jevian Toledo is nearing a return to riding. The 29-year-old Toledo, a four-time overall leading rider in Maryland, is awaiting medical clearance to get back on […]

Laurel-Based Copper Tax Returns in Saturday’s G3 Ohio Derby

MJC Adds Three Friday Dates to Laurel Summer Meet Schedule $75,000 Star de Naskra Nominees Fill Laurel Work Tab Friday BALTIMORE – Laurel Park-based 3-year-old Copper Tax, unraced since his come-from-behind victory in the April 20 Federico Tesio, is set to launch the second half of his sophomore campaign on the road in Saturday’s $500,000 […]

Motion Looks to Continue Hot Streak at Laurel Summer Meet

Meet Resumes Friday with Trainer First in Earnings, Second in Wins Sharing’s First Foal, Sharedashenanigans, Making Debut Saturday BALTIMORE – Even as summer’s official start is heralded by a major heatwave passing through the Mid-Atlantic region, the season is only just catching up with trainer Graham Motion. Since May 19 – three days before the […]

Catahoula Moon, Circle P Top $75,000 Star de Naskra Nominations

Seven-Furlong Sprint for Maryland-Bred/Sired 3YOs Saturday, June 29 BALTIMORE – Stakes winners Catahoula Moon and Circle P, undefeated Haileysfirstnotion and Quint’s Brew and Play Harder, riding a two-race win streak, top a list of 24 Maryland-bred/sired 3-year-olds nominated to the $75,000 Star de Naskra Saturday, June 29 at Laurel Park. The 31st running of the […]

Toupie Popular Winner of Sunday’s $100,000 Stormy Blues

Second Stakes Win for Motion-Trained Favorite in Turf Sprint Team Russell Doubles Sunday, Live Racing Resumes Friday BALTIMORE – Wertheimer and Frere homebred Toupie, making just her second start of the year, collared pacesetter El Terreno in mid-stretch and pulled clear to a popular 2 ¼-length victory in Sunday’s $100,000 Stormy Blues at Laurel Park. […]