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BARCS, Pimlico to Host Spring Fling Mega Adopt-a-Thon Saturday

Adoption Fees Waived for All Animals at Event from 10 A.M. to 3 P.M. BALTIMORE – Following the success of its inaugural event over the winter, the Baltimore Animal Rescue & Care Shelter (BARCS) will host a Spring Fling Mega Adopt-a-Thon Saturday at historic Pimlico Race Course. The Spring Fling Mega Adopt-a-Thon is the largest […]

Champion Witty Opens Season in $100,000 King T. Leatherbury

Eons Chasing Seventh Stakes Victory in $100,000 Henry S. Clark Trainer Motion Seeks Record-Extending Fifth Win in $100,000 Dahlia BALTIMORE – Witty, Maryland’s champion male turf horse of 2023 bred, owned and trained by Elizabeth Merryman, will go after his third grass stakes victory and sixth overall when he launches his 5-year-old campaign in Saturday’s […]

Copper Tax Draws Outside 10 Rivals in $125,000 Federico Tesio

‘Win & In’ for TC-Nominated Horses to 149th Preakness (G1) May 18 BALTIMORE – Having rediscovered his stakes-winning form in dramatic fashion last month after two disappointing efforts around two turns, Rose Petal Stable’s Copper Tax will face a familiar cast of characters when he returns in the $125,000 Federico Tesio Saturday, April 20, at […]

Coastal Mission Thrilling Winner of $100,000 Frank Whiteley

Ain’t Da Beer Cold Holds On in $100,000 Native Dancer Intrepid Dream Wins Stakes Debut in $100,000 Heavenly Cause Disco Ebo Rebounds with $100,000 Primonetta Score BALTIMORE – Multiple stakes winners Coastal Mission and Prince of Jericho hooked up at the top of the lane and battled the length of the Laurel Park stretch before […]

Maryland Champion Trevor McCarthy Returning to Laurel

Maryland’s 4-Time Champion Named in $100,000 Primonetta Persistent Intrepid Dream Takes Win Streak into Heavenly Cause BALTIMORE – For the second time in less than a week, Laurel Park will welcome back one of its most popular jockeys as well as a four-time state champion when journeyman Trevor McCarthy returns with two mounts Saturday including […]

Royal Ship Launching Comeback in $100,000 Frank Whiteley

Six Stakes Winners to Line Up in $100,000 Native Dancer ‘Cats’ and ‘Kisses’ Top $100,000 Heavenly Cause Disco Ebo Looks to Bounce Back in $100,000 Primonetta BALTIMORE – A career that began in 2019 in his native Brazil and included a three-year stay on the West Coast punctuated by a pair of graded-stakes wins will […]

Copper Tax Among 26 Nominees to $125,000 Federico Tesio

‘Win & In’ for Triple Crown Nominees to 149th Preakness (G1) Tops Five Stakes Worth $550,000 in Purses Saturday, April 20 Weber City Miss Qualifier for $250,000 Black-Eyed Susan (G2) Henry S. Clark, Dahlia, King Leatherbury First Turf Stakes Live Racing for Laurel Spring Meet Resumes Friday, April 12 BALTIMORE – Stakes winners Copper Tax, […]

Jockey Katie Davis Returning to Laurel Park Sunday

Named to Ride 5YO Mare Funny How in Allowance Feature BALTIMORE – While Adelphia Racing Club and Cutair Racing’s Grade 3-placed stakes winner Funny How will be racing for the first time outside of her native New York in Sunday’s feature at Laurel Park, she’ll be accompanied by a familiar face. Jockey Katie Davis, a […]

Laurel-Based Celtic Contender Nominated to Triple Crown

Impressive Maiden Winner Possible for Federico Tesio April 20 Federico Tesio, Weber City Miss Nominations Close Saturday Jockey Raul Mena Doubles on Friday’s Opening Day Program BALTIMORE – Lewis Family Racing Stable’s 3-year-old Maryland homebred Celtic Contender, an eye-catching Laurel Park maiden winner in February for trainer Hamilton Smith, is among the newest nominees to […]