Multiple Stakes Winner Witty Back in Maryland with G2 Placing
5YO Determined Kingdom Continues to Pay Dividends for Connections Laurel Summer Meet Resumes with Nine-Race Program Friday, July 5 BALTIMORE – Turf and dirt stakes winner Witty, who opened his 5-year-old season with a victory in the April 20 King T. Leatherbury at Laurel Park, was back in Maryland Sunday having earned his first graded-stakes […]
Play Harder Promoted Winner of $75,000 Star de Naskra
Fifth Win in Six Starts for Maryland-Bred in 3-Year-Old Sprint BALTIMORE – Pride quickly turned to joy for Dan Eubanks of Rising Sun Racing Stables, Inc. after Play Harder, whose determined rally came up a nose short in his stakes debut, was promoted to victory in Saturday’s $75,000 Star de Naskra at Laurel Park. The […]
Jockey Victor Carrasco Celebrates Birthday in Style
Eclipse Award Winner Registers Three-Win Day Friday $75,000 Star de Naskra Tops Nine-Race Saturday Card BALTIMORE – Eclipse Award winner Victor Carrasco celebrated his 32nd birthday in style by registering a riding hat trick as the 36-day summer meet resumed Friday at Laurel Park. Carrasco’s first win came in the Race 3 co-feature, a third-level […]
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 […]