G3 Winner Eons Tops Wide-Open $100,000 Japan Turf Cup
Field of 15 Entered in 1 ½-Mile Scheduled Grass Stakes Saturday BALTIMORE – Mark Grier’s Grade 3 winner Eons chases a sixth career stakes victory and third over the local course in his return to Laurel Park for Saturday’s $100,000 Japan Turf Cup. The 60th running of the 1 ½-mile Japan Turf Cup for 3-year-olds […]
Interstatedaydream Returns to Maryland for $100,000 Twixt
Saturday Stakes Expected to be Last Start for Multiple Graded Winner BALTIMORE – Flurry Racing Stable’s Interstatedaydream, a two-time graded-stakes winner that has enjoyed success in her only two prior trips to Maryland, will get the chance to end her career on a positive note when she takes on eight rivals in Saturday’s $100,000 Twixt […]
Stakes Winner Carmelina Trying Turf in $150,000 Selima
Co-Headliner of Saturday Program with $150K Laurel Futurity BALTIMORE – Cash is King and LC Racing’s Carmelina, who became a stakes winner on dirt in her last start, will look to transfer that success to the turf when she returns from a short freshening in Saturday’s $150,000 Selima at Laurel Park. The 94th running of […]
Understudy Kitty Taking Step Up in $150,000 Laurel Futurity
Among Four Stakes Worth $500,000 in Purses on Saturday Program BALTIMORE – Nearly two decades after winning with a relatively unknown horse that would go on to greater glory, trainer Michael Matz brings another talented maiden winner to Laurel Park in search of stakes success in Saturday’s $150,000 Laurel Futurity. Matz will saddle Runnymoore Racing […]
Russell, Barbosa Claim Pimlico Fall Meet Titles Sunday
Lead Trainer, Jockey Standings for Second Straight Year Jockey Jevian Toledo Registers 1,500th Career Victory Laurel Park 50-Day Fall Meet Opens Friday, Sept. 29 BALTIMORE – In a repeat of last year, trainer Brittany Russell and jockey Jeiron Barbosa finished at the top of their respective standings as historic Pimlico Race Course wrapped up its […]
Pimlico’s Saturday Program Cancelled Due to Tropical Storm
BALTIMORE – The Maryland Jockey Club has announced that Saturday’s 10-race program at Pimlico Race Course has been cancelled due to deteriorating weather conditions in the mid-Atlantic caused by Tropical Storm Ophelia. First race post time for Sunday’s 10-race program is scheduled at 12:55 p.m.
Undefeated Post Time Makes Triumphant Return Friday
Stakes-Winning Sophomore Cruises in First Start in 295 Days Fall Meet-Leading Rider Barbosa Registers Friday Hat Trick BALTIMORE – Hillwood Stable’s undefeated stakes-winning 3-year-old Post Time, facing older and more seasoned horses in his first race in 295 days, launched his comeback in impressive style with a powerful and professional victory Friday at historic Pimlico […]
Undefeated Post Time Begins Comeback Friday at Pimlico
Stakes Winner Favored in Season Debut Off 295-Day Layoff Russell, Barbosa Head into Closing Weekend atop Standings BALTIMORE – Hillwood Stable’s undefeated Post Time, who became a stakes winner in his third and final start at two before going to the sidelines, is entered to launch his long-awaited comeback Friday at historic Pimlico Race Course. […]
Sweet Soddy J, Tok Tok Lead Laurel Futurity Nominations
Undefeated Stakes Winners Among 37 Noms for $150K Turf Stakes Trainers Brown, Motion Well-Represented in $150,000 Selima Total of 132 Nominations for Four Stakes Worth $500K Sept. 30 BALTIMORE – Undefeated stakes winners Sweet Soddy J and Tok Tok and Grade 3-placed Spirit Prince top 37 2-year-olds nominated to the $150,000 Laurel Futurity Saturday, Sept. […]
Highestdistinction Extends Streak in $200,000 BWI Turf Cup (G3)
Third Consecutive Victory, Second Straight in Stakes, for 6YO Gelding BALTIMORE – Willow Lane Stables, Inc. homebred Highestdistinction, better than ever at the age of 6, ran his win streak to three races with a second consecutive stakes triumph and first in graded company in Saturday’s $200,000 Baltimore-Washington International Turf Cup (G3) at historic Pimlico […]