$150,000 Frank J. De Francis Memorial Draws 25 Nominations
Four Graded-Stakes Winners, Defending Champion Beren Included Headlines Five Stakes Worth $500,000 in Purses Saturday, July 29 Uncle Jake Returns to Action as Live Racing Resumes Friday BALTIMORE – Graded-stakes winners Lightening Larry, Little Vic, Wondrwherecraigis and filly Yuugiri, as well as 14-time winner Yodel E.A. Who and defending champion Beren, are among 25 horses […]
Retired Millionaire Cordmaker Leaves Laurel Park Sunday
8YO Gelding Scheduled for Surgery Monday at New Bolton Center Ness Registers 4,000th Win, Teams with Rodriguez for Hat Trick Summer Meet Resumes with Live Nine-Race Program Friday, July 21 BALTIMORE – Hillwood Stable’s Grade 3-winning millionaire and Mid-Atlantic fan favorite Cordmaker left trainer Rodney Jenkins’ Laurel Park barn for the last time Sunday, five […]
Trainer Jamie Ness Earns 4,000th Victory Sunday at Laurel
3YO Filly Sing Scat Goes the Distance for Milestone Triumph BALTIMORE – Morris Kernan Jr., Yo Berbs and Jagger Inc.’s 3-year-old filly Sing Scat led from start to finish and pulled away late to score her second straight win and give trainer and co-owner Jamie Ness his 4,000th career victory in Sunday’s opener at Laurel […]
Eons Fights Back to Win $100,000 Prince George’s County
Sparkle Blue Shines Bright in $100,000 Big Dreyfus Victory Hybrid Eclipse Defends Title in $100,000 Caesar’s Wish BALTIMORE – Mark Grier’s Grade 3 winner Eons, yielding the lead to Pao Alto in deep stretch, dug in again over the final 50 yards and got his nose down on the wire to edge the two-time group-stakes […]
Stakes Tripleheader Highlights Laurel Saturday Program
Nine-Race Card Includes $24,652 Rainbow 6 Jackpot Carryover BALTIMORE – A trio of $100,000 stakes, two scheduled for its world-class turf course, and a 20-cent Rainbow 6 jackpot carryover of $24,652.18 highlight Saturday’s live nine-race program at Laurel Park. First race post time is 12:25 p.m. The Rainbow 6 opens in Race 4 (1:56 p.m.), […]
Trainer Ferris Allen III Funding College Scholarship Program
Offering Up to $10K for Students Affiliated with Maryland Backstretch Laurel’s Summer Meet Resumes with Nine-Race Program Friday BALTIMORE – A proud graduate of the prestigious College of William & Mary and a former teacher and coach at his hometown high school in Virginia, Ferris Allen III knows the value of education. Now, the licensed […]
Stablemates Candy Light, Sparkle Blue Top Laurel’s Big Dreyfus
1 1/8M Turf Test First of Three Stakes Worth $300,000 in Purses Saturday BALTIMORE – Stakes-winning stablemates Candy Light and Sparkle Blue, each making their third start of the year, seek to break through with the first win of their 4-year-old season in Saturday’s $100,000 Big Dreyfus at Laurel Park. The fourth running of the […]
Eons Looking for Right Setup in $100,000 Prince George’s County
One of Three Stakes, Two on Turf, Worth $300,000 in Purses Saturday BALTIMORE – Mark Grier’s Grade 3 winner Eons, beaten favorite in each of his last two races, will attempt to regain his winning form while defending his title in Saturday’s $100,000 Prince George’s County at Laurel Park. The fourth running of the Prince […]
‘He’s Just Been a Remarkable Horse:’ Cordmaker Retired
8-Year-Old Gelding Having Surgery July 17 for Ankle Injury Millionaire Won 14 Races, 11 in Stakes, 2022 General George (G3) BALTIMORE – Hillwood Stable’s 8-year-old millionaire gelding Cordmaker, whose steady success over seven seasons of racing earned him 11 stakes wins and the adulation of fans throughout the Mid-Atlantic, has been retired. Winner of the […]
Hybrid Eclipse Making Title Defense in $100,000 Caesar’s Wish
Joins $100,000 Prince George’s County & Big Dreyfus on Grass July 15 Rainbow 6 Carryover of $22,223 When Live Racing Returns Friday BALTIMORE – Over the course of five weeks last summer, Stuart Grant watched as Hybrid Eclipse became a stakes winner for the first time before purchasing her from previous connections at auction. Coming […]