Starstruck Notion Gets Up in Time to Win $125,000 Turf
Circle Home Closes to Win $125,000 Maryland Million Ladies BALTIMORE – On the opposite end of a narrow loss last year, Ken Garcia homebred Starstruck Notion came with a steady run down the center of the track to reel in favored Sky’s Not Falling and win Saturday’s $125,000 Maryland Million Turf by a nose at […]
Do It for Michael Goes the Distance in $100,000 Nursery
Shkhara Fire Goes Last to First $100,000 Lassie BALTIMORE – No Guts No Glory Farm homebred Do It for Michael got out to an early lead, set a solid pace and had something left to hold off stakes winner Re Markably in deep stretch for a determined neck victory in Saturday’s $100,000 Maryland Million Nursery […]
Ramsey Seeking Another Milestone with Whenigettoheaven
Ex-Maker Assistant Taking Aim at Maryland Million Turf Sprint Eubanks’ Hoping to Punctuate Career Year in Maryland Million BALTIMORE – Whenigettoheaven has already provided Nolan Ramsey with two career milestones, and the 5-year-old gelding has a chance to give the fledgling trainer another one Saturday at Laurel Park. Less than six months since going […]
Starstruck Notion Seeking Stakes Success in $125,000 Turf
Precious Avary Back to Make Title Defense in $125,000 Ladies Among 8 Stakes, 4 Starter Stakes on ‘Maryland’s Day at the Races’ BALTIMORE – Never closer to becoming a stakes winner than last fall at Laurel Park, Ken Garcia’s New Jersey homebred Starstruck Notion returns with a chance to secure that breakthrough victory again in […]
Trainer Ashby Seeking Maryland Million Juvenile Sweep
Stakes Winner Re Markably Takes Aim at $100,000 Nursery No Need to Ask Goes for Second Straight in $100,000 Lassie BALTIMORE – While the primary focus of her business is managing Marlyn Meadow, the Wilmington, Del. farm where young horses are broken, given their early training and state-certified, Lynn Ashby has found plenty of […]
Witty Looking to Make History in $100,000 Turf Sprint
Band Camp Chasing First Stakes Win in $100,000 Sprint Champions, Stakes Winners Line Up in $100,000 Distaff BALTIMORE – Already a three-time stakes winner on both grass and dirt, 5-year-old gelding Witty can become just the second member of an exclusive club by capturing Saturday’s $100,000 Maryland Million Turf Sprint at Laurel Park. The 5 […]
Ain’t Da Beer Cold Back for More in Maryland Million Classic
Feeling Woozy Narrow 9-2 Favorite in 1 1/8M Stakes Worth $150K Richest of 8 Stakes, 4 Starter Stakes on ‘Maryland’s Day at the Races’ BALTIMORE – Matt Spencer, Kelly Jo Cox and Bonuccelli Racing’s Ain’t Da Beer Cold, a 36-1 winner last year after being placed first due to a disqualification, will attempt to defend […]
$150,000 Maryland Million Classic Draws Field of 13
Richest of Eight Stakes, Four Starter Stakes Worth $1.08M ‘Maryland’s Day at the Races’ Set for Saturday, Oct. 12 BALTIMORE – Ain’t Da Beer Cold and Market Maven, the top two finishers from last fall, stakes winner Vance Scholars and Preakness (G1) contender Mugatu are among a wide-open field of 13 entered Sunday for the […]
G2-Placed Witty Breezes Saturday Ahead of Maryland Million
5YO Half-Brother to Caravel Pointed to $100k Turf Sprint Oct. 12 Laurel Wraps Up Weekend with Eight-Race Program Sunday BALTIMORE – Elizabeth Merryman-bred, owned and trained Grade 2-placed turf sprint specialist Witty, who earned a sixth career stakes victory in his April season opener at Laurel Park, breezed Saturday ahead of a planned return trip […]
Post Time Headed to Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile (G1)
Multiple Graded Winner Training Up to Nov. 2 Race Trainer Brittany Russell: ‘We’re All Really Excited’ BALTIMORE – Hillwood Stable’s Maryland-bred and based multiple graded-stakes winner Post Time, dominant in capturing the one-mile Polynesian last month at Laurel Park, will make his next start in the $1 million Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile (G1). Trainer Brittany […]