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 […]
39th Jim McKay Maryland Million Attracts 270 Pre-Entries
Defending Champ Ain’t Da Beer Cold Among 18 in $150K Classic Laurel to Host ‘Maryland’s Day at the Races’ Saturday, Oct. 12 BALTIMORE – Five defending champions, seven prior winners and four past Maryland-bred champions are among 270 pre-entries in eight stakes and four starter stakes on the 39th annual Jim McKay Maryland Million Day […]
Laurel Futurity Winner Pascaline: ‘This is a Fun Horse’
Trainer Brittany Russell Notches Four-Win Day Sunday Thursday, Oct. 3 Marks Return of Four-Day Race Schedule BALTIMORE – When it comes to finding the next spot for West Point Thoroughbreds, Jimmy Kahig Racing, CJ Stables and Edwin Barker’s Pascaline, impressive winner of the $150,000 Laurel Futurity in just his second start, trainer Arnaud Delacour plans […]
Pascaline Sweeps to $150,000 Laurel Futurity Victory
Pure Majestic Makes It Two Straight in $150,000 Selima G3 Winner Dean Martini Rolls in $100,000 Japan Turf Cup BALTIMORE – West Point Thoroughbreds, Jimmy Kahig Racing Stables, CJ Stables and Edwin Barker’s Pascaline, making just his second career start, swept to the lead at the top of the stretch and turned back a bevy […]
Band Camp Marching Toward Maryland Million Sprint
4YO Gelding Owns Second-Most Wins in Country This Year Rain Moves Saturday’s Three Turf Stakes to Main Track BALTIMORE – Maryland-bred gelding Band Camp, one of the winningest horses in the country this year based at Laurel Park with trainer Annette Eubanks, is being pointed to make his next start in the $100,000 Maryland Million […]
Yamato Launching Comeback in $100,000 Japan Turf Cup
Shares Program with Laurel Futurity, Selima for 2-Year-Olds BALTIMORE – Defending champion Yamato, unraced since his victory last year, 2021 winner Tide of the Sea and fellow multiple stakes winners Dataman and California Frolic are among 10 older horses with an affinity for distance entered in Saturday’s $100,000 Japan Turf Cup. The 61st running of […]