Crabs N Beer Tops 20 Nominations to $75,000 Find Aug. 18
Joins $75,000 All Brandy on Laurel Summer Meet Closing Day BALTIMORE – Grade 3-placed Crabs N Beer, runner-up in last year’s race, and two-time Maryland Million Turf winner Wicked Prankster are among 20 nominees to the $75,000 Find for Maryland-bred/sired horses Sunday, Aug. 18 at Laurel Park. The Find for 3-year-olds and up and $75,000 […]
Malibu Beauty Springs Upset in $100,000 Caesar’s Wish
Give It a Whirl Captures $100,000 Bald Eagle Derby Roanan Goddess Rules in $100,000 Searching BALTIMORE – ZWP Stable, Inc. and Non Stop Stable’s 6-year-old homebred mare Malibu Beauty dueled with favored Saddle Up Jessie through the stretch before edging clear inside the eighth pole and drawing away to a 2 ¾-length victory in Sunday’s […]
Madison Meyers Looking to Transfer July Heat into August
Trainer Has Stakes Winner Desvio in Sunday’s Bald Eagle Derby Post Time Facing Biggest Test Yet in Saturday’s G1 Whitney BALTIMORE – Madison Meyers, for one, was sorry to flip her calendar this week. Racing primarily at Laurel Park, the Middleburg, Va.-based trainer enjoyed one of the best months of her career in July, winning […]
Mugatu Back on Grass for $100,000 Bald Eagle Derby
1 1/8-Mile Stakes One of Two Scheduled for Laurel Turf BALTIMORE – At one point or another this spring, Average Joe Racing Stables, Ltd. and Dan Wells’ Mugatu faced all three Triple Crown race winners, two of them coming in his last trip to Maryland for the May 18 Preakness Stakes (G1). Eighth in the […]
Belle of Rights Chasing Stakes Win in $100,000 Searching
First of Three $100,000 Stakes on Laurel’s Sunday Program BALTIMORE – Emory Hamilton’s homebred Belle of Rights, alternating wins and seconds through four starts since graduating on debut in mid-February, can continue that pattern and become a stakes winner in the process in Sunday’s $100,000 Searching at Laurel Park. The 14th running of the 1 […]
G2 Winner Affirmative Lady to Return in Caesar’s Wish
Second of Three $100,000 Stakes on Sunday, Aug. 4 Program BALTIMORE – Mo Speed Racing’s Grade 2 winner Affirmative Lady, unraced since finishing 11th in the Kentucky Oaks (G1) last spring, is set to make her highly anticipated return to competition for new connections in Sunday’s $100,000 Caesar’s Wish at Laurel Park. The 1 […]
Dean ‘Delivers’ Again in $150,000 De Francis Dash
G3 Winner Apple Picker Gets Back on Track in Alma North Frosted Departure Goes the Distance in Deputed Testamony BALTIMORE – Stonehedge homebred Dean Delivers capped a successful and emotional day for his connections, leading all the way around and repelling a late bid from 40-1 longshot Five Dreams to register a three-quarter-length triumph in […]
Sunny Breeze Stays Perfect with $100,000 Concern Win
Florida Homebred 3-Year-Old Captures Stakes Debut Sunday BALTIMORE – Stonehedge homebred Sunny Breeze, a front-running winner of his first two career starts, switched tactics and came from off the pace to keep his perfect record intact with a head victory in Sunday’s $100,000 Concern at Laurel Park. The eighth running of the seven-furlong Concern for […]
Russell Chasing Elusive De Francis Dash with Prince of Jericho
Six-Furlong Sprint Marks Comeback for Champion Seven’s Eleven Summer Meet Leader Jaime Rodriguez Rides Three Winners Saturday BALTIMORE – Since going out on her own in 2018 trainer Brittany Russell has seen her operation grow every year, reaching career highs of 687 starts, 177 wins and $7.99 million in purse earnings in 2023. The 34-year-old […]
Auto Glide Tests Streak in $100,000 Deputed Testamony
De Francis Dash Tops Four Sunday Stakes Worth $450,000 Quartet of Graded Winners Among Aug. 4 Caesar’s Wish Noms BALTIMORE – Greg Compton, Mark Dean and Mike Cohea’s Auto Glide, riding a four-race win streak, chases a second consecutive stakes victory Sunday when he makes his Maryland debut in the $100,000 Deputed Testamony at Laurel […]