Nine Live Races Friday, 11 Live Races Saturday
Advance Wagering Friday on Entire Saturday Card from Del Mar
Trainer Russell, Jockey Toledo Team Up for Thursday Hat Trick
BALTIMORE– In addition to full live race programs, Laurel Park will host a Breeders’ Cup watch party Friday and Saturday for the 41st World Championships from Del Mar.
The first five of 14 Breeders’ Cup races come Friday with Races 6-10 from Del Mar, with a Race 6 post time of 5:45 p.m. Eastern. All five races Friday are restricted to 2-year-olds, highlighted by the $2 million Juvenile (G1) with a scheduled post of 7:45 p.m. Eastern.
On Friday Laurel will offer advance wagering on Del Mar’s entire 12-race Saturday program that begins at 1:05 p.m. Eastern.
Nine Breeders’ Cup races are on tap Saturday starting with the $1 million Filly & Mare Sprint (G1) in Race 4 with a post time of 3 p.m. Eastern. The $7 million Classic (G1) is carded as Race 8 with a post time of 5:41 p.m. Eastern.
Concluding Saturday’s Breeders’ Cup program in Race 12 (8:45 p.m. Eastern) is the $1 million Dirt Mile (G1) featuring Maryland-bred multiple graded-stakes winner Post Time. Owned by Hillwood Stable’s Ellen Charles, Post Time is trained by Laurel-based Brittany Russell and will be ridden by her husband, champion jockey Sheldon Russell, from Post 8 in a full field of 14. They are rated at 12-1 on the morning line.
Laurel will open its doors at 11 a.m. with nine live races Friday and 10:45 a.m. with 11 live races Saturday. Post time is 12:25 p.m. Friday and noon Saturday.
In addition to the Breeders’ Cup wagering menu, Laurel will offer three two-day doubles from Del Mar:
- The $2 million Juvenile Fillies (G1), Race 7 Friday, and $2 million Distaff (G1), Race 6 Saturday;
- The $2 million Juvenile (G1), Race 9 Friday, and $7 million Classic (G1), Race 8 Saturday;
- The $1 million Juvenile Turf (G1), Race 10 Friday, and the $5 million Turf (G1), Race 7 Saturday.
Laurel’s renovated sports bar, located on the second-floor clubhouse, will be open for food, drinks and wagering Friday and Saturday.
Notes: Fall meet leading trainer Brittany Russell, in California to saddle Post Time in Saturday’s $1 million Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile (G1) at Del Mar, teamed up with jockey Jevian Toledo for three winners Thursday at Laurel: 2-year-old colt One Man Team ($4.60), a $285,000 first-time starter by Nyquist, in Race 2; 2-year-old Bernardini filly My Charm ($6.20), runner-up in the Sept. 28 Selima at Laurel, in Race 4; and Drilling for Gold ($7.20) in Race 6 … Jockey Mychel Sanchez doubled Thursday aboard Tap It Up ($10.40) in Race 5 and War Master ($7.60) in Race 7 … Also winning twice were jockey Jaime Rodriguez with Put a Rock On It ($4.60) in Race 3 and Woohoo Jackie Blue ($8.20) in Race 8, and trainer Jaime Ness with War Master and Woohoo Jackie Blue … The 20-cent Rainbow 6 was solved for the first time since Oct. 10 by one lucky bettor for a $19,410.40 jackpot payout … There will be a carryover of $7,706.26 in the $1 Jackpot Super High Five (Race 6) for Friday’s nine-race card that begins at 12:25 p.m.