Racing News

Jockey Angel Cruz Registers 1,000th Career Win Sunday

09/08/2024

Molly of Stratford Provides 29-Year-Old with Milestone Score
Fall Meet Resumes with Live 10-Race Program Friday, Sept. 13

BALTIMORE – Mi Patria Racing’s 4-year-old Maryland-bred filly Molly of Stratford swept to the lead leaving the far turn and powered through the stretch to give jockey Angel Cruz his 1,000th career victory Sunday at Laurel Park.

Angel Cruz Nearing Milestone as Laurel Park Opens Fall Meet

09/06/2024

Journeyman Has Eight Mounts on Saturday’s Opening Day Program

BALTIMORE – Laurel Park will launch its calendar year-ending fall meet Saturday with a 10-race program and multiple graded-stakes winning journeyman Angel Cruz on the verge of reaching a career milestone.

Cruz, 29, is named in eight races as he closes in on the 1,000-win mark. A finalist for the 2014 Eclipse Award as outstanding apprentice jockey, he stood at 997 including one win in his native Puerto Rico heading into Friday with two mounts at Colonial Downs.

39th Jim McKay Maryland Million Tops 36 Stakes Worth $3.53 Million

09/06/2024

Meet Opens Saturday, Stakes Schedule Begins Saturday, Sept. 14

BALTIMORE – Laurel Park’s fall meet, which begins Saturday, will be highlighted by the 39th running of the Jim McKay Maryland Million Oct 12 along with 36 stakes worth $3.53 million.

Twice G1-Placed Post Time Tops Nominees to $100,000 Polynesian

09/04/2024

Among Three Stakes, Two on Turf, Worth $300,000 Saturday, Sept. 14

BALTIMORE – Hillwood Stable’s Maryland-bred and based multiple graded-stakes winner Post Time, exiting back-to-back Grade 1 placings at Saratoga, tops 27 horses nominated to the $100,000 Polynesian Saturday, Sept. 14 at Laurel Park.

Riccio Springs Upset in $75,000 Find for First Stakes Victory

08/18/2024

Malibu Beauty Extends Streak to Three in $75,000 All Brandy
Rodriguez Wraps Up Second Straight Summer Meet Riding Title

BALTIMORE – Sterling Road Stables and LBR Racing Stable’s Riccio, back in stakes company for the first time in 17 months, became a stakes winner for the first time in dominant fashion with a nine-length upset of Sunday’s $75,000 Find at Laurel Park.

Liz Merryman TOBA Finalist for Second Straight Year

08/16/2024

Breeder of Three-Time Dirt and Turf Stakes Winner Witty
Ness Nets Friday Hat Trick to Clinch Summer Training Title
Twice Stakes-Placed Sheliahs Warcloud Nearing Comeback

BALTIMORE – Largely thanks to her 5-year-old Grade 2-placed homebred Witty, a three-time stakes winner at Laurel Park, owner-trainer Elizabeth Merryman is a finalist to win a second straight national award from the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association.

Crabs N Beer Chasing Elusive Stakes Win in $75,000 Find

08/14/2024

One of Two Turf Stakes on 13-Race Closing Day Program Sunday

BALTIMORE – Charles Blanford’s Grade 3-placed Crabs N Beer, beaten two lengths or less in each of his last four stakes attempts and fewer than three lengths on average in seven career tries, continues the quest for his breakthrough win in Sunday’s $75,000 Find at Laurel Park.

Jockey Torrealba Continues Hot Streak with Five-Win Sunday

08/11/2024

Return to Dirt Possible for G3-Placed 3YO Filly Discreet Ops

BALTIMORE – Jockey J.G. Torrealba continued what has been a torrid August with five winners on Sunday’s eight-race program at Laurel Park.

The 22-year-old native of Venezuela moved into second place in the rider standings at Laurel’s 35-day summer meet, which wraps up Aug. 18 and has three scheduled racing days remaining. His 30 wins trail only Jaime Rodriguez (39), who won twice Sunday.

Post Time Earning Respect in Older Horse Division

08/09/2024

Trainer Brittany Russell: ‘This Horse Shows Up Every Time’

BALTIMORE – Following a second straight Grade 1 placing and closing in on $1 million in lifetime earnings, Hillwood Stable’s Maryland-bred and based multiple graded-stakes winner Post Time has emerged as a major player among older horses.

Laurel Cancels Friday Program Due to Tropical Storm

08/08/2024

Summer Meet Scheduled to Resume with Nine Races Saturday

BALTIMORE – A forecast calling for high winds and heavy rain in the wake of Tropical Storm Debby has led the Maryland Jockey Club to cancel Friday’s nine-race program at Laurel Park.

The tropical storm, which first made landfall last week in Florida, has moved up the East Coast and was expected to pass through the Mid-Atlantic region bringing wind gusts of up to 33 mph and as much as two inches of rain according to the National Weather Service.