Racing News

Unbeaten It’s Hammertime Tops James F. Lewis III Nominees

10/27/2024

Multiple Stakes Winner Caprice Among Noms for Stormy Blues
2-Year-Old Sprints Among Three $100,000 Stakes Saturday, Nov. 9
Rainbow 6 Carryover at $15,805 for Halloween Thursday Program

BALTIMORE – Undefeated multiple stakes winner It’s Hammertime, Grade 3-placed stakes winner Studlydoright and the top four finishers from the Maryland Million Nursery top 22 nominees to the $100,000 James F. Lewis III at Laurel Park.

Impressive Laurel Futurity Winner Pascaline Sidelined

10/25/2024

Unbeaten 2YO Colt Pointed Toward Sophomore Campaign
American Pharoah Colt Outrunner Wins Race Debut Friday

BALTIMORE – West Point Thoroughbreds, Jimmy Kahig Racing, CJ Stables and Edwin Barker’s undefeated Pascaline, impressive winner of the historic Laurel Futurity last month in his stakes debut, will get the rest of the year off and be pointed to a sophomore campaign.

Multiple Stakes Winner Copper Tax Working Toward Return

10/24/2024

Nominations Close Saturday for Trio of $100,000 Stakes Nov. 9
Apprentice Matilda Burham Rides First Laurel Winner Thursday

BALTIMORE – Rose Petal Stable’s 3-year-old Copper Tax, a three-time stakes winner at Laurel Park that has not run since late June, continues to train forwardly for his return to the races.

Maryland’s Post Time Pre-Entered in Breeders’ Cup

10/23/2024

Russell Aiming to Become Seventh Female Trainer with BC Win

BALTIMORE – Hillwood Stable’s Maryland-bred multiple graded-stakes winner Post Time, trained by Laurel Park-based Brittany Russell, was among 14 horses and five also-eligibles pre-entered in the $1 million Dirt Mile (G1) when fields were announced Wednesday for the 41st Breeders’ Cup World Championships Nov. 1-2 at Del Mar.

Post Time Puts in Final Local Work for $1M Dirt Mile (G1)

10/19/2024

Multiple Graded Winner Scheduled to Leave for Del Mar Oct. 23

BALTIMORE – Everything remains on course for Hillwood Stable’s Maryland-bred and based multiple graded-stakes winner Post Time following his final local workout Saturday ahead of a scheduled start in the $1 million Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile (G1) Nov. 2 at Del Mar.

Multiple G2 Winner Future Is Now Getting ‘A Little Breather’

10/17/2024

Stablemate Arzak Possible for Return to Breeders’ Cup at Del Mar
Jockey Sanchez Notches Thursday Hat Trick, Nine Races Friday

BALTIMORE – Multiple Grade 2 winner Future Is Now, a 4-year-old Maryland homebred for R. Larry Johnson, has some scheduled time off coming following her record-setting victory last weekend at Keeneland.

Toledo ‘Very Proud’ to be Part of Maryland Million History

10/16/2024

Jockey Tied Hall of Famer and Mentor Prado for Career Wins

BALTIMORE – As a 12-time individual meet leader that has led the state in annual wins on four occasions, there is little that jockey Jevian Toledo hasn’t accomplished since arriving in Maryland more than a decade ago.

Still, the 30-year-old native of Puerto Rico managed to add another chapter to his success story when Dark Hollow Farm’s Maryland homebred mare Circle Home captured the $125,000 Maryland Million Ladies Oct. 12 at Laurel Park.

Brilliant Ice Emotional Winner of $150,000 Maryland Million Classic

10/12/2024

Richest of Eight Stakes, Four Starter Stakes, on ‘Maryland’s Day at the Races’

BALTIMORE – Crystal Park Stables Inc.’s Brilliant Ice powered through an opening along the inside at the top of the stretch and rolled home an easy 5 ¼-length winner in the $150,000 Maryland Million Classic to cap an emotional Saturday at Laurel Park.

Bosserati Determined Winner of $100,000 Turf Sprint

10/12/2024

Foxy Junior Up Takes Maryland Million Distaff
Circle Home Closes to Win Maryland Million Ladies Turf

BALTIMORE – Joel Politi homebred Bosserati, Maryland’s 2023 champion 3-year-old filly facing males for the first time, led every step of the way and held off a prolonged challenge from Great Idea in deep stretch to capture Saturday’s $100,000 Maryland Million Turf Sprint by a neck at Laurel Park.

Starstruck Notion Gets Up in Time to Win $125,000 Turf

10/12/2024

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 Laurel Park.