Racing News

Nimitz Class Seeking Fourth Straight Win in $100,000 Native Dancer

04/20/2023

Moody Woman Chasing First Career Stakes Victory in $100,000 Primonetta

BALTIMORE – Thomas Coulter’s 4-year-old homebred Nimitz Class, riding a three-stakes win streak, will be favored to make it four in a row in his return to Maryland for Saturday’s $100,000 Native Dancer at Laurel Park.

That’s Right Launching Season in $100,000 King T. Leatherbury

04/20/2023

G3 Winner Tops Competitive Field of Eight in 5 ½-Furlong Turf Sprint

BALTIMORE – James Shannon Jr.’s That’s Right, front-running winner of the Turf Monster (G3) last fall at Parx, is set to make his season debut against seven rivals including six-time stakes winner Carotari in a highly competitive edition of the $100,000 King T. Leatherbury Saturday at Laurel Park.

G3 Winner English Bee Making Laurel Debut in Henry S. Clark

04/19/2023

Among Five $100,000 Stakes Saturday, Three Scheduled for the Turf

BALTIMORE –Calumet Farm’s well-traveled multiple stakes-winning homebred English Bee, who has raced at 11 tracks in six states during his career, will add another venue to the list when the 7-year-old gelding makes his Laurel Park debut in Saturday’s $100,000 Henry S. Clark.

Deciding Vote Set to Make Title Defense in $100,000 Dahlia

04/19/2023

G3 Winner Surprisingly Among Rivals in One-Mile Turf Stakes

BALTIMORE – William Pape’s homebred Deciding Vote, coming off a season where she won the first two stakes of her career and led all horses in the Mid-Atlantic Thoroughbred Championship Series, will launch her 6-year-old campaign attempting a title defense in Saturday’s $100,000 Dahlia at Laurel Park.

PREAKNESS 148 PARTNERS WITH BALTIMORE’S GUINNESS OPEN GATE BREWERY ON LIMITED EDITION ALE

04/18/2023

Exclusive “Preakness Ale” Beer will be available at Preakness 148, Guinness Open Gate Brewery and Select Baltimore Area Locations

Perform Took ‘Giant Step Forward’ in Federico Tesio Triumph

04/16/2023

No Immediate Plans for Improving 3-Year-Old Colt’s Next Start
Black-Eyed Susan (G2) on Radar for ‘Consistent’ Cats Inthe Timber

BALTIMORE – Woodford Racing, Lanes End Farm, Phipps Stable, Ken Langone and Edward Hudson Jr.’s Perform, thrilling winner of Saturday’s Federico Tesio at Laurel Park, may get a short break as his connections mull where to run their improving 3-year-old next.

Godolphin’s Lexington Winner First Mission Could Make Next Start in Preakness

04/16/2023

Unraced 2-year-old could follow similar path that led Bernardini to Preakness glory in 2006

BALTIMORE — Godolphin’s 3-year-old colt First Mission likely will use his Saturday victory in Keeneland’s $400,000 Stonestreet Lexington Stakes as launching pad to the 148th Preakness Stakes on May 20 at Pimlico Race Course.

Perform Up Just in Time to Capture $125,000 Federico Tesio

04/15/2023

Edges Ninetyprcentmaddie in Laurel Park’s Preakness (G1) Prep

Cats Inthe Timber Claws Way to $125,000 Weber City Miss Victory

04/15/2023

3YO Filly Earns Automatic Berth to 99th Black-Eyed Susan (G2) May 19

BALTIMORE – After her stablemate was forced to scratch for the second straight race with a nagging foot issue, Haymarket Farm homebred Cats Inthe Timber stepped up with a gusty half-length victory over Crypto Mama in Saturday’s $125,000 Weber City Miss at Laurel Park.

Capuano Wins First Stakes with Alwaysinahurry in $100,000 Frank Whiteley

04/15/2023

Beth’s Dream Becomes Stakes Winner in $100,000 Heavenly Cause

BALTIMORE – Mopo Racing’s Alwaysinahurry drove past Hello Hot Rod down the stretch Saturday to give trainer Phillip Capuano his first stakes victory in the $100,000 Frank Whiteley at Laurel Park.