Racing News

$100,000 Spectacular Bid for 3-Year-Olds Tops Saturday Stakes

01/20/2023

Six Stakes, Four Sprints, Worth $550,000 in Purses on Nine-Race Card
Eclipse Award Finalist Barbosa Rides 200th Career Winner Friday

BALTIMORE – Laurel Park will play host to Maryland’s first stakes of the 2023 racing season Saturday during a nine-race Winter Sprintfest program featuring six stakes worth $550,000 in purses.

Four of the six stakes come at sprint distances, topped by the $100,000 Spectacular Bid for 3-year-olds going seven furlongs and $100,000 Xtra Heat for 3-year-old fillies at six furlongs.

Ournationonparade Marching Ahead in $75,000 Jennings

01/19/2023

Stablemates Malibu Beauty, Intrepid Dream Top $75,000 Geisha

BALTIMORE – Morris Kernan Jr., Yo Berbs and Jagger, Inc’s Ournationonparade, victorious in the Maryland Million Classic three starts back, shortens up in his return to restricted company seeking to regain his winning form in Saturday’s $75,000 Jennings at Laurel Park.

Trainer Capuano Chases First Stakes Win in $100,000 Fire Plug

01/17/2023

Swayin to and Fro Goes for Third Straight in $100,000 What a Summer

BALTIMORE – A week after getting his first wins as a trainer out of the way, Phillip Capuano will go after his first stakes win with Mopo Racing’s Alwaysinahurry in the $100,000 Fire Plug Saturday at Laurel Park.

The 6 ½-furlong Fire Plug for 4-year-olds and up and $100,000 What a Summer for fillies and mares 4 and older going six furlongs are among six stakes, including four sprints, worth $550,000 in purses on a nine-race Winter Sprintfest program.

Coffeewithchris Seeks Second Straight Win in Spectacular Bid

01/16/2023

Maryland Million Winner Chickieness Returns in $100,000 Xtra Heat

BALTIMORE – Coffeewithchris, who became a stakes winner with his 16-1 upset of last month’s Heft in his juvenile finale, wheels back in three weeks looking to maintain that momentum in Saturday’s $100,000 Spectacular Bid at Laurel Park.

Jackie A Seeks to Maintain Momentum in Monday Feature

01/15/2023

Post Time 12:25 P.M. for Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday Card

BALTIMORE – Mopo Racing’s Jackie A faces seven rivals including stakes winners Jalen Journey, Shackled Love and Local Motive as he chases his sixth career win, fourth in five starts and second in a row in the Race 7 feature on Monday’s special Martin Luther King Jr. holiday program at Laurel Park.

Post time for the first of nine races is 12:25 p.m.

Trainer Phillip Capuano Registers First Two Maryland Victories

01/14/2023

Shake Em Loose Set to Return in Laurel Sunday Feature
Jockey Kevin Gomez Gets First Win of Comeback Saturday
Rainbow 6, Super Hi-5 Carryovers for Eight-Race Card Sunday

BALTIMORE – Louis Ulman’s 3-year-old colt Imagine a Cure ($12) dug in again after being passed by Bubba Chrome in mid-stretch and surged late for a half-length victory in Race 2 Saturday at Laurel Park to give trainer Phillip Capuano his first career winner in Maryland.

Apprentice Jhovany Paredes Rides First Career Winner Friday

01/13/2023

Stakes Winner Galerio Launching Comeback in Saturday Feature

BALTIMORE – Ten-pound apprentice rider Jhovany Paredes celebrated his 22nd birthday in style Friday at Laurel Park by registering his first career victory, a front-running triumph aboard 5-year-old mare I Can Do It.

Bred, owned and trained by Robert Gamber, I Can Do It ($17.80) ran seven furlongs in 1:27.29 over a main track rated good to capture the claiming event for maiden fillies and mares ages 4 and 5 by a length over Brzina.

Jockey Kevin Gomez Continues Comeback Friday at Laurel

01/12/2023

Five Mounts to Open Weekend for Journeyman Hurt in Oct. 21 Spill
Rainbow 6, Late Pick 5 Carryovers for Friday’s Nine-Race Program
Laurel Hosting Special Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday Card Monday

Undefeated Post Time, Recruiter Top Spectacular Bid Nominations

01/08/2023

7F Sprint for 3YOs Among Six Stakes Worth $550,000 in Purses Jan. 21
$100,000 Xtra Heat for 3-Year-Old Fillies Attracts 17 Nominees
Late Pick 5, Rainbow 6 Carryovers for Jan. 13 Return of Live Racing

BALTIMORE – Undefeated stakes winners Post Time and Recruiter and Grade 3-placed Prove Right top 24 nominations to the $100,000 Spectacular Bid for newly turned 3-year-olds Saturday, Jan. 21 at Laurel Park.

Laurel’s Barbosa Eclipse Finalist for Champion Apprentice

01/07/2023

19YO Won Three Individual Meet Titles in Maryland in 2022
Caravel Among Finalists for Champion Female Sprinter
Live Eight-Race Program Sunday to Wrap Up Weekend

BALTIMORE – Teenage jockey Jeiron Barbosa, based year-round in Maryland, was named Saturday as one of three Eclipse Award finalists for North America’s champion apprentice rider of 2022.