Racing News

Congruent Becomes Stakes Winner in $150,000 Laurel Futurity

10/01/2022

Splits Horses, Fends Off Stretch Challenger to Win by 2 ½ Lengths
BALTIMORE – Tami Bobo and Lugamo Racing Stable’s Congruent, the most expensive horse in the field, emerged from a tight pack on the far turn to split horses at the top of the stretch and put away a stubborn Otago through the lane to earn his first stakes victory in Saturday’s $150,000 Laurel Futurity at Laurel Park.

Samui Sunset Making Quick Turnaround in $100,000 Japan Turf Cup

09/30/2022

Yodel E. A. Who Chasing Elusive Stakes Victory in $75,000 Challedon

BALTIMORE – Less than a week after finishing off the board for the first time since joining owner-trainer Rudy Sanchez-Salomon this summer, Samui Sunset is entered for a shot at redemption in Saturday’s $100,000 Japan Turf Cup at Laurel Park.

Coach Ready to Get Season Going Again in $100,000 Twixt

09/30/2022

Multiple Stakes Winner Ends 232-Day Layoff in Saturday Stakes

BALTIMORE – Kueber Racing’s Coach, a multiple Midwest stakes winner that is twice graded-stakes placed, will head east for her first start in 232 days and give two-time defending Eclipse Award-winning trainer Brad Cox the chance for a second straight win in the $100,000 Twixt Saturday at Laurel Park.

Hendrickson Carries Family Legacy into $150,000 Laurel Futurity

09/29/2022

Among Five Stakes Worth $575,000 in Purses on Saturday Program

BALTIMORE – Given his breeding, Yurie Pascarella, Carl Pascarella and Herringswell Racing Club II’s Hendrickson arrived at the races this year with great expectations. A son of Kentucky Derby (G1) winner Nyquist and grandson of Belmont Stakes (G1) winner Birdstone, he is out of the stakes-winning mare Thank You Marylou, named in honor of Marylou Whitney, the late horsewoman and philanthropist who campaigned Birdstone.

Stablemates Delight, Born Dapper Among 10 in $150,000 Selima

09/29/2022

Chad Brown Chasing Third Straight Win in Breeders’ Cup Prep

BALTIMORE – After watching horses such as Sharing and Consumer Spending use the race as a path to the Breeders’ Cup and become graded-stakes winners, trainer Jonathan Thomas is hoping the same will prove true for either or both of Dapper and Born Delight in Saturday’s $150,000 Selima at Laurel Park.

Live Racing Returns to Laurel Park Friday for 48-Day Fall Meet

09/28/2022

November to Feature Three Monday & Thanksgiving Day Programs
37th Jim McKay Maryland Million Tops 33 Stakes Worth $3.205 Million

BALTIMORE – On the heels of a successful fall boutique meet at historic Pimlico Race Course, live racing shifts to Laurel Park for its calendar year-ending fall stand that begins Friday and features 33 stakes worth $3.205 million in purses led by the 37th edition of the Jim McKay Maryland Million.

Maker to Have Presence in Maryland Through Fall at Laurel Park

09/25/2022

Apprentice Barbosa Leads Fall Meet Riders; Logjam in Trainer Standings

BALTIMORE – Mike Maker, annually among the country’s leading trainers in starts, wins and purses earned, is planning to have a presence in Maryland this fall.

The 53-year-old Maker, based primarily in the Midwest but with seasonal strings in Arkansas, Florida, Indiana, Louisiana, New York and Texas, will have 15 stalls at Laurel Park’s calendar year-ending fall meet which begins Friday, Sept. 30.

Carotari Determined Winner of $100,000 Laurel Dash

09/24/2022

Noses Comedy Town at Wire in Five-Furlong Turf Sprint
Mandatory Payouts on Sunday’s 11-Race Closing Day Card

BALTIMORE – William Branch’s Carotari, returning to the site of his most recent victory, fended off Comedy Town the length of the stretch and got his nose down in time for a dramatic triumph in Saturday’s $100,000 Laurel Dash at historic Pimlico Race Course.

Smash Ticket Impressive in $100,000 Weather Vane Victory

09/24/2022

Benevengo Wins Polynesian

BALTIMORE – Brad King, Stan Kirby, Suzanne Kirby and Barbara Coleman’s Smash Ticket registered her first stakes victory in emphatic fashion, sprinting to a popular front-running 6 ¼-length decision in Saturday’s $100,000 Weather Vane at historic Pimlico Race Course.

Can the Queen Retains Crown in $100,000 Sensible Lady

09/24/2022

Five-Furlong Turf Dash First Stakes Win for Trainer Shankle

BALTIMORE – Joanne Shankle’s Can the Queen will reign for another year after reeling in pacesetter Spicy Marg and drawing away by 1 ¾ lengths to defend her title in Saturday’s $100,000 Sensible Lady Turf Dash at historic Pimlico Race Course.