Racing News

Threes Over Deuces Flying Under Radar for $150,000 De Francis Dash

07/15/2022

Laurel’s Summer of Stakes Hits Midway Point with De Francis Day Card
Laurel Park Featured This Weekend in Hit & Split Wagering Promotion

BALTIMORE – While graded-stakes winners Special Reserve, Wondrwherecraigis and Pickin’ Time figure to garner plenty of attention in Saturday’s $150,000 Frank J. De Francis Memorial Dash, Pocket 3’s Racing’s Threes Over Deuces will be flying under the radar – again.

G3 Winner Alms Chasing Elusive Victory in $100,000 Big Dreyfus

07/15/2022

Among Four Stakes Worth $450,000 in Purses on De Francis Dash Day

BALTIMORE – Godolphin’s 5-year-old homebred mare Alms, winless since opening her career with four consecutive victories including a pair of graded-stakes, will chase an elusive fifth career triumph in Saturday’s $100,000 Big Dreyfus at Laurel Park.

Pixelate Opens Season with Title Defense in Prince George’s County

07/14/2022

Multiple Graded-Stakes Winning Millionaire Tops 1 1/8-Mile Turf Stakes

BALTIMORE – Pixelate, a multiple graded-stakes winning millionaire bred and owned by Godolphin, returns for a title defense with his seasonal debut Saturday in the $100,000 Prince George’s County at Laurel Park.

Chub Wagon Looks to Keep Rolling in $100,000 Alma North

07/14/2022

Among Four Stakes Worth $450,000 on De Francis Dash Day

BALTIMORE – Daniel Lopez and George Chestnut’s seven-time stakes winner Chub Wagon, successful off the bench in her season debut last month, looks to stretch her win streak to four races when she returns to Maryland for Saturday’s $100,000 Alma North at Laurel Park.

Special Reserve Making Season Debut in De Francis Dash

07/13/2022

Graded Winners Wondrwherecraigis, Pickin’ Time Among Rivals
Six-Furlong Sprint Headlines Four Stakes Worth $450,000 Saturday

BALTIMORE – Paradise Farms Corp. and David Staudacher’s claimer-turned-multiple graded-stakes winner Special Reserve, unraced since a troubled trip in the Breeders’ Cup Sprint (G1) last fall, will face seven rivals including Grade 3 winners Wondrwherecraigis and Pickin’ Time for his 6-year-old debut in Saturday’s $150,000 Frank J. De Francis Memorial Dash at Laurel Park.

Beren Works Sunday, Bound for $150,000 De Francis Dash

07/10/2022

Multiple Stakes-Winning 4YO Sharp in Half-Mile Move at Parx
Factor It In Springs 8-1 Upset in Sunday’s Allowance Feature
Live Action Returns to Laurel with 10-Race Program July 15

BALTIMORE – Susan Quick and Christopher Feifarek’s multiple stakes-winning homebred Beren, whose 17 career races have come at 10 different racetracks, will make his Maryland debut next weekend in the $150,000 Frank J. De Francis Memorial Dash at Laurel Park.

Sunday Feature Win Could Land Eastern Bay in De Francis Dash

07/09/2022

8-Year-Old Gelding Chasing 17th Career Victory in Allowance Sprint
Champion Jockey Jevian Toledo Enjoys Four-Win Day Saturday
20-Cent Rainbow 6 Solved Saturday for $32,868 Jackpot Payoff

BALTIMORE – Built Wright Stables’ 8-year-old gelding Eastern Bay, riding a two-race win streak, will be chasing both his 17th career victory as well as a return to stakes competition Sunday at Laurel Park.

G3 Winner ‘Craig’ Headed to De Francis Following Friday Breeze

07/08/2022

Six-Furlong Sprint Tops Four Stakes Worth $450,000 in Purses July 16
Rainbow 6 Carryover Reaches $28,668 for Saturday’s Nine-Race Card
G2 Black-Eyed Susan Winner Returns Saturday in Indiana Oaks (G3)

BALTIMORE – Madaket Stables, The Elkstone Group and Michael Dubb’s Grade 3 winner Wondrwherecraigis is headed to the $150,000 Frank J. De Francis Memorial Dash July 16 following his half-mile breeze Friday morning at Laurel Park.

Owner-Trainer Cortez Enjoying Success with Audacious Quality

07/07/2022

5-Year-Old Gelding Favored for Return in Laurel’s Friday Feature
$25,412 Rainbow 6 Carryover for Friday’s Eight-Race Program

BALTIMORE – Her stable recently expanded to two horses, but even when it was just one, Amy Cortez wouldn’t have had it any other way.

Journeyman Sheldon Russell ‘Thrilled’ to Be Back Riding

07/06/2022

BALTIMORE – Having secured his first win on the first day of his comeback, Sheldon Russell is going about getting back to business. The 34-year-old journeyman, an eight-time meet champion in Maryland, waited 296 days between rides – nearly 10 months – and isn’t about to rush things.