G3 Winner Cordmaker Chasing $1 Million Mark in Friday Feature
7YO Fan Favorite Less than $11,000 Shy of Milestone After 36 Starts BALTIMORE – Some 259 days since he last raced, and nearly two weeks after he was last entered, Hillwood Stable’s fan favorite Cordmaker will make his long-awaited return with the chance to become a millionaire in Friday’s feature at Laurel Park. It will […]
Live Friday Through Monday Race Schedule Starts Nov. 4
Fan Favorite G3 Winner Cordmaker Set to Launch Comeback Advance Wagering Friday on Saturday’s Full Breeders’ Cup Card Rainbow 6 Carryover $16,775 Friday; 11:25 A.M. Post Saturday BALTIMORE – The return of fan favorite Cordmaker, advance wagering on Saturday’s entire Breeders’ Cup program from Keeneland, and a 20-cent Rainbow 6 carryover approaching $17,0000 will be […]
Twixt Winner Battle Bling Tops Thirty Eight Go Go Nominees
James F. Lewis, Smart Halo for Juveniles Also on Nov. 12 Card 3YO Colt Mauritius Makes Successful Return to Racing Sunday BALTIMORE – A quartet of multiple stakes winners and three graded-stakes placed horses led by recent Twixt winner Battle Bling are among 20 fillies and mares nominated to the $100,000 Thirty Eight Go Go […]
Prince of Jericho Impressive Maiden Winner Friday
Jockeys Barbosa, Karamanos Register Friday Hat Tricks BALTIMORE – Michael Dubb and Morris Bailey’s 2-year-old colt Prince of Jericho graduated with aplomb in his second career start, rolling to a popular 11 ¾-length maiden special weight triumph Friday at Laurel Park. Ridden by Sheldon Russell for his wife, trainer Brittany Russell, Prince of Jericho ($5) […]
Recuperating Luna Belle Targeted for Return in 2023
Safeen Rewards Backers with Determined Maiden Win Thursday BALTIMORE – Luna Belle, Maryland’s champion juvenile filly of 2021 and a four-time stakes winner at 3, is recuperating in South Carolina from bone bruising but expected to resume her career in 2023 as a 4-year-old. Owned by Deborah Greene and trainer Hamilton Smith and bred by […]
G1 Juvenile Next for Laurel Futurity Winner Congruent
Live Racing Returns to Laurel Thursday with New 12:15 Post BALTIMORE – Tami Bobo and Lugamo Racing Stable’s Congruent, impressive winner of the $150,000 Laurel Futurity Oct. 1 at Laurel Park, will make his next start in the $2 million Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1) at Keeneland. Pre-entries were announced Wednesday for all 14 races worth […]
Nearly 300 Riders Registered for Sunday’s Canter for a Cause
Pimlico Event to Benefit TAA BALTIMORE – A total of 270 riders from around the Mid-Atlantic region and beyond have signed up to take part in the popular Canter for a Cause Sunday, Oct. 30 at historic Pimlico Race Course. Sponsored by the Maryland Jockey Club, Canter for a Cause allow the public the chance […]
Jockeys Carrasco, Gomez Out Indefinitely Following Spill
Candidate Graduates Sunday with Gate-to-Wire Maiden Victory Post Time Moves to 12:15 P.M. Starting with Thursday’s Live Card BALTIMORE – Journeymen Victor Carrasco and Kevin Gomez will each miss time following a spill in the first race on Friday’s Maryland Million eve program at Laurel Park. Carrasco, 30, suffered a dislocated thumb according to his […]
Ournationonparade Proves Much the Best in Maryland Million Classic
Richest of Eight Stakes, Four Starter Stakes, on ‘Maryland’s Day at the Races’ BALTIMORE – Happy Go Lucky Stable, Inc.’s Ournationonparade, racing first time for his new connections, paid immediate dividends with a popular and decisive 5 ¾-length triumph in Saturday’s $150,000 Maryland Million Classic at Laurel Park. The 1 1/8-mile Classic for 3-year-olds and […]
Fille d’Esprit Rallies for $100,000 Distaff Victory
Fortheluvofbourbon Wins $100,000 Sprint BALTIMORE – It didn’t start out the way they planned, but CJI Phoenix Thoroughbreds and No Guts No Glory Farm’s Fille d’Esprit made sure Saturday’s $100,000 Maryland Million Distaff at Laurel Park ended exactly the way they hoped. Already with three career stakes wins Fille d’Esprit ($5.40) became a Maryland Million […]