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Top Manipulator
13
Feb
  • Laurel Park
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Tim Keefe
  • Top Manipulator

LRL: Top Manipulator grinds out win

  • Frank Vespe / 2 months
  • 0
  • 3 min read

Three-year-old Top Manipulator improved to 2-for-3 in his young career, grinding down the favorite to win a Laurel Park allowance.

10
Feb
  • Avon Thorpe
  • Ben's Cat
  • Kenneth Taylor
  • King Leatherbury
  • Larry Murray
  • Laurel Park
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Pimlico

Hall of Fame trainer King Leatherbury, 92, passes

  • Frank Vespe / 2 months
  • 0
  • 7 min read

Hall of Fame trainer King T. Leatherbury, whose 6,508 wins rank fifth all time, has died at age 92.

Laurel Park
08
Feb
  • John Salzman
  • Laurel Park
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Timmy Salzman

Trainer Tim Salzman passes

  • Frank Vespe / 2 months
  • 0
  • 2 min read

Laurel Park-based Trainer Tim Salzman, the son and brother of trainers, passed away Feb. 7 at age 54 following a battle with cancer.

Taj Mahal
06
Feb
  • Brittany Russell
  • Laurel Park
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Taj Mahal

LRL: Taj Mahal lives up to hype at first asking

  • Frank Vespe / 2 months
  • 0
  • 4 min read

It took a while to get Taj Mahal to the races, but the wait was worth it, as the $525,000 yearling romped home Friday at Laurel Park.

Delaware Park
06
Feb
  • Delaware Derby
  • Delaware Handicap
  • Delaware horse racing
  • Delaware Oaks
  • Delaware Park

Delaware Park unveils 75-day schedule

  • Frank Vespe / 2 months
  • 0
  • 3 min read

Delaware Park will host a 75-day live race meet kicking off in May and featuring $4.3 million in stakes action, the track announced.

Feeling Woozy
05
Feb
  • Feeling Woozy
  • Laurel Park
  • Martin Chuan
  • Maryland horse racing

LRL: Change in tactics pays off for Feeling Woozy

  • Frank Vespe / 2 months
  • 0
  • 3 min read

Jockey Martin Chuan took habitual frontrunner Feeling Woozy off the pace today, and the result was a win in Laurel’s allowance feature.

Hollywood Import
04
Feb
  • Angel Cruz
  • Gary Capuano
  • Hollywood Import
  • Laurel Park
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Spectacular Bid S.
  • Victory Music (horse)
  • Xtra Heat S.

Hollywood Import rakes in Spectacular Bid win

  • Frank Vespe / 2 months
  • 0
  • 4 min read

Hollywood Import, who trailed all of his rivals at the first call in each of his first three starts, earned his second consecutive front-running score in Wednesday’s $100,000 Spectacular Bid Stakes for 3-year-olds at Laurel Park. It’s not a total form reversal – he won one of those first three outings and finished second in […]

Whocouldaskformo
03
Feb
  • Frank Perri
  • Gary McGuigan
  • Katy Voss
  • Laurel Park
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Maryland Racetrack Operating Authority
  • Maryland Stadium Authority
  • Pimlico
  • Pimlico Plus
  • Shamrock Farm
  • Tana Aubrey

In Maryland, possibly reaching the right destination

  • Frank Vespe / 2 months
  • 0
  • 5 min read

What’s remarkable about the shambolic demise of the Maryland Thoroughbred Racetrack Operating Authority is it may reach the right conclusion after all.

Lonesome Road
23
Jan
  • Laurel Park
  • Lonesome Road (horse)
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Michael Trombetta
  • Mychel Sanchez
  • Tana Aubrey

LRL: Promising Lonesome Road romps in allowance

  • Frank Vespe / 3 months
  • 0
  • 3 min read

Lonesome Road, a half-brother to Grade 1 winner Mindframe, improved to 2-for-2 on dirt with a dominant allowance win Friday at Laurel Park.

Laurel Park
21
Jan
  • Bill Knauf
  • Craig Thompson
  • Katy Voss
  • Laurel Park
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Maryland Jockey Club
  • Pimlico
  • Pimlico Plus
  • Shamrock Farm

Laurel Park to be… wait for it… new training center

  • Frank Vespe / 3 months
  • 3
  • 4 min read

Laurel lives? Laurel lives! The Maryland Stadium Authority announced today it will acquire Laurel Park to be Maryland’s new (old) training center.

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