Laurel Park announced its winter stakes schedule today, featuring 24 stakes with a combinded value in excess of $2.6 million.
Jaxon Traveler, two-for-two in impressive fashion, headlines Saturday’s Maryland Juvenile Futurity at Laurel Park.
Keith Jones, the racecaller at Parx Racing for over 30 years, will retire at the end of 2020.
Hall of Fame trainer Jonathan Sheppard is, for the first time, sending a string of jumpers to Ireland to compete there and in England.
Applications are now open for the 2021 competition year of the Thoroughbred Makeover and National Symposium.
Joshua Brown, who served as Delaware Park’s paddock host in 2020, will be the track’s racecaller in 2021.
Harpers First Ride, the beaten favorite in the Maryland Million Classic, got back on track Saturday in the Richard Small Stakes at Laurel Park.
Undefeated Jaxon Traveler and Smart Halo winner Street Lute head the nominations for the Maryland Juvenile Futurity and Filly Championship, respectively.
Saturday’s Frank Whiteley Stakes at Laurel Park is absolutely stacked, featuring 10 stakes winners, among them last-out Grade 3 De Francis Dash winner Laki.
Hello Beautiful, 11-length winner of the Maryland Million Distaff, will look for two straight when she tries open company Saturday in Laurel’s Safely Kept.