Jockey Sheldon Russell, out since suffering a mild shoulder injury Nov. 19, is named to ride one horse Friday at Laurel Park.
Malibu Moonshine, a sharp first-out winner, will try stakes company in Saturday’s Maryland Juvenile Filly S., where she’ll face stakes winner Chickieness.
Maryland-bred near-millionaire Whereshetoldmetogo has been retired, trainer Brittany Russell said, after a career in which he won 13 stakes.
The second Kentucky Derby futures pool closed with “All others” the 4-5 favorite and Breeders’ Cup juvenile winner Forte the second choice.
Laurel Park has announced a winter meet schedule that will include 40 days of live racing Jan. 1-March 31, topped by a pair of Grade 3 sprints.
Maryland Million Classic winner Ournationonparade will run in the Richard Small Stakes at Laurel Park as he aims for his fifth straight win.
Cody Dorman, the teenager whose heartwarming story and namesake horse, Cody’s Wish, captured attention is the Big Sport of Turfdom.
The Maryland Horse Breeders Association’s Maryland Horse Library and Education Center will hold its grand opening and ribbon-cutting ceremony December 16.
The second of six Kentucky Derby futures pools kicks off this coming Thursday and runs through Sunday with 38 individual horses plus the field.
Jockey Sheldon Russell, unseated in a Friday race at Laurel Park, is day to day, his agent said.