Category: Racing

Victor Carrasco logs 1,000th career win

by Frank Vespe | Jan 26, 2020 | Breaking, Maryland, MD Racing, Racing, Top Stories, Video | 0 |

Maryland-based jockey Victor Carrasco earned the 1,000th victory of his career Sunday at Laurel Park just a day after getting to 999.

Mid-Atlantic racing roundup, January 24, 2020

by John Piassek | Jan 24, 2020 | Breaking, Racing, Regionwide, Top Stories | 0 |

Your five-minute read to catch up on all the Mid-Atlantic racing action you may have missed over the weekend…

Sherwood Lady posts White Alley upset

by Frank Vespe | Jan 20, 2020 | Breaking, Racing, West Virginia, WV Racing | 0 |

Fresh off a six-win season, Sherwood Lady started 2020 in style with a front-running score in Charles Town’s White Alley Stakes.

Artful Splatter, Honor the Fleet give owners first stakes wins

by Ted Black | Jan 18, 2020 | Breaking, Maryland, MD Racing, Racing, Top Stories | 1 |

Two longtime owners enjoyed their first stakes wins Saturday at Laurel Park, as Artful Splatter and Honor the Fleet upset the Geisha and Fire Plug Stakes.

“Cinderella” horse Alwaysmining scores in Jennings

by Frank Vespe | Jan 18, 2020 | Breaking, Maryland, MD Racing, Racing, Top Stories | 0 |

Alwaysmining, the top Maryland three-year-old of 2019, rediscovered his winning ways with a solid triumph in the Jennings Stakes at Laurel Park.

Five questions for this week’s Midlantic stakes

by Frank Vespe | Jan 18, 2020 | Breaking, Racing, Regionwide, Top Stories | 0 |

There are four stakes at Laurel Park on Saturday and a fifth at Charles Town, and we have five questions for the weekend’s Midlantic stakes action.

Still Having Fun seeking step towards General George in Fire Plug

by Press Release | Jan 17, 2020 | Breaking, Maryland, MD Racing, Racing | 0 |

Still Having Fun, a Grade 2 winner, will make the second start of his comeback in Saturday’s Fire Plug Stakes at Laurel Park.

John Jones gunning for third Jennings title

by Press Release | Jan 16, 2020 | Breaking, Maryland, MD Racing, Racing | 0 |

Eight-year-old John Jones will aim for his third Jennings Stakes title Saturday at Laurel Park against a field including 2019 Preakness runner Alwaysmining.