Tag: Angel Cruz

Miss Leslie rallies to win Obeah

by Frank Vespe | Jun 8, 2022 | Breaking, DE Racing, Delaware, Racing | 2 |

Miss Leslie rallied from last under jockey Angel Cruz to take the Obeah Stakes at Delaware Park and perhaps punch her ticket to the Delaware Handicap.

Bug boy Jeiron Barbosa wins with first two Stateside mounts

by Press Release | Mar 25, 2022 | Breaking, Maryland, MD Racing, Racing | 1 |

Jeiron Barbosa, an 18-year-old apprentice jockey from Puerto Rico, made a splash his first day Stateside, winning with his first two Laurel Park mounts.

VIDEO: Laurel Park in :60

by The Biz | Nov 16, 2021 | Breaking, Maryland, MD Racing, Video | 0 |

Laurel Park in :60 highlights three of the weekend’s top Laurel stories in (a little more than) a minute…

Angel Cruz gets off the deck with stakes win

by Press Release | Nov 13, 2021 | Breaking, Maryland, MD Racing, Racing | 0 |

Jockey Angel Cruz, thrown from an injured horse earlier in the card, bounced back to win the Thirty Eight Go Go Stakes aboard Miss Leslie at Laurel Park.

Timonium meet set for final weekend

by The Biz | Sep 3, 2021 | Breaking, Maryland, MD Racing, Racing | 0 |

Don’t blink or you’ll miss it! The Timonium race meet enters its final weekend Friday, the first of four days of racing at the Maryland State Fair.

Harpers First Ride gets it done in Deputed Testamony

by Press Release | Jul 31, 2021 | Breaking, Maryland, MD Racing, Racing | 0 |

Harpers First Ride made his return to stakes company a winning one as he scored for the second straight year in the Deputed Testamony Stakes.

Pimlico: Tesio undercard stakes wraps

by The Biz | Apr 25, 2021 | Breaking, Maryland, MD Racing, Racing | 0 |

Catching up with the undercard stakes from Tesio day, plus a gallery of the action, handle was strong, and more…

Quite the journey for Harpers First Ride

by Frank Vespe | Jan 21, 2021 | Breaking, Features, Maryland, MD Racing, Top Stories | 0 |

Harpers First Ride has taken trainer Claudio Gonzalez and rider Angel Cruz on a journey that continues Saturday in the G1 Pegasus.

Harpers First Ride delivers again in Native Dancer

by Press Release | Dec 26, 2020 | Breaking, Maryland, MD Racing, Racing | 0 |

Harpers First Ride was easily best in the Native Dancer Stakes at Laurel Park, earning his fourth stakes win of 2020.

Harpers First Ride returns to winning ways

by Press Release | Nov 29, 2020 | Breaking, Maryland, MD Racing, Racing | 0 |

Harpers First Ride, the beaten favorite in the Maryland Million Classic, got back on track Saturday in the Richard Small Stakes at Laurel Park.

Harpers First Ride upsets Pimlico Special

by Frank Vespe | Oct 2, 2020 | Breaking, Maryland, MD Racing, Top Stories, Triple Crown Trail | 0 |

Score one for the home team as Maryland-bred Harpers First Ride, trained at Laurel by Claudio Gonzalez, struck in the Grade 3 PImlico Special.

Bravo, Cruz star in Midlantic stakes

by The Biz | Sep 6, 2020 | Breaking, Racing, Regionwide | 0 |

Joe Bravo won his seventh Monmouth Park stake of 2020, while Angel Cruz and Claudio Gonzalez hooked up for two Laurel stakes wins.