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  • Ellen Charles
Post Time
17
Feb
  • Apple Picker
  • Barbara Fritchie H.
  • Brittany Russell
  • Ellen Charles
  • General George H.
  • Laurel Park
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Post Time
  • Sheldon Russell

Post Time surges to General George victory

  • Frank Vespe / 2 years
  • 2
  • 4 min read

Post Time gave owner Ellen Charles her third General George win in 10 years and trainer Brittany Russell her second graded win of the day at Laurel Park.

Howl
25
Nov
  • Brittany Russell
  • City of Laurel S.
  • Ellen Charles
  • Howl
  • Jevian Toledo
  • Laurel Park
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Post Time
  • Richard W. Small S.
  • Safely Kept S.

Toledo hits 100-stake win mark; Howl, Post Time take 3yo stakes

  • Frank Vespe / 2 years
  • 2
  • 5 min read

Two late-season 3yo stakes Saturday at Laurel Park might have more impact than expected, and jockey Jevian Toledo won his 100th stake aboard Howl.

Post Time
22
Sep
  • Brittany Russell
  • Ellen Charles
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Pimlico
  • Post Time
  • Sheldon Russell

Post Time returns with a flourish

  • Press Release / 2 years
  • 7
  • 4 min read

Last year’s champion 2-year-old Maryland-bred made his first sophomore start in impressive fashion, winning the PImlico allowance feature.

Cordmaker
11
Jul
  • Cordmaker
  • Ellen Charles
  • Laurel Park
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Rodney Jenkins

Millionaire Md-bred Cordmaker retired

  • Press Release / 3 years
  • 2
  • 5 min read

Cordmaker, the millionaire Maryland-bred who won the Grade 3 General George, has been retired after suffering an injury in his last start.

Post Time
03
Dec
  • Brittany Russell
  • Ellen Charles
  • Eric Camacho
  • Laurel Park
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Maryland Juvenile Championship
  • Maryland Juvenile Filly Championship
  • Maryland Juvenile Futurity
  • Post Time

Post Time romps to Maryland Juvenile score

  • Frank Vespe / 3 years
  • 2
  • 5 min read

Two-year-old Post Time continued to impress with a dominant, rallying score in Saturday’s Mayrland Juvenile Championship and may be on to bigger things.

Cordmaker
19
Feb
  • Cordmaker
  • Ellen Charles
  • General George H.
  • Laurel Park
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Rodney Jenkins
  • Victor Carrasco

Cordmaker makes the grade in General George

  • Frank Vespe / 4 years
  • 2
  • 4 min read

The seemingly ageless Cordmaker earned the first graded stake win of his career when he surged to victory in Saturday’s G3 General George at Laurel park.

Cordmaker
28
Dec
  • Carousel S.
  • Cordmaker
  • Ellen Charles
  • Laurel Park
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Miss Leslie
  • Robert T. Manfuso S.
  • Victor Carrasco

Cordmaker romps to MATCH Series title

  • Press Release / 4 years
  • 2
  • 3 min read

Cordmaker put the exclamation point on his MATCH Series triumph with a dominant win in the Robert T. Manfuso Stakes Sunday at Laurel Park.

Firenze Fire
15
Feb
  • Barbara Fritchie H.
  • Ellen Charles
  • Firenze Fire
  • General George H.
  • Graham Motion
  • Laurel Park
  • Majestic Reason
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Ron Lombardi

Firenze Fire, Majestic Reason “accidental” G3 winners at Laurel

  • Frank Vespe / 6 years
  • 0
  • 7 min read

Firenze Fire and Majestic Reason scored in Grade 3 races at Laurel Park today – and that either was in the house was something of a surprise.

Anna's Bandit
10
Dec
  • Brittany Russell
  • Ellen Charles
  • Jerry Robb
  • mid-Atlantic horse racing
  • People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA)

Horsemen: Racing protesters lack knowledge, common sense

  • Frank Vespe / 6 years
  • 0
  • 6 min read

While a small group of protesters gathered outside Laurel Park Saturday to condemn racing, horsemen had a message of their own.

full brother to Crabcakes
03
Oct
  • Crabcakes
  • Ellen Charles
  • Fasig-Tipton
  • Fasig-Tipton Midlantic Fall Yearlings Sale
  • Hillwood Stable
  • mid-Atlantic horse racing
  • Shimmering Aspen

Sales Tales: More Crabcakes, please

  • Frank Vespe / 6 years
  • 0
  • 4 min read

Our Sales Tales share some of the stories from the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic Fall Yearling Sale; here, Crabcakes’ little brother, who found a home in Maryland.

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