Gary Capuano Archives • The Racing Biz

Delaware: Supporting stakes offer intrigue

by The Biz | Jun 13, 2025 | Breaking, DE Racing, Delaware, Racing | 0 |

A trio of other stakes support Saturday’s Grade 3 Delaware Oaks and Delaware Derby at Delaware Park, with some intriguing names in the entries.

Contentious group set for first Delaware Derby

by The Biz | Jun 12, 2025 | Breaking, DE Racing, Delaware, Racing | 0 |

An interesting mix of local hopefuls and out-of-town invaders are set to contest Saturday’s first-ever Delaware Derby at Delaware Park.

Pimlico: From Preakness pearls to everyday whirls

by Vinnie Perrone | May 14, 2025 | Breaking, Bylined Feature, Features, Maryland, MD Racing, Preakness weekend | 0 |

Passions and more have burned at Pimlico since its grand opening on Oct. 25, 1870. Racetrackers past and present remember.

Laurel: Haileysfirstnotion sharp in feature score

by Frank Vespe | Apr 26, 2025 | Breaking, Bylined Race Recap, Maryland, MD Racing, Racing | 0 |

Haileysfirstnotion overcame a slow start to dominate a second-level allowance that was Laurel’s Saturday feature.

Barbadian Runner logs second straight stakes win

by Frank Vespe | Feb 22, 2025 | Breaking, Bylined Race Recap, Maryland, MD Racing, Racing | 0 |

Trainer Henry Walters went 21 years between stakes wins. This time, he waited just four weeks, with Barbadian Runner winning the Miracle Wood.

Triple Crown nominees headline Miracle Wood

by The Biz | Feb 20, 2025 | Breaking, Maryland, MD Racing, Racing | 0 |

Four horses nominated to the Triple Crown series are among six entered in Saturday’s Miracle Wood Stakes at Laurel Park.

Onyx Ten seeks to double up in Wide Country

by The Biz | Feb 20, 2025 | Breaking, Maryland, MD Racing, Racing | 0 |

Last month’s Xtra Heat Stakes winner, Onyx Ten, will look for a second straight stakes triumph in Saturday’s Wide Country at Laurel Park.

What they said: Quotes from Laurel Park stakes winners

by Frank Vespe | Jan 25, 2025 | Breaking, Bylined Race Recap, Maryland, MD Racing, Racing | 0 |

We caught up with the connections of Barbadian Runner and Onyx Ten, the winners of today’s Xtra Heat and Spectacular Bid at Laurel Park.

Crab Daddy hopes to scuttle to Spectacular Bid win

by The Biz | Jan 23, 2025 | Breaking, Maryland, MD Racing, Racing | 0 |

The Pennsylvania-bred, Maryland-sired, Chesapeake-named Crab Daddy will look to win his second career stake in Saturday’s Spectacular Bid at Laurel Park.

“Gun-shy” horsemen sound off on Laurel Park track surface

by Frank Vespe | Dec 4, 2024 | Breaking, Business, Bylined Other, Maryland, MD Business | 1 |

The final Maryland Racing Commission meeting of the 1/ST era of racing included discussion, once again, of the condition of the Laurel Park main track.