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Majestic Reason
18
Feb
  • Barbara Fritchie H.
  • General George H.
  • John B. Campbell S.
  • Laurel Park
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Miracle Wood S.
  • Wide Country S.

Five answers from Saturday’s Laurel Park stakes

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

Now that the weekend’s Laurel Park stakes are in the book, we’ve got answers to those five questions we posed last week…

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.

Uncontested
14
Feb
  • Barbara Fritchie H.
  • General George H.
  • John B. Campbell S.
  • Laurel Park
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Miracle Wood S.
  • Wide Country S.

Five questions for Saturday’s Laurel Park stakes

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

Laurel Park has five stakes on tap for February 15, including two Grade 3 events in the Barbara Fritchie and General George. We’ve got five questions.

Late Night Pow Wow
14
Feb
  • Barbara Fritchie H.
  • Desert Party
  • General George H.
  • Governor Tom Wolf
  • mid-Atlantic horse racing

PA. fights back, Winter Sprintfest, and more: The week in social media

  • Chelsea Lowman / 6 years
  • 0
  • 5 min read

Pennsylvania racing interests fight a proposed raid on funding, a big weekend looms at Laurel Park, and more, in the week in social media.

Firenze Fire
13
Feb
  • Firenze Fire
  • General George H.
  • Honor the Fleet
  • Jason Servis
  • Laurel Park
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Still Having Fun
  • Tim Keefe
  • Tom Albertrani

Millionaire Firenze Fire hopes to heat up General George

  • Press Release / 6 years
  • 0
  • 8 min read

Saturday’s G3 General George is topped by millionaire Firenze Fire, with local hopeful Still Having Fun among his rivals.

Still Having Fun
08
Feb
  • General George H.
  • Laurel Park
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Still Having Fun
  • Tim Keefe

Still Having Fun on target for General George date

  • Press Release / 6 years
  • 0
  • 4 min read

Laurel-based Grade 2 winner Still Having Fun on Saturday had his final work in preparation for next week’s G3 General George.

Uncontested
16
Feb
  • General George H.
  • Jenn Patterson
  • Laurel Park
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Trevor McCarthy
  • Uncontested

Uncontested dazzles in General George triumph

  • Press Release / 7 years
  • 0
  • 4 min read

Uncontested made a run at the track record in a dazzling triumph in Saturday’s Grade 3 General George at Laurel Park.

Laki
15
Feb
  • Cordmaker
  • Damon Dilodovico
  • General George H.
  • Home Run Maker
  • Jeremiah Englehart
  • Jose Corrales
  • Laki
  • Laurel Park
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Rodney Jenkins
  • Something Awesome

Locals set to take swing at General George

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

It’s a graded race with a fat purse, but local trainers are undaunted; eight local runners are entered in Saturday’s General George.

Still Having Fun
14
Feb
  • General George H.
  • Laurel Park
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Still Having Fun
  • Tim Keefe

Still Having Fun favored in G3 General George

  • Press Release / 7 years
  • 0
  • 5 min read

Maryland-bred Still Having Fun, a Grade 2 winner, is the tepid favorite in a contentious renewal of the G3 General George Saturday at Laurel.

Patterson
12
Feb
  • General George H.
  • Jenn Patterson
  • Laurel Park
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Uncontested

For trainer Jenn Patterson, first start of ’19 to come in G3 General George

  • Press Release / 7 years
  • 0
  • 9 min read

Trainer Jenn Patterson — Orb’s former exercise rider — will make her first start of ’19 when she sounds out Uncontested in the G3 General George.

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