Forced to scratch highly touted Pharoahs Baby Gyal from the Weber City Miss, trainer Brittany Russell found a perfect replacement in Cats Inthe Timber.
Laurel-based Doppelganger and Parx-based Repo Rocks ran one-two in Saturday’s Grade 1 Carter Handicap at the Big A.
In this photo essay, The Racing Biz photographer Allison Janezic capturing the horses and people who starred on Fritchie day at Laurel Park.
Laurel Park held a mid-card ceremony Feb. 18 for deceased rider Avery Whisman, and for riders and trainers, it kindled complex feelings.
In a half-dozen Laurel Park stakes, riders Angel Cruz and Jevian Toledo, trainer Jerry Robb and Brittany Russell, and stallion Munnings all had two winners.
Jevian Toledo won four races on the Laurel Park Friday card, capped by a win aboard NImitz Class in the Robert T. Manfuso Stakes.
Hybrid Eclipse and Old Homestead both rebounded from last-out defeats to win stakes at Laurel Park Saturday.
Jockey Jevian Toledo won a pair of stakes as part of a three-win Saturday at Laurel Park to earn honors as the Jockeys’ Guild’s Jockey of the Week.
Trainer Claudio Gonzalez won twice Saturday at Laurel Park to secure the track’s winter meet training title with one day left.
As the Laurel Park spring meet reaches its final weekend, jockey Jevian Toledo and trainer Jerry Robb are hoping to wrap up meet titles.