Sheikh of Sheikhs was the easiest kind of winner Friday at Laurel Park, his fourth win in a row.
Thoughts of family patriarch Eddie, who passed away in January, are never far, but for Linda and Lacey Gaudet, 2018 has also brought smiles, including Lacey’s first win at Saratoga.
Multiple graded stakes winner Hawksmoor is 7-5 on the morning line for Saturday’s Dahlia Stakes at Laurel Park.
Local stakes winners Still Having Fun and VIP Code are among those who will contest Saturday’s Tesio Stakes at Laurel with a Preakness berth on the line.
Nine fillies are set to contest Saturday’s Weber City Miss at Laurel Park, which offers the winner a spot in May’s Grade 2 Black-Eyed Susan Stakes.
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Struth and Lewisfield, who ran one-two in the Bender Memorial Stakes, meet up again in Saturday’s Not for Love at Laurel Park.
Winners of Maryland Racing Media Association awards for 2017 include Irish War Cry (Md-based Horse of the Year), Sal Sinatra, Jim McCue, and Lacey Gaudet.
Saturday’s Native Dancer Stakes at Laurel Park looks to be a battle between multiple stakes winners John Jones and Afleet Willy.
Trainer Eddie Gaudet, winner of 1735 and patriarch of an accomplished Maryland racing family, passed away at age 87.
