Laurel Park picks and ponderings: April 18, 2026
We provide full-card picks and analysis for this afternoon’s races at Laurel Park.
We provide full-card picks and analysis for this afternoon’s races at Laurel Park.
Laurel Park’s first three grass stakes of 2026 — the Dahlia, King Leatherbury, and Henry Clark — are Saturday and have drawn big and competitive fields.
Close the Gate has outrun his pedigree and purchase price so far. And if he were to keep doing that in Saturday’s Federico Tesio Stakes, well…
We provide full-card picks and analysis for this afternoon’s races at Laurel Park.
Which Maryland and Laurel Park jockeys and trainers are having a good meet? Who’s doing better than you’d think? Or heating up now? Answers within.
Spots in the Preakness are on the line in a pair of Saturday races, the Federico Tesio at Laurel and the Bathhouse Row at Oaklawn Park.
Jumping the Gun, last year’s dominant Delaware Park 2-year-old filly, makes her three-year-old bow in Saturday’s Weber City Miss at Laurel Park.
Your five-minute read to catch up on all the Mid-Atlantic racing action you may have missed over the weekend…
Where’s Ray, the last winner for late trainer Tim Salzman, made a triumphant return to action Sunday in the barn of his brother John.
Talkin, twice graded stakes-placed, is expected to make his next start in the Grade 1 Preakness, according to trainer Danny Gargan.