Trainer Hamilton Smith earned his 2,000th career win with — appropriately — a horse owned and bred by his brother and sired by his lone Derby runner.
Making just the eighth start of his career, 16-year-old apprentice jockey Charlie Marquez earned his first win Thursday at Laurel Park.
Torch of Truth won a race at Laurel Park Friday, but it’s his other job – as Derby hopeful Independence Hall’s workmate – that’s more important.
Late Night Pow Wow, the WV-bred who won the Charles Town Oaks and Barbara Fritchie, has been retired, her trainer said Wednesday.
Jockey Trevor McCarthy won five races Saturday at Laurel Park, three of them in stakes, to wrap up the meet riding title.
A pair of two-year-olds, Bella Aurora and Monday Morning Qb, took the overland route in rallying to stakes victories Saturday at Laurel Park.
Alwaysmining, who had a 6-race win streak snapped in the Preakness, will look to end a 4-race losing streak in Saturday’s Native Dancer at Laurel Park.
Home Run Maker, a stakes winner last January at Laurel Park, will make his first start since June in Saturday’s Dave’s Friend Stakes at Laurel Park.
Two-year-old Cofactor, winner of last month’s Smart Halo, will aim to complete her season with four straight wins in Saturday’s Gin Talking at Laurel Park.
G1 Del Mar Futurity winner Nucky is slated to headline Laurel Park’s Heft Stakes Dec. 28, where he’ll face off with PA Nursery winner Hockey Puck.