Four-year-old Port Louis scored a stunner Maryland Million day and is providing the best therapy for new trainer Bob Haynes, months after his heart surgery.
The Stallion Showcase will take place prior to racing on November 30 at Laurel Park and feature stallions from numerous Maryland farms.
In a pair of juvenile stakes at Laurel Park, Cofactor and Newstome impressed, with the former winning her third straight.
A pair of runners trained by Jeremiah O’Dwyer – Ilchester Cheetah and Cruise and Danze – are slated to contest Saturday’s Smart Halo Stakes at Laurel Park.
Stakes winners Newstome and Raging Whiskey are slated to square off in the James F. Lewis, III Stakes Saturday at Laurel Park.
Trainer Henry Walters may have only a six-horse barn, but one of those six – 2-year-old Tommy Shelby – is poised to make noise in at Laurel Park.
Laurel Park’s City of Laurel and Safely Kept Stakes, for 3-year-olds and 3-year-old fillies, are “Win and In” events for a pair of Santa Anita Grade 1s.
Dropping out of Grade 2 company, Minit to Stardom shot through a hole at the rail and cruised to an easy allowance score Friday at Laurel Park.
Minit to Stardom, a Grade 2 winner on the dirt who also owns a Laurel turf course record, returns to action in a Laurel Park allowance Friday.
Trainer Graham Motion skipped bigger races to run Sharing in the Selima at Laurel, which paid off when she won the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf.