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  • Laurel Park
23
Jan
  • Chris Sterbenz
  • equine herpesvirus
  • Laurel Park
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Tony Aguirre

Laurel EHV-1 scare shows fragility, connectedness of equine population

  • Frank Vespe / 8 years
  • 0
  • 8 min read

A potential case of equine herpesvirus (EHV-1) at Laurel Park has a barn under quarantine — and highlights how vulnerable horse populations can be.

21
Jan
  • Jevian Toledo
  • Laurel Park
  • Marty Leonard
  • Maryland horse racing

Jock Jevian Toledo sidelined after training accident

  • Press Release / 8 years
  • 0
  • 2 min read

Jockey Jevian Toledo will be out indefinitely after fracturing two vertebrae in a training accident.

Michael Merryman
21
Jan
  • Ann Merryman
  • Deal Driven
  • Laurel Park
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Michael Merryman

Michael Merryman: First win as trainer continues family tradition

  • Frank Vespe / 8 years
  • 0
  • 6 min read

Young trainer Michael Merryman logged his first win today at Laurel Park, continuing a family tradition — but one he’d nearly passed on.

Ms Locust Point
20
Jan
  • Jennifer Hamm
  • Laurel Park
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Ms Locust Point
  • What a Summer S.

Ms Locust Point romps to popular What A Summer victory

  • Press Release / 8 years
  • 0
  • 4 min read

Ms Locust Point ran like the 1-9 shot she was, rolling to a three-length win in Laurel Park’s $100,000 What A Summer Stakes on Saturday.

Awesome Banner
20
Jan
  • Awesome Banner
  • Fire Plug S.
  • J.D. Acosta
  • Ken Decker
  • Laurel Park
  • Maryland horse racing

Awesome Banner: Anatomy of a form reversal

  • Frank Vespe / 8 years
  • 0
  • 7 min read

Awesome Banner tackled top sprinters until suddenly going off form two races back. Today in the Fire Plug at Laurel Park, he got his groove back.

19
Jan
  • Belmont Park
  • equine herpesvirus
  • Laurel Park
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Maryland Jockey Club

Maryland Jockey Club closes gates to Belmont shippers

  • Frank Vespe / 8 years
  • 0
  • 3 min read

With a case of equine herpesvirus at Belmont Park, the Maryland Jockey Club will forbid shippers from there until further notice.

cnltoteboardvasscaled
19
Jan
  • Laurel Park
  • National Horseplayers Championship
  • National Thoroughbred Racing Association

Laurel Park among 8 NHC-eligible tracks

  • Press Release / 8 years
  • 0
  • 4 min read

Laurel Park is the lone Midlantic track among those announce today as eligible for play at the NTRA National Horseplayers Championship.

Favorite Tale
17
Jan
  • Awesome Banner
  • Favorite Tale
  • Fire Plug S.
  • Jose Corrales
  • Ken Decker
  • Laurel Park
  • Linda Rice
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Paul Conaway

Favorite Tale looks to double up in Fire Plug

  • Press Release / 8 years
  • 0
  • 6 min read

Multiple graded winner Favorite Tale, who won last out for the first time since 2015, will try to double up in the Fire Plug at Laurel Park.

Global Citizen
14
Jan
  • Global Citizen
  • Laurel Park
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Steve Hamilton

Global Citizen scores at first asking for Hamilton, DePaz

  • Frank Vespe / 8 years
  • 0
  • 4 min read

For the second straight day, jockey Steve Hamilton and trainer Horacio DePaz teamed up for a maiden-breaking score, this time with Global Citizen.

Dictate Cool
13
Jan
  • Dictate Cool
  • Laurel Park
  • Maryland horse racing

First-out winner Dictate Cool another promising Sagamore runner

  • Frank Vespe / 8 years
  • 0
  • 3 min read

Dictate Cool, a Sagamore homebred Curlin filly, won at first asking Saturday at Laurel Park.

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