Laurel Park’s nine-race Sunday card is its Claiming Crown Preview day, with winners earning automatic entry to December’s Claiming Crown at Gulfstream.
Saturday’s 53rd running of the Laurel Turf Cup features a talented group of 10 horses.
In our weekly feature, Maryland Jockey Club analyst Gabby Gaudet plays the Pick 3.
Rider Victor Carrasco enjoyed a productive Saturday, winning five times at Laurel Park.
Three graded stakes winners are among 19 horses nominated to Saturday’s Laurel Turf Cup.
Cutty Shark, a near-miss second in the Grade 3 General George in February, makes his first start since March today at Laurel Park.
Handle jumped, the crowd was big, and everybody but (perhaps) King Leatherbury had a good time at Saturday’s Maryland Million at Laurel Park.
In addition to the Classic, Turf, and Sprint, there was plenty of other stakes action on Maryland Million day.
Admirals War Chest bounded out of the gate to the lead and just held on late to earn a neck victory in the 30th Maryland Million Classic Saturday at Laurel.
Six-year-old Jack’s in the Deck lodged his first stakes win since 2011 in upsetting Ben’s Cat in the Maryland Million Sprint.
