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Maryland horse racing

Artful Splatter, Honor the Fleet give owners first stakes wins

Ted Black / 6 years
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8 min read

Two longtime owners enjoyed their first stakes wins Saturday at Laurel Park, as Artful Splatter and Honor the Fleet upset the Geisha and Fire Plug Stakes.

El Areeb set – maybe – to make return in City of Laurel

Press Release / 8 years

7 min read

Multiple G3 winner El Areeb, away since a March injury, is entered to make his return in Saturday’s City of Laurel Stakes at Laurel Park.

Leading horsemen call for continued Lasix use

Preakness 2026 attendance to be capped at 4,800

Laurel Park: Latest jockey and trainer stats

Charles Town: Latest jockey and trainer stats

Mid-Atlantic three stars: February 23, 2026

Laurel-based Balboa returns to NYC for Gotham

Artful Splatter, Honor the Fleet give owners first stakes wins

El Areeb set – maybe – to make return in City of Laurel

Leading horsemen call for continued Lasix.

Preakness 2026 attendance to be capped.

Taj Mahal guts out Miracle Wood.

Off to the Races Radio lineup.

CT: Maggie’s Girl tops allowance feature

LRL: Stakes contenders sport near-opposite resumes