The Federico Tesio Stakes – a win-and-you’re-in for the Preakness – tops a big Labor Day card at Laurel Park, which is part of a nine-stake weekend.
With the Maryland State Fair as we have known looking unlikely, the Timonium race meet will not occur, those days being run instead at Laurel Park.
Laurel Park’s first Lasix-free juvenile race of 2020, a maiden event, has drawn a full gate of 10 on Friday’s card.
Laurel Park will offer its first baby races of 2020 — Lasix-free — as extras for its August 7 card, but the fate of a Lasix study was less clear.
Ten-year-old Oak Bluffs won for the 21st time in his career Thursday at Laurel Park and gave trainer Mary Eppler her 900th career win.
Jockey Rosario Montanez, injured in a mid-July spill at Laurel Park, is doing well, his agent says, and eager to tackle the long road to return.
With his second win of the day at Laurel Park, jockey Jevian Toledo reached the 1,000-win plateau for his career.
Multiple stakes winner Laki, a seven-year-old, has been installed as the 5-2 favorite in Laurel Park’s Saturday feature, a $55,000 allowance.
Jockey Jevian Toledo, who has 18 mounts this coming weekend at Laurel Park, is just two wins shy of 1,000 for his career.
Jockey Rosario Montanez, injured in a bad spill last Friday, has continued to improve after undergoing Saturday surgery, his agent said.