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Pimlico
25
Feb
  • Joseph Bryce
  • Laurel Park
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Mayor Jack Young
  • Michael Johansen
  • Pimlico
  • Steuart Pittman

“The Preakness belongs in Baltimore”: House hears praise for proposed bill

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

A Maryland House committee today heard widespread support for a proposal to keep the Preakness at a renovated Pimlico and to rebuild Laurel.

25
Feb
  • Alan Foreman
  • Alan Rifkin
  • Laurel Park
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Maryland Jockey Club
  • Pimlico

Pimlico legislation: Questions and Answers

  • Frank Vespe / 6 years
  • 2
  • 9 min read

Wondering how the legislation to renew Pimlico and Laurel Park would work? How much it would cost? And what about equine safety? We’ve got some answers!

Hello Beautiful
23
Feb
  • Brittany Russell
  • Hello Beautiful
  • Laurel Park
  • Maryland horse racing

Hello Beautiful “just what we wanted” in first move

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

In her first move since winning the Maryland Juvenile Filly by a dozen lengths, Hello Beautiful showed trainer Brittany Russell “just what we wanted.”

John Jones
22
Feb
  • John Jones
  • Lacey Gaudet
  • Laurel Park
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Not for Love S.

John Jones keeps on going with 12th career win

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

John Jones won an allowance/optional claimer at Laurel Park Saturday and now is headed back to stakes company.

Shotski
22
Feb
  • Jerry O'Dwyer
  • Laurel Park
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Shotski

Maryland-based Shotski readying for Fountain of Youth

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

Shotski, who trains at and broke his maiden at Laurel Park, breezed a half-mile Saturday in preparation for next week’s G2 Fountain of Youth.

Jack Harmon
21
Feb
  • Bowie Race Course
  • Jack Harmon
  • Laurel Park
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Pimlico

Jack Harmon’s 50-year career measured in hundredths

  • Frank Vespe / 6 years
  • 3
  • 7 min read

Jack Harmon, the timer at Laurel Park for nearly 50 years, stepped down at the end of January, ending a career in which he’s seen, well, everything.

Majestic Reason
18
Feb
  • Barbara Fritchie H.
  • General George H.
  • John B. Campbell S.
  • Laurel Park
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Miracle Wood S.
  • Wide Country S.

Five answers from Saturday’s Laurel Park stakes

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

Now that the weekend’s Laurel Park stakes are in the book, we’ve got answers to those five questions we posed last week…

John (Jerry) Robb
15
Feb
  • Jerry Robb
  • Laurel Park
  • Maryland horse racing

Jerry Robb hits 2,000-win plateau

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

When Stroll Smokin cruised home a length clear in the Laurel Park finale, it gave trainer Jerry Robb the 2,000th win of his stellar career.

Firenze Fire
15
Feb
  • Barbara Fritchie H.
  • Ellen Charles
  • Firenze Fire
  • General George H.
  • Graham Motion
  • Laurel Park
  • Majestic Reason
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Ron Lombardi

Firenze Fire, Majestic Reason “accidental” G3 winners at Laurel

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

Firenze Fire and Majestic Reason scored in Grade 3 races at Laurel Park today – and that either was in the house was something of a surprise.

Lebda
15
Feb
  • Alex Cintron
  • Claudio Gonzalez
  • Jevian Toledo
  • Jonathan Maldonado
  • Laurel Park
  • Lebda
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Miracle Wood S.
  • Naughty Thoughts
  • Wide Country S.

Lebda, Naughty Thoughts post upset scores in Laurel stakes

  • Ted Black / 6 years
  • 0
  • 6 min read

Lebda, in the Miracle Wood, and Naughty Thoughts, in the Wide Country, posted front-running upset scores in two Laurel sophomore stakes.

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