Alwaysmining, the top Maryland three-year-old of 2019, rediscovered his winning ways with a solid triumph in the Jennings Stakes at Laurel Park.
Still Having Fun, a Grade 2 winner, will make the second start of his comeback in Saturday’s Fire Plug Stakes at Laurel Park.
Eight-year-old John Jones will aim for his third Jennings Stakes title Saturday at Laurel Park against a field including 2019 Preakness runner Alwaysmining.
Anna’s Bandit, winner of six straight, will look to run her streak to seven as the odds-on choice in Saturday’s Geisha Stakes at Laurel Park.
When Hamilton Smith won his 2,000th recently, we wondered: which Maryland trainers have the most wins, and which are closest to career milestones?
New rules limiting riders’ use of the riding crop lightened three jocks’ wallets in the first three days – but met with widespread acclaim.
Trainer Hamilton Smith earned his 2,000th career win with — appropriately — a horse owned and bred by his brother and sired by his lone Derby runner.
Making just the eighth start of his career, 16-year-old apprentice jockey Charlie Marquez earned his first win Thursday at Laurel Park.
Jockey Trevor McCarthy won five races Saturday at Laurel Park, three of them in stakes, to wrap up the meet riding title.
A pair of two-year-olds, Bella Aurora and Monday Morning Qb, took the overland route in rallying to stakes victories Saturday at Laurel Park.
