The Michael Stidham-trained Elsa, who won easily at first asking at Laurel Park, is favored in Saturday’s grassy Selima Stakes.
Trainer Hamilton Smith will send out two recent maiden winners in a full and contentious Laurel Futurity Saturday afternoon.
Trainer Claudio Gonzalez scored twice on Sunday, once at Laurel and once at Parx, to cap a six-win weekend and earn his 500th career victory.
Jockey Katie Davis scored in her first race of 2018, plus other news and notes from today’s Laurel Park card.
Jockey Katie Davis scored in her first race of 2018, plus other news and notes from today’s Laurel Park card.
Multiple graded stakes winner Something Awesome is back at work and aiming – if all goes to plan – at the Breeders’ Cup in November.
The Maryland Racing Commission on Tuesday approved a new OTB at MGM National Harbor despite concerns that it might cannibalize business at Rosecroft Raceway.
In the face of Hurricane Florence, Laurel Park has moved the seven stakes – six on the turf – scheduled for Saturday to September 22.
Jockey Steve Hamilton, out since June, will have back surgery September 17 and hopes he’ll be able to continue his career afterwards.
Five Hellions Farm’s Abbo – named for their late friend, horseman Bobby Abbo – broke her maiden impressively today at Laurel Park.
