With Claiming Crown Preview run Sunday at Laurel Park for the first time, Indycott took the $70,000 feature to stamp a ticket to the big day at Gulfstream.
St. Albans Boy is special to owner Anne Poulson — the last foal from a blue hen mare and named for her son — moreso now after winning the Laurel Turf Cup.
Laurel Park’s nine-race Sunday card is its Claiming Crown Preview day, with winners earning automatic entry to December’s Claiming Crown at Gulfstream.
Saturday’s 53rd running of the Laurel Turf Cup features a talented group of 10 horses.
Maryland’s Heritage Stallions will add Grade 1 winner Imagining and Grade 2 winner Bourbon Courage to the stallion roster for the 2016 season.
In our weekly feature, Maryland Jockey Club analyst Gabby Gaudet plays the Pick 3.
Rider Victor Carrasco enjoyed a productive Saturday, winning five times at Laurel Park.
Three graded stakes winners are among 19 horses nominated to Saturday’s Laurel Turf Cup.
The success of the Maryland Jockey Club’s off-track betting parlor in the Horseshoe casino has spurred the company to plan two new OTBs.
Jockey Sheldon Russell fell on his shoulder during morning works at Laurel Park and is off his mounts this afternoon, but X-rays were negative.