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  • Miracle Wood S.
23
Feb
  • Marengo Road
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Michael Trombetta
  • Miracle Wood S.

Trombetta, Marengo Road map Preakness path

  • Ted Black / 9 years
  • 1
  • 5 min read

Marengo Road’s pedigree and good-looking win in the Miracle Wood Stakes have trainer Mike Trombetta thinking about a spot in the Preakness.

16
Feb
  • Julian Pimentel
  • Laurel Park
  • Marengo Road
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Michael Trombetta
  • Miracle Wood S.

Marengo Road holds on for Miracle Wood win

  • The Biz / 9 years
  • 0
  • 3 min read

Marengo Road, from the racing operation of owner Harry Meyerhoff, who died last week, scored a solid win in Monday’s Miracle Wood Stakes at Laurel Park.

14
Feb
  • Charmed Victory
  • Laurel Park
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Miracle Wood S.
  • Rodney Jenkins

Charmed Victory aims for first stakes win

  • The Biz / 10 years
  • 0
  • 2 min read

Three-year-old Charmed Victory has won his first two career starts. Monday, he’ll take aim at the Miracle Wood Stakes at Laurel Park.

16
Feb
  • Donald Barr
  • Forest Boyce
  • Gypsy Judy
  • Laurel Park
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Miracle Wood S.
  • Robin Graham
  • Savvy Street
  • Triple Crown Trail 2015
  • Wide Country S.

Local runners take Wide Country, Miracle Wood Stakes

  • Frank Vespe / 10 years
  • 0
  • 4 min read

Local runners Gypsy Judy and Savvy Street took the Wide Country and Miracle Wood Stakes on today’s General George undercard.

28
Jan
  • Bold Curlin
  • Gary Capuano
  • Joint Custody
  • Laurel Park
  • Maryland horse racing
  • mid-Atlantic horse racing
  • Miracle Wood S.
  • Native Dancer S.
  • Steady N Love
  • Victor Carrasco
  • Wesley Ho
  • What a Summer S.
  • Wide Country S.

Place photo

  • Frank Vespe / 12 years
  • 1
  • 5 min read

In racing, success and failure are clear-cut. Except when they’re not.

Taris
27
Jan
  • Bold Curlin
  • Charles Town
  • Extrasexyhippzster
  • frankie pennington
  • Hugh McMahon
  • Laurel Park
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Michael Trombetta
  • mid-Atlantic horse racing
  • Miracle Wood S.
  • Native Dancer S.
  • Parx Racing
  • Penn National
  • Pennsylvania horse racing
  • Starry Moon
  • West Virginia horse racing
  • What a Summer S.
  • Wide Country S.
  • Winning Image

LookBack: Weekend RaceBrief

  • The Biz / 12 years
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  • 4 min read

In our weekly LookBack, we review the weekend’s mid-Atlantic racing.

BoldCurlin
27
Jan
  • Bold Curlin
  • Extrasexyhippzster
  • Julian Pimentel
  • Laurel Park
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Michael Trombetta
  • Miracle Wood S.
  • Native Dancer S.
  • Victor Carrasco

For Mike Trombetta, a “special” day and thoughts of the future

  • Ted Black / 12 years
  • 0
  • 5 min read

Trainer Mike Trombetta won two of Laurel’s four stakes on Saturday, and the future looks bright for his talented sophomore, Extrasexyhippzster.

25
Jan
  • Extrasexyhippzster
  • Laurel Park
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Michael Trombetta
  • Miracle Wood S.

Extrasexyhippzster defeats solid Miracle Wood field

  • The Biz / 12 years
  • 0
  • 2 min read

Extrasexyhippzster passed his latest test with flying colors, taking the one-mile Miracle Wood at Laurel Park.

25
Jan
  • Gabby Gaudet
  • Indian Jones
  • Joint Custody
  • Laurel Park
  • Managed Account
  • Maryland horse racing
  • mid-Atlantic horse racing
  • Miracle Wood S.
  • Native Dancer S.
  • She's Ordained
  • What a Summer S.
  • Winning Image

Gabby Gaudet’s longshots and exotic plays for January 25

  • The Biz / 12 years
  • 1
  • 4 min read

In our weekly feature, Maryland Jockey Club analyst Gabby Gaudet shares her longshots and exotic plays with The Racing Biz.

23
Jan
  • Joint Custody
  • Laurel Park
  • Mail
  • Maryland hore racing
  • Miracle Wood S.
  • Native Dancer S.
  • She's Ordained
  • Taris
  • What a Summer S.
  • Wide Country S.

Miracle Wood highlights 4 stakes at Laurel Park

  • The Biz / 12 years
  • 0
  • 6 min read

Three year-olds will tangle in Maryland’s first sophomore route race of the season, the one-mile Miracle Wood Stakes.

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