Several turf stakes on the De Francis Dash undercard went to longshots, but favorite Hello Don Julio held serve in the Laurel Turf Cup.
Last year jock Steve Hamilton was wandering the racing wilderness. With today’s Selima win on Wise Gal, he has first call on two of Maryland’s best young fillies.
Three Laurel Park undercard stakes were won by horses making their first tries in stakes company, one with a rider winning her first-ever stake.
More than 200 horses were nominated to six Laurel Park stakes on the track’s opening Saturday, September 10.
Formal Summation and Ruby Notion took Saturday’s Laurel Futurity and Selima, respectively. For both, the wins may be stepping stones to bigger things.
West Virginia-bred Ruby Notion dominated her rivals in today’s $75,000 Selima Stakes at Laurel Park for her second straight stakes win.
West Virginia-bred Ruby Notion looks to be a solid favorite in Saturday’s Selima Stakes at Laurel Park, but an intriguing group is slated to run.
Our weekend stakes gallery features Monmouth’s final stake of the season and a half-dozen turf stakes from Laurel Park.
On tap: Laurel has drawn huge fields to six grass stakes, Monmouth showcases Jersey-breds, and two members of the Top Midlantic-bred Poll race.
Once a Grade 1, the Selima Stakes hasn’t been celebrated recently. That could change starting tomorrow, with a rugged field that includes five stakes winners.