Lexi Star was a solid local runner a few years back. Now her daughter Star Pearl is following in her footsteps — possibly race by race.
Neither rain, nor snow, nor temperatures in the teens could dissuade Laurel Park’s jocks from riding on Thursday.
Saturday’s rainy, muddy weather wasn’t fit for man or beast — but it suited jockey Sheldon Russell, who won two stakes, just fine.
Elnaawi shipped in from his New York base and took home the money in today’s Native Dancer Stakes at Laurel Park.
Star Pearl scored her second stakes win in North America by drawing off to win the Nellie Morse Stakes at Laurel Park today.
Trainers Dylan Smith and Niall Saville saddled their first stakes winners Saturday at Laurel Park, an achievement that left one breathless and the other chatty.
Miss Behaviour, a graded winner as a juvenile who’d strauggled of late, proved that she’s back on track by winning the Miss Preakness Stakes.
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Veteran rider Sheldon Russell will miss a week of riding as a result of a snowboarding injury.