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Laurel Park
02
Nov
  • Forest Boyce
  • Hamilton Smith
  • Hugh McMahon
  • Jean Alvelo
  • Jean Briceno
  • Jeiron Barbosa
  • Kieron Magee
  • Laurel Park
  • Martina Rojas
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Raymond Ginter Jr.
  • Rodolfo Sanchez-Salomon
  • Susan Cooney
  • Tim Keefe
  • Yomar Ortiz

Laurel Park jockeys and trainers to watch

  • Frank Vespe / 2 years
  • 2
  • 3 min read

Which Laurel Park jockeys and trainers are winning more than you’d expect? We dug into the numbers to find those who are outperforming expectations.

Coconut Cake
12
Oct
  • Coconut Cake
  • Laurel Park
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Maryland Million
  • Maryland Million Ladies
  • Tim Keefe

Keefe hoping for “relaxed” Coconut Cake in Ladies

  • Frank Vespe / 2 years
  • 2
  • 4 min read

Trainer Tim Keefe is hoping to rediscover the relaxed version of Coconut Cake in Saturday’s Maryland Million Ladies.

06
Oct
  • Alan Foreman
  • Cricket Goodall
  • David Richardson
  • Greg Cross
  • Kent Murray
  • Maryland Horse Breeders Association
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Maryland Racetrack Operating Authority
  • Maryland Thoroughbred Horsemen's Association
  • Tim Keefe

Maryland horsemen, breeders propose nonprofit racing model

  • Frank Vespe / 2 years
  • 5
  • 7 min read

Maryland’s horsemen and breeders outlined to the Racetrack Operating Authority a vision of the future that may not include the current track operator.

Coconut Cake
18
Aug
  • All Brandy S.
  • Coconut Cake
  • Laurel Park
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Tim Keefe

Versatile Coconut Cake seeks third stakes win in All Brandy

  • Press Release / 2 years
  • 2
  • 4 min read

Two-time stakes winner will look for a third when she returns to state-bred company in Saturday’s All Brandy Stakes at Laurel Park.

Sheldon Russell
02
Jul
  • Coconut Cake
  • Concern S.
  • Fore Harp
  • Jameela S.
  • Laurel Dash
  • Laurel Park
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Prince of Jericho
  • Sheldon Russell
  • Tim Keefe

Sheldon Russell sweeps Laurel Saturday stakes

  • Frank Vespe / 3 years
  • 2
  • 4 min read

Jockey Sheldon Russell enjoyed a productive Laurel Park Saturday, winning all three stakes for three different trainers.

Mage
08
Jun
  • 1st Racing
  • Kent Murray
  • Laurel Park
  • Maryland Horse Breeders Association
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Maryland Jockey Club
  • Maryland Racing Commission
  • Maryland Thoroughbred Horsemen's Association
  • Mike Rogers
  • Pimlico
  • Tim Keefe

Stabling, training may end at Pimlico, consolidate at Laurel

  • Frank Vespe / 3 years
  • 2
  • 6 min read

The 6-month Maryland racing agreement may allow the Maryland Jockey Club to consolidate training and stabling at Laurel, ending them at Pimlico.

Laurel Park
02
May
  • Jevian Toledo
  • John Passero
  • Laurel Park
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Maryland Jockey Club
  • Maryland Thoroughbred Horsemen's Association
  • Mike Rogers
  • Tim Keefe

What’s being done to Laurel Park track: “A good cushion serves one purpose”

  • Frank Vespe / 3 years
  • 2
  • 5 min read

To hear horsemen tell it, track man John Passero has worked wonders in a short time at Laurel Park. What’s he doing that’s made such a difference?

Rocket Heat
27
Apr
  • 1st Racing
  • Aidan Butler
  • Laurel Park
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Maryland Jockey Club
  • Maryland Racing Commission
  • Maryland Thoroughbred Horsemen's Association
  • Tim Keefe

Laurel Park gets Commission OK to resume racing

  • Frank Vespe / 3 years
  • 2
  • 4 min read

The Maryland Racing Commission signed off Thursday morning on allowing racing at Laurel Park to resume on the recommendation of the stakeholders.

26
Apr
  • Laurel Park
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Maryland Racing Commission
  • Maryland Thoroughbred Horsemen's Association
  • Michael Algeo
  • Tim Keefe

Laurel Park could resume racing Saturday

  • Frank Vespe / 3 years
  • 2
  • 3 min read

Full training at Laurel Park will resume Thursday morning, and if all goes well, the track may resume live racing as early as Saturday.

V. I. P. Code
25
Apr
  • 1st Racing
  • Brooke Bowman
  • Craig Fravel
  • David Hayden
  • Ferris Allen
  • Laurel Park
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Maryland Jockey Club
  • Maryland Thoroughbred Horsemen's Association
  • Michael Algeo
  • Tim Keefe

MTHA, MJC reach 11th-hour deal on way forward on Laurel track surface

  • Frank Vespe / 3 years
  • 7
  • 5 min read

An 11th-hour deal between the Md. Thoroughbred Horsemen’s Association and Md. Jockey Club provides a way forward for resolving safety concerns.

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