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Just sharply filtered in Md. Juvenile Filly Frank Vesp December 6, 2025 Just Philtored shrugged off her challengers to a decisive victory in Saturday’s $125,000 Maryland Juvenile Filly Stakes, putting the exclamation point on a stellar season and nearly clinching champion Maryland-bred two-year-old filly honors. As for the boys’ division, the picture remained somewhat muddled, […]
RACE 4: ALLOWANCE OPTIONAL CLAIM (N/W1X), 2 YEARS, FEMALES, 6 FURLONS 2-3-4-6 #2 Prosecco Rita (4-5) broke her first in easy style two starts back with an impressive 87. She took another step forward last in the Smart Halo Stakes, leading most of the way and holding onto second place with an 88. If she […]
Press release December 5, 2025 “There are some old wives’ tales in racing that you can believe, and some that you can’t,” trainer Chad Summers said the day after Tartabull scored his first win at Laurel Park on Oct. 25. “The first foal is smaller, for whatever reason, that’s quite true. I don’t know why […]
Yedsit Hazlewood reaches for great heights Linda Dougherty December 3, 2025 Over the years, Maryland racing has been the base for many talented apprentice jockeys who not only earned Eclipse Award honors but also went on to successful careers as journeyman riders. Four of the last 12 Eclipse winners spent significant time in Maryland as […]
Johannes Piassek December 1, 2025 There was a lot of racing action in the Mid-Atlantic this past week. Here’s a look at each song’s “three stars”: THE BEST IN THE REGION Call Me Fast (#3) won the Turkey Trot at Parx Racing. Photo by Bill Denver/Equi-Photo. FIRST STAR: CALL ME SOON. Parx organized five stake […]
LRL: Le Gris aims for profit Frank Vesp November 30, 2025 Four-year-old Le Gris visited the eighth circuit of his career on Sunday and clearly found Laurel Park to his liking. Riding a second-level fee of $53,000 for a distance of 1 1/16 miles, the City of Light gelding raced to the early lead, setting […]
Zero Blitz unseats rivals in City of Laurel Frank Vesp November 29, 2025 Owner-trainer Joanne Shankle paid $20,000 to claim Zero Blitz during an April race at Laurel Park, and all the Jimmy Creed gelding has done since is run good races. Zero Blitz had won three out of seven for his new connections coming […]
Laurel Park concludes the busy grass season Press release November 28, 2025 Davyjonz’s win in the eighth race at Laurel Park on Thanksgiving Day nicely capped a very successful season of turf racing in Maryland. According to statistics from Horse racing nationLaurel Park ranked third in the nation in the number of turf races in […]
