Onyx Ten goes in the hunt for a hat-trick in Safely Kept Press release November 28, 2025 Frank Sample’s homebred Onyx Ten will aim for her third straight win when she starts in the Safely Kept Stakes at Laurel Park on Saturday. The Gary Capuano-trained daughter of Street Magician has won all four sprint attempts […]
RACE 4: ALLOWANCE OPTIONAL CLAIMING (N/W2X), 3 YEARS AND OLDER, FRIENDS AND MARIES, 1 1/16 MILES 6-3-4-1 #6 Backstretch Roos (6-1) is one of a few here coming out of the Thirty Eight Go Go Stakes. She was defeated by Complexity Jane, who was almost slow paced and won by moving away. However, she still […]
RACE 4: STARTER OPTIONAL WITH $25,000 CLAIM, 3 year olds and over, fillies and mares, 7 furlongs 4-5-8-1 #4 Don’t Fool Me (9-2) made her third start after a ten and a half month layoff, starting first on Mark Shuman’s claim, and finishing last. She came third behind Nancy Mary and Seaside Road, who are […]
Pay Billy to return to City of Laurel Press release November 26, 2025 Pay Billy, winner of the Private Terms Stakes and Federico Tesio Stakes earlier this year, is back in action on Saturday in the City of Laurel Stakes for 3-year-olds at seven furlongs. The city of Laurel is one of two $100,000 stakes […]
Barbadian Runner, Maskedandmummed take weekend stakes The Biz November 24, 2025 Barbadian Runner did it again, and so did Maskedandmummed, leading Saturday’s Midlantic stakes action. Laurel Park hosted three stakes, while Charles Town had one. Three-year-old Barbadian Runner won his sixth stakes of the year, increasing his season earnings to more than $700,000, while two-year-old […]
Johannes Piassek November 24, 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 Barbadian Runner earned his sixth stakes victory of the year at Laurel Park on Saturday. Photo by Jim McCue/MJC. FIRST STAR: BARBADIAN RUNNER. The […]
RACE 4: STARTER OPTIONAL CLAIMING $12,500, 3 year olds and up, 5 1/2 furlongs (GRAS) 3-8-11-1 (DIRT: 7-5-9-10) #3 The Bullion Bomber (10-1) was in fantastic form over the summer, running in the 80s in three consecutive starts. He struggled in his last grass start after a wide trip but is now moving further in, […]
LRL: Barbadian Runner seems to keep rolling in Small The Biz November 21, 2025 Barbadian Runner, the hard-hitting Maryland-bred who shocked heavy favorite Post Time in the Maryland Million Classic, takes center stage again Saturday in the Richard W. Small Stakes at Laurel Park. Trainer Henry Walters was not exaggerating when he called the gelding […]
RACE 4: ALLOWANCE OPTIONAL CLAIM (N/W1X), 2-YEAR, 6 FURLONS 3-5-8-7 Many of them come from the same race on October 26 in these conditions. #3 Worker Bee (6-1) was an easy first winner on his debut in late May, but then went to the sidelines before reappearing that day. There was enough confidence in him […]
Johannes Piassek November 17, 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 Teachintherelease concluded in the last sixteenth of the Randy Funkhouser Memorial. Photo by Coady Media. FIRST STAR: EDUCATION IN THE RELEASE. His season may […]