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Frank Vesp November 15, 2025 It wasn’t that long ago that jockey Madeline Rowland was on the verge of cleaning up the house. Today she is glad she didn’t. Rowland, 22, was all smiles after giving three-year-old Winning Trip just that at Laurel Park’s second race on Saturday. The resulting win was the 100e of […]
Lewis winner Balboa could try G2 Remsen The Biz November 15, 2025 Balboa, the recent winner of the James F. Lewis, III on Nov. 8 at Laurel Park, could book his next fight in the Grade 2, $250,000 Remsen on Dec. 6 at Aqueduct Racetrack. The nine-furlong youth route offers 10-5-3-2-1 Kentucky Derby qualifying points […]
Frank Vesp November 14, 2025 “She’s a good filly,” trainer Brittany Russell said with a laugh after Friday’s eighth race allowance at Laurel Park. “It’s just a tough time of year to bring back a pasture mare.” Russell wasn’t wrong, of course; the talented but star-crossed Lute Warm had missed virtually the entire grass season […]
Frank Vesp November 12, 2025 The Maryland Racing Commission on Wednesday approved 2,026 live racing days for Laurel Park, Timonium and Fair Hill. It also approved 48 live days of harness action at Ocean Downs. The Commission has authorized 120 live days at Laurel Park in 2026. She has also signed up to ten days […]
Johannes Piassek November 10, 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 Complexity Jane won the Thirty Eight Go Go Stakes. Photo by Jim McCue. FIRST STAR: COMPLEXITY JANE. Laurel Park hosted the Thirty Eight Go […]
Frank Vesp November 9, 2025 Laurel Park’s main trainer Brittany Russell had piloted four horses to unremarkable finishes Sunday afternoon, none better than fourth. Luckily for her, she still had one bat in the bag. Complexity Jane, the 3-year-old Complexity filly she trains for Michael Golden’s Golden Lion Racing, saved the day with a dominant […]
Frank Vesp November 8, 2025 “I don’t know,” coach Gary Capuano said Saturday afternoon with a laugh and a shrug. “I keep saying they put me ahead. We just had a really good group of two-year-olds this year.” No one on the Laurel Park grounds these days is hotter than Capuano with two-year-olds, and no […]
Press release November 8, 2025 “How much time do you have?” asked trainer Ferris Allen when a reporter wondered whether Navani, Allen’s entry in Sunday’s $100,000 Thirty Eight Go Go Stakes at Laurel Park, had any behavioral quirks. “She’s an extremely finicky filly,” said Allen, a Maryland mainstay who started his career in 1976 and […]
The Biz November 6, 2025 Two of Maryland’s brightest youth stars, Big Cuddle and Slewperstitus, look to add to their growing resumes Saturday in Laurel Park with a Veterans Day weekend ticket highlighted by a pair of $100,000 sprint stakes. Big Cuddle, an undefeated son of Great Notion, is the frontrunner in the James F. […]
