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At a time of year when Kentucky Derby (G1) hopefuls are focusing on two-round preparations and qualifying points, the Feb. 28 Gotham Stakes Aqueduct offers something different. The Gotham is contested over a one-turn mile, with the winner receiving 50 qualifying points for a starting spot in the Kentucky Derby. 1. Balboa (6-1 odds on […]
Yedsit Hazlewood and Brittany Russell ended 2025 in style, capturing the jockey and trainer titles at the Laurel Park autumn meeting. Both Hazlewood and Russell also earned year-end honors as leading jockeys and trainers at the Maryland Jockey Club-operated racetracks. Hazlewood, 17, a leading contender for the 2025 Eclipse Award for outstanding apprentice jockey, walked […]
Post time went out in style on December 20, chasing arch-rival Barbadian runner in the Laurel Park stretch to win the $99,000 Robert T. Manfuso Stakes, the final start of his impressive career. Post Time was not rushed in the Manfuso as he was in the Maryland Million Classic Stakes when he finished second to […]
Frank Vesp December 20, 2025 “I never really get choked up. But then again, I’ve never ridden a horse like him,” jockey Sheldon Russell said Saturday afternoon at Laurel Park. Moments earlier, Russell had struggled with emotions after riding Post Time, his horse of a lifetime, to 13th.e and the final triumph of the five-year-old’s […]
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 Vespe September 7, 2025 “The plan was not to give Ellen [Charles] and Brittany [Russell] A heart attack. I think I had already given them enough with him here, “said Sheldon Russell after Sunday’s $ 100,000 polynesian deployment in Laurel Park. You may have reached that mission. Russell’s Mount, the often-late-to-scene and occasionally heart […]
