Laurel Park

During this 3-day President’s Day weekend the national horse racing spotlight will be on California and Arkansas as. Kentucky Derby prep graded stakes races are on tap Saturday at Golden Gate Fields (Albany/Berkeley,CA) and on Monday at Oaklawn Park (Hot Springs, AR). These two (2) races are the final ones of the first (Prep Season) [...]

Everyone is an expert these days. Every network has a panel of “experts” willing to offer their two-cents worth of analysis and prediction on who win the Super Bowl. When I was a kid growing up during the single-digit Super Bowl era, there was just one expert, Jimmy “The Greek” Synder. Over the past few [...]

On Saturday (Jan. 26th), ten potential Triple Crown nominees will run in the $400k Grade 3 Holy Bull Stakes at Gulfstream. Run at a distance of 1 1/16th miles, scheduled Post Time for this Derby point system event is 5:05pm (EST). The 4-5 Morning Line (M/L) favorite is #1 – Shanghai Bobby (Todd Pletcher trained; [...]

Wear Orange and get in FREE! That’s how Laurel Park. is celebrating Florida’s Sunshine Millions Day being held at Gulfstream Park. Huh?! Both Laurel Park and Gulfstream Park are owned by The Stronach Group. Therefore, in an effort to boost attendance and handle at all Stronach Group owned tracks, the marketing department comes up with [...]

In a recent Bloodhorse.com article by Tom LaMarra titled “Things That Make You Go Hmmmm (12)“, he makes an observation about thoroughbred racing in the state of Maryland, that many who cover this industry seem to ignore. That is, the quality of horse racing in the Free State will dramatically improve in 2013. Here’s an [...]

From the conclusion of the Breeders’ Cup during the first weekend in November through the end of the year, thoroughbred horse racings as far as national coverage goes into hibernation. With the new year, every horse turns a year older, and with that every owner who had a 2-year-old colt that showed promise in 2012 [...]

Should old acquaintance be forgot and GQ’s last Best Bet and Longshot of 2012, Should old acquaintance be forgot in hopes that GQ will pick winners in 2013. It’s a new year, every thoroughbred in the world is a year older and what better way to start 2013 then to take a stab at the [...]

Horseplayers are a rare breed. While at the track, we love to tell anyone within ear shot about how we just got beat and/or how anyone with half a brain should have known that the horse we bet (and won) would win. It also seems that for every “Great Win” story, there is a “Bad [...]

Saturday’s live racing card at Laurel Park will be the last one prior to Christmas Day. Live racing returns on Wednesday, Dec. 26th through Saturday the 29th. The 2012 racing season comes to an end on New Year’s Eve (Dec. 31st) with a special Monday live racing card. Live racing continues on Tuesday (Jan. 1st) [...]

With just a few more live racing days remaining in Maryland for 2012, it’s time to recall the Top Ten most exciting thoroughbred chase scenes that took place at a Maryland track. In 2012 there were over 1,300 races contested at the three (3) Maryland thoroughbred tracks (Laurel Park, Pimlico and Timonium). Of course, the [...]