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Runnymede Racing’s Alwaysmining went straight to the front under jockey Daniel Centeno and never looked to register his first stakes victory with another impressive front-running performance in Saturday’s $100,000 Maryland Juvenile Futurity at Laurel Park. The 37th running of the Juvenile Futurity for 2-year-olds and the 33rd renewal of the $100,000 Maryland Juvenile Filly Championship […]

The Stronach 5, a national Pick 5 with an industry-low 12-percent takeout, had 40 winners Friday each receiving $2,850.70. The winning numbers from races at Laurel Park, Gulfstream Park and Golden Gate Fields were 1/9/6/2/6. Friday’s Stronach 5 began with a $7.40 winner in Taco Supream at Laurel and ended with Mystical Image returning $39.60 […]

Sixty-nine bettors earned $4,777 Friday for solving the Stronach 5. The day began with an $88,189 carryover. The winning number were; 5/5,7,8,9/5/3/4. Friday’s Stronach 5 sequence is: ● Leg One – Laurel Park Eighth Race: Home Run Maker $6.20 ● Leg Two – Laurel Park Ninth Race: Ghoul’s Night Out $3.40 ● Leg Three – […]

Breeze Easy LLC’s Late Night Pow Wow, racing for the first time outside her native West Virginia, swept to the lead on the far outside and outran fellow graded-stakes winner Ms Locust Point to the wire to capture the $100,000 Willa On the Move on a rainy Saturday at Laurel Park. The seventh running of […]

The Stronach 5, a national Pick 5 with a $50,000 guaranteed pool, returned $3,138.90 to 20 bettors Friday. The fifth leg of Friday’s Stronach 5 became an ‘all’ when racing was cancelled at Golden Gate Fields due to smoke from nearby wildfires. There was $70,515 bet into the Stronach 5, which features an industry-low 12-percent […]

The fact that winter racing is fast approaching hit Chris Merz hard Thursday morning. Merz, a native of San Diego who became the Maryland Jockey Club’s racing secretary in July, woke up to an inch of snow and a winter storm warning. “Waking up and seeing snow? Never. Never seen that before,” Merz said. “It […]

Three Diamonds Farm’s Bonus Points, trailing by 20 lengths after a half-mile, unleashed a powerful last-to-first move on the far outside through the stretch to catch long shot pacesetter Saratoga Jack and win Sunday’s featured seventh race at Laurel Park. Ridden by Feargal Lynch for New York-based trainer Todd Pletcher, Bonus Points ($4.40) covered about […]

Stronach Stables’ Unbridled Juan, stepping up in place of his multiple graded-stakes winning stablemate Something Awesome, sat a stalking trip before pouncing in the stretch and holding off a resurgent Dalmore to win Saturday’s $100,000 Richard W. Small at Laurel Park. The 1 1/8-mile Small, named for the successful and colorful longtime Maryland trainer and […]

R A Hill Stable’s Majestic Dunhill, a sprint stakes winner on the grass this summer, transferred his success to the main track with a last-to-first half-length upset in Saturday’s $100,000 City of Laurel at Laurel Park. The City of Laurel for 3-year-olds and the $100,000 Safely Kept for 3-year-old fillies, both at seven furlongs, were […]

The Stronach 5, a national Pick 5 with an industry-low 12-percent takeout, was hit Friday by 12 bettors who each received $17,832.20. The winning numbers were 6/4,5,6/12/9/7. The total pool was $180,002. The highest price in the sequence was $27.60 and the lowest price $6. Friday’s sequence and results: ● Leg One –Laurel Park Eighth […]