Gulfstream Park

Lots of differing opinions on what to do with Pimlico

2013-05-19 13:41:00

Tear it down. Fix it up. Keep it here. Move it there. Many at Pimlico Race Course Saturday, from celebrated trainers to $2 bettors, offered thoughts of what to do with Old Hilltop, the methuselan home of the 138th Preakness Stakes. The Maryland Jockey...

Preakness starters Orb, Titletown Five have a history

2013-05-15 13:06:00

One of the colts entered in Saturday’s 138th running of the Preakness Stakes can lay claim to a distinction not shared by seven others:� He’s actually finished ahead of the expected favorite Orb in a race. Titletown Five, one of three...

Departing's entry in Preakness leads to homecoming for Nicole Stall

2013-05-08 20:35:00

Nicole Stall boarded the first plane to Maryland she could catch when she heard of Benjamin Boniface's death last June. She was there to grieve the death of a boy she had known since his birth. But also to work. In the days after the 20-year-old's death...

Frank Stronach still mulling over changes at Pimlico as Preakness looms

2013-05-09 10:37:00

Frank Stronach, owner of Pimlico, is in Washington, D.C., this week. He discussed his new book, "Magna Man: My Road to Economic Freedom," at a session today. Yesterday, he spent time on Capitol Hill, working to spread his theory that American...

Pimlico hopes to attract new clientele with attractions

2013-04-08 19:19:00

This spring's season at Pimlico includes attractions designed to renew long-fading interest in thoroughbred horse racing: live music, a wine festival, beer and bourbon tastings, tutorials on betting and special contests. Get them to come once, the...

Bel Air-based horse breeders have reason for Derby fever

2013-04-03 06:23:00

Just about 11 months ago, shortly after the 2012 Kentucky Derby had concluded, Mike Pons, who along with his brother Josh owns and runs Bel Air's Country Life Farm, explained that in the business of thoroughbred breeding, having the offspring of one of...

Handicapper, analyst Carulli leaving Maryland

2013-03-14 00:00:00

Frank Carulli, the Pimlico Race Course and Laurel Park handicapper and racing analyst since January 2002, will leave the Maryland Jockey Club when the Pimlico spring meet ends June 8. He will be relocating to Las Vegas. Next week at Laurel, the Maryland...

Digest: Vegas No Show favored in Miracle Wood Stakes

2013-02-07 22:56:00

Laurel Park Vegas No Show favored in Miracle Wood Stakes Saturday's $125,000 Miracle Wood Stakes at Laurel Park has attracted eight 3-year-olds, including three stakes winners. Vegas No Show has been made the 7-5 morning line favorite in the one-...

Major redevelopment of Laurel Park proposed again

2013-02-05 17:40:25

Pimlico is home to some of the most exhilarating and important horse races in history. It annually hosts the Preakness, the second stop on the road to the Triple Crown and primary revenue-driver for its ownership group. As the Maryland Jockey Club charts...

Phelps- and Bowman-backed colt Cerro inspires Derby dreams

2013-02-01 15:21:00

After rewriting the Olympic record books for swimming, Michael Phelps and his longtime coach might have the Kentucky Derby in their sights with a 3-year-old colt named Cerro who won a race Saturday at Gulfstream Park for Team Valor International....

Maryland horse racing has found stability, but must take steps to thrive

2013-01-25 20:23:03

Dale Capuano winced at the sight of the 10 or so people watching the horse race at Laurel Park as he walked from the paddock into the 3,000-seat grandstand. Most were familiar faces. Out on the track, his filly, Calcutta Cat, reeled from a rough break...

'Called' wins Broad Brush at Laurel; Walkwithapurpose is top juvenile filly

2012-12-31 21:28:00

Under confident handling, Marc Ferrell's Called to Serve waited behind the leaders, tipped to the outside and pounced, winning the $125,000 Broad Brush Stakes, the co-feature on New Year's Eve at Laurel Park. Joel Rosario was at the controls as the Nick...

Dreaming of Julia won Saturday�s $300,000 Gulfstream Park Oaks by 21 � lengths under a hand ride from jockey John Velazquez. Photo/Courtney Heeney

2013-03-30 00:00:00

By Nick Sortal, SouthFlorida.com Flying fish: A 13,000-gallon fish tank at Gulfstream Park Casino and Racing ruptured, soaking two floors of slots. The fish survived, but Gulfstream closed for seven days to dry out.

2012-12-27 00:00:00

Markus Howell, left, and former Miami Dolphin Channing Crowder at the Boys & Girls Clubs of Broward County's 20th annual "Allstate Insurance Company Hollywood Welcomes the Stars" event, which took place Oct.

2012-11-12 00:00:00