Laurel Park

Pimlico's per-day handle drops during longer Preakness meet

2013-06-11 15:42:00

With a new long-term racing deal in place, increased breeding activity in the state and planned improvements to Maryland's two thoroughbred tracks, horse racing seems to be barreling toward a brighter future in a state where it had once been so important....

Digest: Russell takes Pimlico jockey title; Vazquez wins trainer crown

2013-06-08 22:22:00

Pimlico Race Course Russell takes jockey title; Vazquez wins trainer crown The Pimlico Race Course spring meeting ended Saturday with jockey Sheldon Russell and trainer Juan Vazquez winning individual titles. The 36-day stand began April 4. Russell...

Marriott theme park, Redskins stadium once planned in Laurel [History Matters]

2013-05-31 08:05:00

Throughout its history, Laurel's location between two major metropolitan cities has made the town a target for eager developers. Two super-sized projects were proposed, one in the 1970s and one in the 1990s, and both were ultimately defeated after...

Team Valor's Cerro favored in final stakes

2013-05-31 00:19:36

Pimlico Race Course Cerro, owned by Team Valor International, a partnership that includes Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps and his longtime coach, Bob Bowman, is the overwhelming favorite to win Pimlico Race Course's final stakes race of the spring...

Racetrack handicapper has fresh face, old-school approach

2013-05-13 06:09:00

In the first week of her reporting internship for a horse-racing newspaper, Gabby Gaudet nervously approached one of the most celebrated figures in the sport. "Can you tell me how you first got involved in the game?" she asked Kelly Breen, who trained the...

Md. passes thoroughbred breeder incentive program amid bickering

2013-05-21 17:09:00

The Maryland Racing Commission passed a revised incentive program Tuesday meant to persuade thoroughbred breeders to operate in the state and owners of those horses to run on its tracks, but might have shattered the harmony achieved among the sports'...

Organizers declare the 138th Preakness a success

2013-05-20 14:57:54

The numbers alone say the 138th Preakness was a huge success. A crowd of 117,203, the fourth largest in Preakness history, was on hand to see long-shot Oxbow's shocking win and heavy-favorite Orb's disappointing run. And the total handle for the day...

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...

Maryland Jockey Club handicapper Frank Carulli taking his dream to Vegas

2013-05-16 14:42:00

For Frank Carulli, it's not just a cliche anymore. He really is going to be living the dream in a few weeks. The longtime Maryland Jockey Club handicapper and race analyst is working his final Preakness on Saturday and will finish out the spring meet at...

Screening horses for ailments, doping ahead of Preakness a 'sophisticated' task

2013-05-16 19:14:54

In a pair of low-slung green stables manned by security guards and watched by 24-hour surveillance cameras, a pack of brawny young horses will be monitored, poked and assessed down to the blood in their veins. The horses set to race in the 138th...

The newest thing in Maryland horse racing: optimism

2013-05-16 11:27:00

The Kentucky Derby winner and oddsmakers' favorite for the Preakness Stakes isn't exactly a Maryland horse, but he's close — Orb is partially owned by a Baltimore County businessman, and his sire spent some time in Harford County. Attendance at...

Kevin Krigger could ride into Preakness history as black jockey

2013-05-15 18:58:00

The day after riding in the Kentucky Derby, Kevin Krigger packed his family and gear and headed for Pimlico Race Course — by way of Cincinnati. A woman there had captured his heart. She was Liliane Casey, 88, whose father, Jimmy Winkfield, was the...

Though bred in Kentucky, Laurel Park was training ground for the flighty Damascus, who channeled his nervous energy into victories. He won 21 of 32 starts and finished out of the money once, when injured in his last race.

2013-05-16 00:00:00

in 1983 aboard Deputed Testamony, a Maryland-bred long shot. It was the highlight of a storied career for Miller, of Jessup, who won 2,856 races aboard mounts totaling more than $37 million in earnings.

2012-09-18 21:07:00

Record-setting jockey Mario Pino, left, of Ellicott City walks to the paddock at Laurel Park on Thursday, Dec. 1, 2011.

2011-12-01 00:00:00