Photo by Jim McCue/Maryland Jockey Club Herringswell kicked off a three-win afternoon with NAPTOWN scoring in a one-mile claiming race on the grass at Laurel Park. Lightly raced in 2024, he was making his second start this year after beginning his season at Turfway Park on March 1. Patiently ridden by Jorge Ruiz, the pair […]
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Laurelin (IRE) Remains Undefeated
Photos by Adam Coglianese/NYRA After two wins from two starts – including the Tepin Stakes – as a 2-year-old last year, LAURELIN (IRE) kicked off her sophomore campaign with a victory in the listed Memories of Silver Stakes at Aqueduct today. All three of her races have been in New York with Kendrick Carmouche in the […]
Silly Rabbit Wins in Eventful Debut
SILLY RABBIT made his first start at Laurel Park in a maiden claiming going 8 1/2 furlongs on the turf with Jorge Ruiz aboard this afternoon, and it was quite the memorable event. Heading into the first turn, the 3-year-old gelding was bumped by the horse to his outside, causing Jorge to check sharply and […]
More Joy!
Mission accomplished – it’s the perfect adjective to describe her. Making her 5-year-old debut today, MISSION OF JOY (ON) added to her already impressive accomplishments with an allowance win at Churchill Downs. It was opening night at the famed Louisville oval to kick off Kentucky Derby Week. Graham and Anita were on hand as well […]
Hidden Presence Goes Back-to-Back
Photo by Jim McCue/Maryland Jockey Club It was a perfect Spring afternoon for the 2025 turf season to begin at Laurel Park, and HIDDEN PRESENCE felt like putting on a show. Fresh off her score on the all-weather track at Turfway Park on March 26, the 4-year-old daughter of 2017 Belmont Stakes-G1 winner Tapwrit made […]
Another Passing Grade for Test Score
He broke his maiden there last October 4, and today TEST SCORE earned his first stakes win in the Transylvania Stakes Presented by Keeneland-G3. He has been a steadily improving horse since that initial score six months ago, earning stakes placings in Del Mar’s Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance Stakes (2nd) and Gulfstream Park’s Kitten’s Joy Stakes […]
First American Score for The Ginger Wizard (IRE)
His older (gray) half-brother is a Herringswell fan favorite. And this evening at Turfway Park, THE GINGER WIZARD (IRE) showed the apple didn’t fall far from the tree. The 4-year-old son of Calyx (GB) and the Galileo mare Fancy (IRE) made his first four career starts in his native Ireland, breaking his maiden at Tramore Racecourse […]
Beach Bomb (SAF) Repeats at Gulfstream
Photo by Angelo Lieto/NYRA It’s fitting that a mare named BEACH BOMB (SAF) would love South Florida…and Cayton Park Stud’s talented 5-year-old demonstrated her affinity for Gulfstream Park with her second consecutive graded stakes victory in today’s Orchid Stakes-G3. It was a stakes-laden card on Florida Derby Day, and Luis Saez was back aboard for […]
Hidden Presence Gets First Win
She’s been close several times, but this evening at Turfway Park, HIDDEN PRESENCE got her picture taken. The 4-year-old Tapwrit filly went off as the 7-5 post time favorite with Adam Beschizza aboard in a maiden claiming race going 1 1/16 miles on the all weather track. Unhurried early, she bided her time down the […]
First Win for Princess Buttercup
Robert S. Evans’ homebred PRINCESS BUTTERCUP looked to be having a grand time at Tampa Bay Downs this sunny afternoon, breaking her maiden in an 8 1/2 furlong contest on the turf. Sent off as the favorite with Samuel Marin aboard, Princess Buttercup settled well behind the field in the race’s early stages. Approaching the […]