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Entries Strong For MATCH Series Kickoff At Pimlico Sponsored by: Laki edges past Lebda to win the Whiteley and record a stakes success in five consecutive years of racing The eighth edition of the Mid-Atlantic Thoroughbred Championships Series (MATCH) begins May 14-15 at Pimlico Race Course with large, competitive fields that include more than a few local horses that figure to play a role in the outcome of the four divisions in the 2021 series. Purses for the four MATCH stakes that ar...

Trainer Lacey Gaudet Hoping To Add Another Chapter In Family’s Success Story Sponsored by: Trainer Lacey Gaudet Carrying the mantle for one of Marylands best known and respected racing families, trainer Lacey Gaudet has been proud to continue the tradition her late father, Eddie, began in the 1950s. Saturday, the 33-year-old Gaudet is hoping to add another chapter to the familys legacy and join her father as a graded-stakes winner. Gaudet will send out Five Hellions Farms Dontletswe...

Sponsored by: Kenny Had a Notion regained his winning ways in the Spectacular Bid Kenny Had a Notion and Maythehorsebwithu, separated by a neck following a stretch-long duel in the Spectacular Bid last month, will hook up again as the primary challengers in Saturdays $100,000 Miracle Wood at Laurel Park in Maryland. The 26th running of the one-mile Miracle Wood for 3-year-olds and the 28th renewal of the $100,000 Wide Country for 3-year-old fillies are among six stakes, two graded, wo...

Russell Seeking First Graded Win With Hello Beautiful Sponsored by: Hello Beautiful and Sheldon Russell win the Safely Kept by 11 1/4 lengths With few remaining gaps on Hello Beautifuls resume, trainer Brittany Russell will seek to achieve a significant milestone for both herself and her stable star when they go up against seven rivals in Saturdays $250,000 Runhappy Barbara Fritchie (G3) at Laurel Park.   th running of the Fritchie for fillies and mares 4 and older and the 45 th ed...

Sponsored by: The filly Dontletsweetfoolya and her goat, Doris Theres a scene in the 2003 motion picture Seabiscuit where trainer Tom Smith cradles a goat in his arms as he walks along the road on owner Charles Howards California ranch leading to the stable where the movies cantankerous main character has been keeping his connections on their toes. “Goat racing?” Howard, played by actor Jeff Bridges, asks. “Oh, no. Just trying to calm him down a little,” fellow Academy Award w...