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Awesome Banner
20
Jan
  • Awesome Banner
  • Fire Plug S.
  • J.D. Acosta
  • Ken Decker
  • Laurel Park
  • Maryland horse racing

Awesome Banner: Anatomy of a form reversal

  • Frank Vespe / 8 years
  • 0
  • 7 min read

Awesome Banner tackled top sprinters until suddenly going off form two races back. Today in the Fire Plug at Laurel Park, he got his groove back.

Favorite Tale
17
Jan
  • Awesome Banner
  • Favorite Tale
  • Fire Plug S.
  • Jose Corrales
  • Ken Decker
  • Laurel Park
  • Linda Rice
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Paul Conaway

Favorite Tale looks to double up in Fire Plug

  • Press Release / 8 years
  • 0
  • 6 min read

Multiple graded winner Favorite Tale, who won last out for the first time since 2015, will try to double up in the Fire Plug at Laurel Park.

Imperial Hint
14
Jan
  • Fire Plug S.
  • Imperial Hint
  • Laurel Park
  • Maryland horse racing

Imperial Hint proves best in Fire Plug

  • Frank Vespe / 9 years
  • 0
  • 4 min read

Imperial Hint was sharp in taking today’s $75,000 Fire Plug Stakes at Laurel Park.

12
Jan
  • Fire Plug S.
  • Laurel Park
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Phil Schoenthal
  • Sonny Inspired
  • Trouble Kid

Schoenthal brings twofer to Fire Plug Stakes

  • Press Release / 9 years
  • 0
  • 6 min read

Trainer Phil Schoenthal will saddle two intriguing runners in Saturday’s Fire Plug Stakes at Laurel Park: defending champ Sonny Inspired and G3 winner Trouble Kid.

06
Jan
  • Fire Plug S.
  • Laurel Park
  • Maryland horse racing
  • What a Summer S.

First Laurel Park stakes of ’17 draw 51 noms

  • Press Release / 9 years
  • 0
  • 4 min read

The What a Summer Stakes and Fire Plug Stakes will take place January 14 at Laurel Park.

18
Jan
  • Fire Plug S.
  • Jevian Toledo
  • Karen's Silk
  • Laurel Park
  • Marshua S.
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Sonny Inspired

Two stakes wins make for “special” day for Jevian Toledo

  • Ted Black / 10 years
  • 3
  • 5 min read

Jevian Toledo scored in two of Laurel Park’s three stakes Saturday, one a pick-up mount, making for what he called a “special” day.

16
Jan
  • Fire Plug S.
  • Jevian Toledo
  • Laurel Park
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Phil Schoenthal
  • Sonny Inspired

Sonny Inspired sweeps to Fire Plug score

  • The Biz / 10 years
  • 0
  • 3 min read

Maryland-bred Sonny Inspired circled up on the turn and went on to a solid win in today’s Fire Plug Stakes for older sprinters at Laurel Park.

15
Jan
  • Fire Plug S.
  • Frank Whiteley Jr. S.
  • handicapping
  • In Focus Report
  • Laurel Park
  • Lost Raven
  • Marshua S.
  • Maryland horse racing

Laurel Park January 16 stakes wagering guide released

  • The Biz / 10 years
  • 0
  • 1 min read

The Racing Biz today released its latest In Focus wagering guide, to Saturday’s three stakes at Laurel Park: the Fire Plug, Marshua, and Whiteley.

03
Jan
  • Claudio Gonzalez
  • Fire Plug S.
  • Laurel Park
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Never Stop Looking
  • Roimes Chirinos

Never Stop Looking scores Fire Plug shocker

  • The Biz / 11 years
  • 0
  • 2 min read

The bettors ignored Never Stop Looking in the Fire Plug Stakes today at Laurel Park — right up until he scored a $51 upset.

03
Jan
  • Bakken
  • Fire Plug S.
  • Gabby Gaudet
  • Laurel Park
  • Maryland horse racing
  • mid-Atlantic horse racing
  • Nellie Morse S.
  • Unbound

Gabby Gaudet’s longshots and exotic plays for January 3

  • Gabby Gaudet / 11 years
  • 0
  • 3 min read

In our weekly feature, Maryland Jockey Club analyst Gabby Gaudet plays a Pick 4 and analyzes two of the day’s four stakes.

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