Several turf stakes on the De Francis Dash undercard went to longshots, but favorite Hello Don Julio held serve in the Laurel Turf Cup.
French-bred Canessar swept to a sharp score in today’s $100,000 Laurel Turf Cup in his first North American start.
The G3 De Francis Dash, to be run September 16, has drawn 24 nominations and tops a card packed with seven stakes.
Onus set a course record in winning the Lady Baltimore Stakes at Laurel Park, while Renown cruised in the Laurel Turf Cup.
More than 200 horses were nominated to six Laurel Park stakes on the track’s opening Saturday, September 10.
St. Albans Boy is special to owner Anne Poulson — the last foal from a blue hen mare and named for her son — moreso now after winning the Laurel Turf Cup.
Saturday’s 53rd running of the Laurel Turf Cup features a talented group of 10 horses.
Three graded stakes winners are among 19 horses nominated to Saturday’s Laurel Turf Cup.
Two barns with a combined total of three wins in 2014 came up big in Laurel stakes Saturday, which left trainers Lilli Kurtinecz and Bruce Alexander beaming.
Our weekend stakes gallery features Monmouth’s final stake of the season and a half-dozen turf stakes from Laurel Park.