laurel park will welcome the new year with a total of 17 shares worth $1.7 million in wallets, led by General George’s $250,000 (G3) and Barbara Fritchie’s $250,000 (G3), during the winter meeting. 2023 starting January 1st.
The 40-day Winter Meetup will feature live races Friday, Saturday, and Sunday through March 31, with special holiday shows on Monday, January 16, and May Day. Feb 20. Posting time will be 12:15 p.m. before moving to 12:40 on March 12.
Staking action begins Saturday, January 21, with six bets worth $550,000 topped by a spectacular $100,000 Bid, a seven-stage sprint that kicks off the bet series of Maryland for 3-year-olds leading up to the 148th Preakness (G1), the Triple Crown’s mid-range jewel, May 20 at Pimlico racetrack.
Also on the January 21 show will be a $100,000 Xtra Heat program for 3 year old mares and $100,000 What a summer for mares and mares 4 and up , both have six long hairs; $100,000 worth of fire plugs for children 4 years and older in lengths of 6 1/2 pieces; and a pair of one-mile events for crossbreeds/breds in Maryland—$75,000 Jennings for ponies 3 years of age and older and $75,000 Geisha for mares and mares 3 years of age and older. up.
The 69th Barbara Fritchie for ponies and mares ages 4 and up and the 48th General George for kids 4 and up, both aged seven, co-lead the Seasons Festival program shareholders included six shares worth $700,000 in the wallet on Feb. 18. They are the first-ranked events on Maryland’s 2023 stakes calendar.
The winter festival will also feature a $100,000 Miracle Wood for 3-year-olds to run a mile and a $100,000 Wide Country for 3-year-olds to run seven sprints; and $100,000 John B. Campbell for children 3 years of age and older and $100,000 Nellie Morse for mares and mares 4 years of age and older, each at 1 1/16 mile.
The sophomore will again be in the spotlight on the $100,000 Privacy Clause and $100,000 off the wire as part of a March 18 program that includes five stakes worth $450,000. The Privacy Terms are contested at 1 1/16 mile while Beyond the Wire, for runners, is run at one mile.
Joining them on the March 18 card is a $100,000 Harrison E. Johnson Memorial for children 4 years and older who walk a mile and two $75,000 bets on stallions /Breeded in Maryland, six Not For Love longhairs and seven longhairs. Conniver, the latter for women.
Laurel’s next Spring Encounter will feature back-to-back bets on Saturdays starting April 15, featuring $125,000 Federico Tesio for 3-year-olds and Miss City Weber’s $125,000 for 3-year-olds. Once again, Tesio 1 1/8 mile will act as a “Win and Enter” qualifier for Triple Crown nominees to Preakness, while Miss Weber City 1 1/16 mile provides the winner. won an automatic berth in the 99th Black-Eyed Susan (G2) on the night of Preakness May 19.
The April 15 program limit is Frank Y. Whiteley’s $100,000 for children 3 years of age and older, seven longhairs, and $100,000 in Cause Heaven for mares and mares 3 years of age. one mile or more, has returned to the Maryland stock calendar in 2022.
First bets of 2023 are scheduled for April 22—Henry S. Clark worth $100,000 for children 3 years of age and older and $100,000 Dahlia for mares and mares 3 and older, each children at one mile and a $100,000 King T. Leatherbury, a 5 1/2 dash for kids 3 and up.
Also on the April 22 program is a $100,000 bet, the 1 1/8 Mile Native Dancer for kids 3 years and older and the six-hair Primonetta for mares and mares 3 and up. up.
This press release has been edited by BloodHorse Staff for content and style.
