Laurel Park Horseracing

Laurel Park is a horseracing facility in Laurel, Maryland with two tracks that features thoroughbred racing. Along with the Pimlico Racetrack, it is the home of one of the state's biggest horseracing events - the Maryland Million. Big races hosted by Laurel Park include the Laurel Dash, the Laurel Futurity, the Endless Surprise Stakes, the Conniver Stakes, the Horatius Stakes and the Private Terms Stakes.

Laurel Park Facts

Dirt Track
• 1-1/8 m oval with a seven furlong chute
• Length of stretch from last turn to finish line: 1,344 feet
• Width of backstretch: 75 feet
• Width of stretch: 75 feet

Turf Course
• 1m inside main track
• Length of stretch from last turn to finish line: 990 feet.
• Width of backstretch: 70 feet.
• Width of stretch: 70 feet
• Turf Course Composition: sandy loam, 65% turf type tall fescue, 25% turf type perennial ryegrass, 10% Blue Grass, Grass height maintained at 4 inches during racing season.

Laurel Park: Host of the Maryland Million

Laurel Park has become one of the regular hosts of the Maryland Million, an event that has become one of the nation's best known single days of horseracing excitement. It was envisioned as a local version of the Breeders Cup, and became so popular with both fans and horsemen that it soon attracted imitators throughout the nation. There are now many such days in different states featuring either state-bred or state-sired horses in festival-like atmospheres.

Maryland Million has become the biggest racing day of the fall, and is eclipsed in local importance only by the Preakness Stakes, the venerable second leg of the American Triple Crown.

Laurel Racetrack Records

Distance	Horse	Age	Weight (lbs)	Time	Date
4 ½ Furlongs	Twelve Pack Shelly	2	117	50.83	Apr 08, 2010
5 Furlongs	Tradfest	5	118	56.65	Dec 09, 2018
5 ½ Furlongs	Siralfredthegreat	6	122	1:02.20	Oct 06, 2018
6 Furlongs	Richter Scale	6	123	1:07.95	Jul 15, 2000
6 ½ Furlongs	Correjon	5	122	1:15.07	Feb 03, 2019
7 Furlongs	Greenspring	5	117	1:20.95	Feb 15, 2010
7 ½ Furlongs	Tidal Surge	4	117	1:29.52	Mar 12, 1994
1 Mile	Top Line Growth	3	117	1:34.07	Jun 08, 2019
1 1/16 Miles	Willard Scott	4	115	1:41.80	Nov 16, 1985
1 1/8 Miles	Redding Colliery	4	114	1:47.39	Feb 15, 2010
1 3/16 Miles	Testing	7	121	1:54.51	Oct 21, 2000
1 ¼ Miles	Richie the Coach	5	118	1:59.96	Nov 23, 1996
1 ¾ Miles	Asserche	6	116	2:58.51	Feb 13, 1994

Laurel Park Records - Turf Track

Distance	Rail Setting	Horse	Age	Weight (lbs)	Time	Date
5 Furlongs	Flat (0)	Yankee Wildcat	7	122	55.37	Sep 17, 2005
	Rail 87	Cyberflash	6	116	54.82	Aug 20, 2006
5 ½ Furlongs	Flat (0)	Night Officer	4	122	1:00.53	Sep 12, 2012
	Rail 52	Introduced	3	117	1:00.55	Jun 01, 2019
	Rail 87	Southern Region	6	124	1:00.75	Sep 07, 2012
6 Furlongs	Rail 87	Jazzy Idea	3	119	1:07.29	Oct 27, 2012
	Flat (0)	Texas Glitter	4	115	1:08.00	Oct 28, 2000
1 Mile	Rail 35	Rose Brier	7	118	1:33.11	Apr 23, 2016
	Rail 17	Sir London	5	123	1:33.32	Jul 05, 2024
	Rail 52	Caribou Club	5	120	1:33.35	Sep 21, 2019
1 1/16 Miles	Flat (0)	Ghost Hunter	6	122	1:39.00	Jul 10, 2016
	Rail 87	Lanier	5	120	1:38.72	Jun 11, 2017
1 1/8 Miles	Rail 70	Wolfie's Dynaghost	7	120	1:45.83	Jun 28, 2025
	Rail 35	Just Howard	3	116	1:45.81	Sep 30, 2017
1 3/16 Miles	Rail 52	Dataman	3	118	1:53.07	Aug 13, 2023
1 ½ Miles	Flat (0)	Kelso	7	126	2:23.80	Nov 11, 1964

Laurel Park Records - Jumps

Distance	Horse	Age	Weight (lbs)	Time	Date
About 2 1/8 Miles	Travesuras	6	153	3:58.03	Jun 15, 2025
About 2 ¼ Miles	Rolling Cart	8	143	4:14.01	Jun 12, 1993

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