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Labor Day Stakes at Laurel Park Worth $900,000

Laurel Park has annonced a Labor Day weekend stakes line-up worth $900,000. The nine stakes on offer include the Federico Tesio, a ‘Win and In’ for the GI Preakness S., and the Weber City, a ‘Win and In’ for the GII Black-Eyed Susan S. Both races will be held Monday, Sept. 7. The Labor Day card will also feature three races on the turf–the Henry Clark S. and Laurel Dash for 3-year-olds and up, and the All Along S. for fillies and mares.

There will be four $100,000 stakes Saturday, Sept. 5: the Polynesian S. and Deputed Testimony S. for 3-year-olds and up, and the Alma North S. and Twixt S. for fillies and mares.

Laurel Park will run an additional seven days in August and September after the Maryland State Fair withdrew its application to run this year.

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Lasix-Free: Maryland’s First 2-Year-Old Race Of 2020 Carded For Friday

Laurel Park's first 2-year-old race of 2020 will highlight Friday's program. The 5-furlong event drew a field of 10 colts and geldings and will be run as the sixth race. The purse is $40,000.

Mopo Racing's Alwaysinahurry will go to post for trainer Dale Capuano. The son of Great Notion finished second in his debut July 13 at Delaware Park. Trainer Cathal Lynch has entered two horses including San Antone, a son of Bourbon Courage who has finished second twice at Delaware Park. Also entered are Kake'scharmingboy, a son of Union Rags trained by Michael Matz, Alpha Queue, who goes to post for Team Gaudet, and Gallant George, a son of Orb trained by John Salzman Sr.

Juvenile races at Laurel will be run this year without the medication Lasix.

Racing resumes at Laurel Thursday. First race post Thursday, Friday and Saturday is 12:40 p.m.

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Maryland Racing Commission Study to Scope Juveniles in Lasix-Free Races

The Maryland Equine Safety, Health and Welfare Advisory Committee, which falls under the Maryland Racing Commission, has approved a plan for post-race video endoscopies of all starters in 2-year-old races in the state through the end of the year. Details of the survey study designed to determine the extent of exercise-induced pulmonary hemorrhaging were released Tuesday morning by the Maryland Thoroughbred Horsemen’s Association and follows Sunday’s announcement of an agreement to card Lasix-free 2-year-old races in the state through Dec. 31.

Private veterinarians who practice at Laurel will conduct the video endoscopies and complete information forms for each horse that will include the horse’s name, its EIPH score, any related comments, and whether the horse trains on Lasix. Additional useful data from each race and race day will be added to the information forms, which will be transferred to an online database.

The MRC will maintain all records from the survey study, and only a horse’s owner and trainer will be given the results of a scope to maintain anonymity. Horses will be scored using a range from 0 to 3–none, mild, moderate or severe bleeding–for the purpose of simplification.

Dr. John Sivick, a Laurel-based veterinarian who is a member of the Equine Safety, Health and Welfare Advisory Committee, said endoscopies are usually performed 30 minutes to 90 minutes after a race, but the goal will be a window of 40 minutes to 70 minutes post-race to keep the scores as consistent as possible.

The survey study is part of a broader agreement between the MTHA and The Stronach Group for a Lasix-free pilot program that runs through 2023 for 2-year-old races and graded stakes only. Graded stakes in 2020 are not part of the pilot program.

The first 2-year-old race of the year in the state was drawn Tuesday and will run on Friday’s program. The five-furlong event drew a field of 10 colts and geldings and will be contested as the sixth race on the program with a purse of $40,000.

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Maryland 2-Year-Old Racing Set To Commence With Lasix

The Maryland Administrative, Executive and Legislative Review Committee Aug. 2 said it has approved the Maryland Racing Commission's emergency regulation on use of race-day Lasix in 2-year-olds, a decision that will facilitate the carding of races for 2-year-olds at Laurel Park.

No 2-year-old races have been run in Maryland so far this year. There are no such races in the current Laurel condition book, which runs through Aug. 22, so the races will be listed as extras on overnights. Maryland Jockey Club President Sal Sinatra said that there will be two late breaking extras for Friday, August 7th: X7 Lasix-free 2-year-old MSW five furlongs; X8 Lasix-free Filly 2-year-old MSW five furlongs.

The MRC on July 16 approved—subject to adoption of an emergency rule—an agreement between the Maryland Thoroughbred Horsemen's Association and The Stronach Group/Maryland Jockey Club for a Lasix-free pilot program through 2023. The pilot program was subject to the approval by the AELR Committee of the revised Lasix regulation, which states that no 2-year-old can be administered Lasix within 48 hours of a race; the remainder of the regulation will not be changed.

In a related matter, the MRC Equine Safety, Health and Welfare Advisory Committee July 31 authorized a veterinary survey study of all 2-year-olds that race in Maryland through Dec. 31 of this year. The objective, as directed by the MRC, is to track the incidence of exercise-induced pulmonary hemorrhage in 2-year-olds racing without Lasix.

Under the survey study, veterinarians will take video endoscopies of all starters in 2-year-old races through Dec. 31, 2020. The MRC emergency regulation was approved for the standard six-month period—July 31, 2020, through Jan. 26, 2021.

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