
Differing prospects for Maryland and Virginia made clear this week
In Virginia, no one in racing is happy these days. In Maryland, everyone is. That’s what we discovered during a busy week.

In Virginia, no one in racing is happy these days. In Maryland, everyone is. That’s what we discovered during a busy week.

A pair of bills in the New Jersey legislature could lead to instant racing machines at racetracks and casino gambling at The Meadowlands.

Hollywood Casino at Penn National Race Course has released its 2014 stakes schedule and live racing calendar.

The Virginia Racing Commission yesterday adopted a 2014 schedule for Colonial Downs that left precisely no one happy.
The Maryland Jockey Club today announced it has increased the purse for the Preakness Stakes (G1) from $1 million to $1.5 million.

After 16 years as Audley Farm’s general manager, Jens Von Lepel will retire at the end of this year.

The slowest week of claiming activity in nearly two months yielded little change in our Midlantic Claiming 7, in our Claimbox report.

Our NewsBrief goes around the region. Today: Virginia’s racing days, Laurel’s $100,000 guarantee, Pennsylvania’s changing laws, and more.

The Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance has announced its first round of grants to accredited organizations, among them four from the mid-Atlantic.

The Maryland Jockey Club today unveiled a new logo for Black-Eyed Susan Day and announced a new brand for the event.

Monday’s Fasig-Tipton mixed sale enjoyed solid gains — so why did some participants seem so grouchy?

Gross handle in the mid-Atlantc dropped more than 25 percent, in our HandleTrak report.
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