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Jose Corrales
04
Oct
  • Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority
  • Horseracing Integrity and Welfare Unit
  • Jose Corrales
  • Laurel Park
  • Maryland horse racing

Trainer Jose Corrales hit with 2-year suspension

  • Frank Vespe / 1 month
  • 0
  • 2 min read

Trainer Jose Corrales, a Laurel Park mainstay, has been hit with a 2-year suspension after one of his riders tested positive for nikethamide.

Eunomia
29
Sep
  • Delaware horse racing
  • Delaware Park
  • Eunomia (horse)
  • Saffie Joseph Jr.

Well-traveled Eunomia heads to DelCap a G1 winner

  • Frank Vespe / 1 month
  • 0
  • 3 min read

Eunomia, winner of the G1 Clement Hirsch last out, is the favorite in the G3 Delaware Handicap Saturday – her sixth different track in her last six starts.

Hark Theangelssing
14
Jun
  • Hark Theangelssing (horse)
  • Laurel Park
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Michael Trombetta
  • Stormy Blues S.

Hark Theangelssing has winning tune in Stormy Blues

  • Frank Vespe / 5 months
  • 0
  • 4 min read

Hark Theangelssing earned her first stakes victory in her first start of 2026 Sunday, taking a hard-fought edition of the Stormy Blues Stakes at Laurel.

Napoleon Solo
19
May
  • Laurel Park
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Paco Lopez
  • People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA)
  • Preakness

PETA claims Lopez violated crop rule in Preakness win

  • Frank Vespe / 6 months
  • 1
  • 3 min read

In a statement, PETA alleges that jockey Paco Lopez violated use-of-the-crop rules when winning the Preakness aboard Napoleon Solo.

Shamrock Farm sign
21
Jan
  • Gary McGuigan
  • Laurel Park
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Maryland Racetrack Operating Authority
  • Maryland Stadium Authority
  • Shamrock Farm

Big dollars, small fish torpedo Shamrock training center

  • Frank Vespe / 10 months
  • 5
  • 3 min read

With Shamrock Farm likely to run well over budget and facing a daunting environmental challenge, the Maryland Stadium Authority turned to Laurel.

HISA logo
13
Jan
  • Dr. Adam Lockard
  • Dr. Nick Meittinis
  • Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority
  • Horseracing Integrity and Welfare Unit
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Maryland Veterinary Group

Two Maryland vets hit with HISA provisional suspensions

  • Frank Vespe / 10 months
  • 2
  • 3 min read

In imposing provisional suspensions, HISA alleges that Maryland Vet Group vets have been dispensing medications with banned substances.

Lute Warm
14
Nov
  • Brittany Russell
  • Laurel Park
  • Lute Warm
  • Maryland horse racing

LRL: Long layoff, no problem for Lute Warm

  • Frank Vespe / 12 months
  • 0
  • 3 min read

Lute Warm, off since last December, made a triumphant return to action by taking Laurel Park’s Friday feature decisively.

Pimlico
21
Oct
  • Del. Vanessa Atterbeary
  • Greg Cross
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Maryland Racetrack Operating Authority
  • Office of Legislative Audits
  • Pimlico Plus
  • Sen. Bill Ferguson

Legislative audit rips MTROA operations

  • Frank Vespe / 1 year
  • 0
  • 6 min read

A new audity report has ripped the Md. Thoroughbred Racetrack Operating Authority for significant weaknesses in its oversight of public dollars.

04
Jan
  • handle
  • mid-Atlantic horse racing

Handle slumps in December as 2024 lags prior year

  • Frank Vespe / 2 years
  • 0
  • 2 min read

US wagering handle on Thoroughbred races plummeted 14% in December, as the industry suffered through another down year.

Seize the Grey
03
Jan
  • Clubman
  • D. Wayne Lukas
  • Galerio
  • Laurel Park
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Maryland Racetrack Operating Authority
  • Michael Gorham
  • Mike Hopkins
  • Pimlico
  • Post Time
  • Rodney Jenkins
  • Stronach Group

Maryland: 8 stories that mattered in 2024

  • Frank Vespe / 2 years
  • 0
  • 8 min read

It was a tumultuous, consequential year for the Maryland Thoroughbred industry. Here are eight stories that mattered in the year that was.

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  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • …
  • 14

Top Stories

01
Breaking Business Bylined Other Maryland MD Business Top Stories

Laurel Park to retain racing role.

02
Breaking Bylined Race Recap Racing Top Stories West Virginia WV Racing

CT: Crystal Veil makes it a.

03
Breaking Business Maryland MD Business Top Stories

Stadium Authority-TMJC ink operations agreement

04
Breaking Business Regionwide Top Stories

Fasig-Tipton posts “encouraging” Eastern yearling sale

05
Breaking Bylined Feature Features Maryland MD Racing Top Stories

Md. Million: Youth served, but experience.

06
Breaking Bylined Race Recap Maryland MD Racing Racing Top Stories

LRL: Howgreatisnate rides the rail to.

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