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John Wayne
29
Feb
  • Delaware Racing Commission
  • John Wayne

Remembrance: John Wayne

  • Frank Vespe / 6 years
  • 1
  • 5 min read

Longtime Delaware Racing Commission executive director John Wayne passed away earlier this week; our memories of a man who made a mark.

Pimlico
28
Feb
  • Bowie Training Center
  • Laurel Park
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Pimlico

Pimlico redo bill takes first step towards passage

  • Frank Vespe / 6 years
  • 0
  • 4 min read

Legislation that would provide the funding and structure to raze and rebuild Pimlico and Laurel Park passed the Senate Budget Committee Friday in Annapolis.

Artful Splatter
27
Feb
  • Anna's Bandit
  • Artful Splatter
  • Catherine Bellinger
  • Geisha S.
  • John Robb
  • Laurel Park
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Steve Allen

Artful Splatter retains Geisha title as Commission rejects Robb appeal

  • Frank Vespe / 6 years
  • 0
  • 6 min read

Artful Splatter was first under the wire in the Geisha S. and remains the winner after the Md. Racing Commission rejected losing trainer John Robb’s appeal.

Pimlico
25
Feb
  • Joseph Bryce
  • Laurel Park
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Mayor Jack Young
  • Michael Johansen
  • Pimlico
  • Steuart Pittman

“The Preakness belongs in Baltimore”: House hears praise for proposed bill

  • Frank Vespe / 6 years
  • 0
  • 8 min read

A Maryland House committee today heard widespread support for a proposal to keep the Preakness at a renovated Pimlico and to rebuild Laurel.

25
Feb
  • Alan Foreman
  • Alan Rifkin
  • Laurel Park
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Maryland Jockey Club
  • Pimlico

Pimlico legislation: Questions and Answers

  • Frank Vespe / 6 years
  • 2
  • 9 min read

Wondering how the legislation to renew Pimlico and Laurel Park would work? How much it would cost? And what about equine safety? We’ve got some answers!

Hello Beautiful
23
Feb
  • Brittany Russell
  • Hello Beautiful
  • Laurel Park
  • Maryland horse racing

Hello Beautiful “just what we wanted” in first move

  • Frank Vespe / 6 years
  • 0
  • 5 min read

In her first move since winning the Maryland Juvenile Filly by a dozen lengths, Hello Beautiful showed trainer Brittany Russell “just what we wanted.”

John Jones
22
Feb
  • John Jones
  • Lacey Gaudet
  • Laurel Park
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Not for Love S.

John Jones keeps on going with 12th career win

  • Frank Vespe / 6 years
  • 0
  • 4 min read

John Jones won an allowance/optional claimer at Laurel Park Saturday and now is headed back to stakes company.

Jack Harmon
21
Feb
  • Bowie Race Course
  • Jack Harmon
  • Laurel Park
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Pimlico

Jack Harmon’s 50-year career measured in hundredths

  • Frank Vespe / 6 years
  • 3
  • 7 min read

Jack Harmon, the timer at Laurel Park for nearly 50 years, stepped down at the end of January, ending a career in which he’s seen, well, everything.

19
Feb
  • Jamie Ness
  • Parx Racing
  • Pennsylvania horse racing

Trainer Jamie Ness bags 3,000th win

  • Frank Vespe / 6 years
  • 0
  • 4 min read

With a combined total of five wins on Monday and Tuesday, trainer Jamie Ness reached the 3,000-win mark with a rush

Majestic Reason
18
Feb
  • Barbara Fritchie H.
  • General George H.
  • John B. Campbell S.
  • Laurel Park
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Miracle Wood S.
  • Wide Country S.

Five answers from Saturday’s Laurel Park stakes

  • Frank Vespe / 6 years
  • 0
  • 7 min read

Now that the weekend’s Laurel Park stakes are in the book, we’ve got answers to those five questions we posed last week…

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