Maryland: Racing reps tell Senate of progess, urge stability
The Maryland racing industry is making strides, reps told the state Senate Budget Committee today, but more remains to be done.
The Maryland racing industry is making strides, reps told the state Senate Budget Committee today, but more remains to be done.
The MATCH Series will make its 2019 return April 20 at Laurel Park with significant format changes on tap.
Maryland Senate President Mike Miller told a conference Thursday that the state has priorities other than paying $400 million for a new Pimlico.
In our Claimbox report: 2018 claiming activity rose versus the prior year, topping $25 million for the year.
We went silent for a week — quite by accident — and we owe our readers an apology, and a promise.
With the release of the second phase of the Maryland Stadium Authority study on Pimlico, momentum is building towards a resolution of one kind or another. We believe three principles must guide those decisions.
Jockey Weston Hamilton suffered a frightening spill Thursday at Aqueduct, but was uninjured, his agent said, and is expected to ride Friday at Laurel.
Trainers based at Pimlico hope it won’t come to it, but they’ve already begun figuring out a future when they can’t stable at Old Hilltop.
The Maryland Stadium Authority’s Pimlico study envisions a track transformed in radical and surprising ways.
The West Virginia Racing Commission Thursday approved Charles Town’s 2019 stakes schedule — despite some of the same misgivings it had when it delayed approval last year.