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.
The second phase of the Maryland Stadium Authority says it will cost $424 million to demolish and rebuild Pimlico to make it viable as a long-term Preakness home.
Alwaysmining romped to a sharp win in the Maryland Juvenile Futurity Saturday at Laurel Park, while Money Fromheaven upset the Juvenile Filly Championship.