Guest Author • contributor to The Racing Biz

13
Oct

A few minutes with… Emilee McClun

Guest Author / 1 week
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2 min read

Catching up with Emilee McClun, who has been an outrider for the Maryland Jockey Club for many years.

02
Oct

DelCap day a card full of questions

Guest Author / 3 weeks
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5 min read

Saturday’s Delaware Handicap day at Delaware Park offers the handicapper several challenging races and plenty of questions to answer.

13
Jul

Thomas: “Homegrown” Preakness a “winning strategy”

Guest Author / 3 months
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9 min read

In an interview, Greater Baltimore Committee CEO Mark Anthony Thomas calls making the Preakness a “homegrown” event a “winning strategy.”

10
Jul

Argyle and Thoroughbred racing in the 1830s

Guest Author / 1 year
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12 min read

Connected to Supreme Court justices and governors, the Maryland-bred Argyle became one of the best horses of the 1830s. His story.

02
Apr

Op-ed: Time to modernize the condition book

Guest Author / 2 years
14
4 min read

Modernizing the condition book with 21st-century technology could be a cause that unites horsemen and management — and is long overdue.

29
Jan

Hamelback: Industry must speak out against decoupling

Guest Author / 2 years
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4 min read

The horseracing industry must oppose a Florida “decoupling” proposal to sever the racing-gaming connection, says HBPA chief Eric Hamelback.

28
Oct

The story of Post Boy, the great Maryland horse

Guest Author / 2 years
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6 min read

In the nation’s early days, horse racing was its only organized sport, and one of its biggest stars was Post Boy, called “the great Maryland horse.”

31
Aug

Pimlico: Safe haven, keeper of memories, home

Guest Author / 2 years
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4 min read

In this guest column, exercise rider and former jockey Emily Fewster reflects on the last days of the current version of Pimlico, her racing home.

14
Mar

Agreement struck on donation of Pimlico to state

Guest Author / 3 years
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2 min read

The Stronach Group has reached an agreement to donate the Pimlico property to Maryland, clearing the way for the “Pimlico Plus” plan.

07
Mar

Arnold: HISA a “dictatorship” lacking common sense

Guest Author / 3 years
2
6 min read

The Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority is a “dictatorship” lacking fairness and common sense, trainer Rusty Arnold says in this op-ed.

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