Colonial Downs will open its stable area for the summer meet June 23, with training to begin June 25, the track announced.
1/ST, former owners of Laurel and Pimlico and current owners of Xpressbet and 1/ST Bet, has acquired DRF Bets, the companies announced.
Maryland’s Fair Hill Training Center will replace its 7-furlong Tapeta Footings track this summer, with the company’s newest iteration, Tapeta 13.
The De Francis Dash and three other stakes contested on the same day will receive $25,000 purse bumps, the Maryland Jockey Club announced.
Bloodstock agent David Ingordo will serve as judge for this year’s 91st annual MHBA Yearling Show June 29.
The rate of equine fatalities in the first quarter was unchanged, according to the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority (HISA) report.
Fasig-Tipton’s upcoming two-year-old sale will conclude its under-tack show today as gallop-only, and all horses will sell Tuesday.
Former Major League journeyman Jim Gosger knows who he’s rooting for in the Preakness: the horse that bears his name.
With heavy rain in the area, Delaware Park canceled its Wednesday opener and instead will kick off its season Saturday, May 17.
With his Derby rider headed elsewhere, Sandman will partner with John Velazquez in Saturday’s 150th running of the Preakness Stakes.
