Timonium meet kicks off
The Timonium state fair racing meet kicked off today with small dips in handle and attendance.
The Timonium state fair racing meet kicked off today with small dips in handle and attendance.
Our weekly On Tap feature highlights the weekend’s best races from around the mid-Atlantic.
The number of horses claimed in the mid-Atlantic region rose, while the gross and average values fell, according to our new Claimbox report.
Rider Kristina McManigell, injured in a spill at Delaware Park on Monday, reportedly is “coming around nicely.”
Colonial Downs owner Jeffrey Jacobs has withdrawn a complicated proposal to sell the racetrack to a company, MTR Gaming, that he would then control.
Racing returns to Maryland for the first time in nearly three months, when Timonium kicks off its 10-day meet on Friday, August 23.
Delaware Park will race through October 9, the extra day added to compensate for last week’s weather-related lost day.
Mid-Atlantic handle rose slightly this past weekend, according to our HandleTrak report, though bridgejumpers accounted for part of the increase.
Rider Kristina McManigell was injured in a spill at Delaware today. The horse was uninjured, and the race was declared no contest.
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