Big crowds — well, and maybe a line or two at the wagering window — were the order of the day as the first-ever Penn Mile card brought top riders and trainers to Penn National.
A peek back at how some of last week’s stories played out: celebrity announcers labor over racetrack geography, Midlantic-breds outrun their odds, and more!
New Jersey breeding has faced its share of troubles in the last decade, and the Courier-Post newspaper outlines the challenges.
On Wednesday, we presented part one of our two-part interview with Maryland racing Commission chairman Bruce Quade (here). Part 2 is here. Bruce Quade has been chairman of the Maryland Racing Commission for a bit less than one year. In that time, he has helped to broker a 10-year agreement among the tracks, horsemen, and […]
On Tuesday the Maryland Racing Commission voted to move forward in its adoption of medication rules that are uniform with those in other mid-Atlantic states. That means that as early as September 1, Maryland’s racing rules will allow raceday Lasix only if administered by a state veterinarian (or his designee); prohibit all other raceday medications; […]
This short video from Jeff Krulik aims to nutshell what The Racing Biz will be and what it’ll cover. Except that in future, there’ll be a lot less of Vespe’s mug in the videos and a lot more of the characters and stories that Jeff so adeptly unearths. Jeff’s an Emmy-winning filmmaker and an inveterate […]
Bruce Quade has been chairman of the Maryland Racing Commission for a bit less than one year. In that time, he has helped to broker a 10-year agreement among the tracks, horsemen, and breeders; formed a Breeding Task Force to tackle issues facing that segment of the industry; and confronted a disturbing spate of breakdowns […]