#Breaking #Business #Bylined Other #Maryland #MD Business Frustrations laid bare at MTROA meeting In its first public meeting since the state legislature voted for its demise, members of Maryland's MTROA sparred as frustrations Frank Vespe / 4 months Comment (17) (408)
#Breaking #Business #Bylined Other #Maryland #MD Business #Virginia #Virginia Business Md. Racing Commission OKs Maryland-Virginia stakes The Maryland Racing Commission signed off on a controversial proposal to blend Maryland-restricted and Virginia-restricted stakes Wednesday. Frank Vespe / 5 months Comment (23) (456)
#Breaking #Business #Bylined Other #Maryland #MD Business Maryland to spike Racetrack Operating Authority Maryland budget negotiators on Friday unexpectedly decided to sunset the state's Thoroughbred Racetrack Operating Authority. Frank Vespe / 5 months Comment (24) (100)
#Breaking #Business #Bylined Other #Virginia #Virginia Business Colonial Downs to host Claiming Crown qualifying day Colonial Downs will host an August day of racing in which the races are automatic qualifying races for November's Claiming Frank Vespe / 5 months Comment (26) (403)
#Breaking #Business #Bylined Other #Maryland #MD Business Laurel Park to delay turf season launch at least a week Laurel Park will not take entries for turf races next weekend as originally scheduled because of wet, cold weather, track Frank Vespe / 5 months Comment (17) (61)
#Breaking #Bylined Other #Maryland #MD Racing #Triple Crown Trail #Virginia #Virginia Breeding Paths converge, split for Omaha Omaha, Studlydoright A pair of Maryland-based sophs, Omaha Omaha and Studlydoright, saw their Triple Crown paths converge two weeks ago before splitting Frank Vespe / 5 months Comment (23) (725)
#Breaking #Bylined Other #Opinion Op-Ed: Heated industry defenses ignore backstretch workers A New York Times op-ed criticizing racing generated heated industry responses that barely addressed the plight of backstretch workers. Teresa Genaro / 6 months Comment (31) (922)
#Breaking #Bylined Other #Handicapping #Regionwide Handicapping: Know your point-to-points With turf season close at hand, handicapper John Piassek says that keeping an eye on point-to-point races can, err, point John Piassek / 6 months Comment (19) (93)
#Breaking #Business #Bylined Other #West Virginia #WV Business Coastal Mission repeats as WV-bred Horse of the Year Coastal Mission, who's earned more than $1.1 million, has been named by the state's breeders as WV-bred Horse of the Ted Black / 6 months Comment (0) (400)
#Breaking #Business #Bylined Other #Maryland #MD Business Maryland OTBs push for historical horse racing machines Saying that OTBs are a "failing industry" and retail sports betting a failure, too, Maryland OTBs are pushing for historical Frank Vespe / 6 months Comment (1) (152)