Category: MD Business

MJC stakes coordinator Coley Blind to retire

by Press Release | Oct 26, 2020 | Breaking, Business, Maryland, MD Business | 0 |

Coley Blind, the longtime stakes coordinator at the Maryland Jockey Club, will retire effective November 1 and be replaced by former trainer Jason Egan.

Aidan Butler named COO of 1/st Racing

by Press Release | Oct 22, 2020 | Breaking, Business, Maryland, MD Business | 0 |

Aidan Butler, most recently at Santa Anita, will become chief operating officer of 1/st Racing, the parent of the Maryland Jockey Club.

Great Notion sires Maryland Million bumper crop

by Frank Vespe | Oct 20, 2020 | Breaking, Business, Maryland, MD Business, MD Racing, Top Stories | 0 |

More runners sired by stalwart stallion Great Notion are pre-entered for the Maryland Million than by any other stallion.

Ahesahmahk Dahn wins Joe Kelly Unsung Hero Award

by Press Release | Oct 20, 2020 | Breaking, Business, Maryland, MD Business | 0 |

Maryland Million Ltd. has named City Ranch founder Ahesahmahk Dahn as winner of the 2020 Joe Kelly Unsung Hero Award.

Fans allowed to return to Laurel Park

by Frank Vespe | Oct 14, 2020 | Breaking, Business, Maryland, MD Business, Top Stories | 0 |

For the first time in seven months, fans will be permitted to attend live racing at Laurel Park, albeit in limited numbers.

October tabbed Maryland Horse Month

by Press Release | Sep 29, 2020 | Breaking, Business, Maryland, MD Business | 0 |

Gov. Larry Hogan today named October as “Maryland Horse Month.” The month features both the Preakness and Maryland Million.

Fravel: Preakness a “shot in the arm” for Md. racing

by Guest Author | Sep 22, 2020 | Breaking, Maryland, MD Business, Top Stories, Triple Crown Trail | 1 |

Amid a truly uncertain year, the Stronach Group’s Craig Fravel hopes the Preakness provides a “shot in the arm” for his company and for Maryland racing.

Preakness weekend trainer bonus returns

by Press Release | Sep 16, 2020 | Breaking, Business, Maryland, MD Business | 0 |

The Maryland Jockey Club will once again offer $100,000 in trainer bonuses over Preakness weekend at PImlico in October.

Laurel to host Virginia-bred stakes

by Press Release | Sep 15, 2020 | Breaking, Business, Maryland, MD Business, Virginia, Virginia Business | 1 |

Pending Virginia Racing Commission approval, Maryland’s Laurel Park will play host to five stakes restricted to Virginia-bred or -sired runners.

Opinion: Right call on “Maryland, My Maryland”

by Frank Vespe | Sep 13, 2020 | Breaking, Maryland, MD Business, Opinion, Top Stories | 2 |

The Maryland Jockey Club’s decision to eliminate the playing of “Maryland, My Maryland” is the right call at the right time, our correspondent writes.

Preakness: No more “Maryland, My Maryland”

by Frank Vespe | Sep 10, 2020 | Breaking, Maryland, MD Business, Top Stories, Triple Crown Trail | 3 |

In the face of the nation’s reckoning with racism, the Maryland Jockey Club will scrap the playing of the controversial state song before the Preakness.

Maryland trainer Jack Kousin passes

by Frank Vespe | Sep 3, 2020 | Breaking, Business, Maryland, MD Business | 0 |

Jack Kousin, who took a 30-year detour from his successful training career before returning in 2018, passed away August 25.

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