Category: MD Business

Laurel: Placing error leads to superfecta change

by Frank Vespe | Jun 21, 2025 | Breaking, Business, Maryland, MD Business | 0 |

Laurel Park officials had improvise Saturday when an error in the initial order of finish for race seven went official, affecting the superfecta payout.

Fair Hill to get new Tapeta surface

by Press Release | Jun 5, 2025 | Breaking, Business, Maryland, MD Business, Press release other | 0 |

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 man who put the Hi Ho in Pimlico

by Nick Hahn | Jun 3, 2025 | Breaking, Bylined Feature, Features, Maryland, MD Business | 1 |

Nearly 50 years ago, an ad agency approached Steve Karmen to write a jingle for Pimlico. Legions of racing fans still say, “Hi ho, Pimlico!”

De Francis Dash purse gets boost

by Press Release | May 28, 2025 | Breaking, Business, Maryland, MD Business, Press release other | 0 |

The De Francis Dash and three other stakes contested on the same day will receive $25,000 purse bumps, the Maryland Jockey Club announced.

Rodolfo Sanchez-Salomon hit with 60-day suspension

by The Biz | May 25, 2025 | Breaking, Business, Maryland, MD Business | 1 |

Trainer Rodolfo Sanchez-Salomon has been hit by HIWU, HISA’s drug-testing partner, with a 60-day suspension for three violations in two years.

Last chance to own a piece of Pimlico

by The Biz | May 23, 2025 | Breaking, Business, Maryland, MD Business | 0 |

An auction currently underway is selling off a wide variety of items from the soon-to-be-demolished Pimlico Race Course. Act fast!

David Ingordo will judge MHBA Yearling Show

by Press Release | May 23, 2025 | Breaking, Business, Maryland, MD Business, Press release other | 0 |

Bloodstock agent David Ingordo will serve as judge for this year’s 91st annual MHBA Yearling Show June 29.

The pianist, the racetracker, the dog: Pimlico’s ghosts

by Jennifer Kelly | May 11, 2025 | Breaking, Bylined Feature, Maryland, MD Business, Preakness weekend, Triple Crown Trail | 0 |

Pimlico, a one-mile dirt oval bounded by generations of our collective memory, serves as the final home for racetrackers, bettors, even a dog.

Preakness: A Baltimore-bred’s Pimlico memories

by Gary Quill | May 9, 2025 | Breaking, Bylined Other, Maryland, MD Business, Opinion, Preakness weekend, Triple Crown Trail | 2 |

Longtime handicapper Gary Quill has been going to Pimlico for more than 60 years. Here’s what he’ll remember as a new facility replaces the old.

New Maryland Jockey Club board named

by Frank Vespe | May 9, 2025 | Breaking, Business, Bylined Other, Maryland, MD Business | 0 |

The board of directors that will govern the new Maryland Jockey Club was chosen by the Thoroughbred Racetrack Operating Authority Friday.

Preakness: Dave Rodman to receive Award of Merit

by Press Release | May 8, 2025 | Breaking, Maryland, MD Business, Preakness weekend, Press release other, Triple Crown Trail | 0 |

Longtime Pimlico and Laurel track announcer Dave Rodman will receive the Special Award of Merit at this year’s Preakness Alibi Breakfast.

Public Works Board approves Pimlico Plus expenditures

by Frank Vespe | May 8, 2025 | Breaking, Business, Bylined Other, Maryland, MD Business | 0 |

Maryland’s Board of Public Works approved nearly $19 million in expenditures to advance the Pimlico Plus plan – but not without trepidation.

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