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Preakness Update, Wednesday p.m.
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LookBack: Celeb announcers struggle in amusing ways, and more
A peek back at how some of last week's stories played out: celebrity announcers labor over racetrack geography, Midlantic-breds outrun-
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Midlantic horses make a splash in Louisville
A couple of Pennsylvania-bred longshots and a Maryland-bred favorite added up to a productive weekend for mid-Atlantic-breds in Louisville this-
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Decision may be move toward program to boost Maryland horse breeding
With recent actions, Maryland is moving towards enhanced purses for state-breds -- but hurdles remain.-
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Wine, horses, and song — mostly wine — draw big crowd to Decanter
Young, thirsty, and part of a couple was the core demographic of last weekend's Decanter event at Pimlico. Our man-
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Newsmaker Interview: Bruce Quade, Part 2 of 2
On Wednesday, we presented part one of our two-part interview with Maryland racing Commission chairman Bruce Quade (here). Part 2-
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Inside the sausage: How MRC rules become final regs
On Tuesday the Maryland Racing Commission voted to move forward in its adoption of medication rules that are uniform with-
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Newsmaker Interview: Bruce Quade, Pt. 1
Bruce Quade has been chairman of the Maryland Racing Commission for a bit less than one year. In that time,-
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