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  • Alan Foreman
03
Aug
  • Alan Foreman
  • Alan Rifkin
  • Dr. Dionne Benson
  • Laurel Park
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Maryland Racing Commission
  • Stronach Group
  • Tom Bowman

Maryland set to offer first juvenile races of 2020

  • Frank Vespe / 5 years
  • 0
  • 4 min read

Laurel Park will offer its first baby races of 2020 — Lasix-free — as extras for its August 7 card, but the fate of a Lasix study was less clear.

Lil Habit of Mine
25
Jun
  • Alan Foreman
  • Alan Rifkin
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Maryland Jockey Club
  • Maryland Racing Commission
  • Michael Algeo
  • Stronach Group
  • Tim Keefe

Maryland Commission shelves Lasix-free baby races

  • Frank Vespe / 5 years
  • 2
  • 5 min read

The Stronach Group came to the Maryland Racing Commission for an endorsement of Lasix-free baby races. Instead it got a tongue-lashing.

Nyquist
18
Jun
  • Alan Foreman
  • Belinda Stronach
  • Craig Fravel
  • Jerry Robb
  • Laurel Park
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Phil Schoenthal
  • Tim Keefe

No-Lasix 2-year-old races in Maryland prompt debate

  • Frank Vespe / 5 years
  • 1
  • 6 min read

The Stronach Group announced it would restrict 2yo races in Maryland to horses not on Lasix – which may put them at odds with horsemen and the Commission

Bronx Beauty
11
Apr
  • Alan Foreman
  • mid-Atlantic horse racing
  • Mid-Atlantic Thoroughbred Championships (MATCH series)

MATCH Series 2020 canceled

  • Press Release / 5 years
  • 0
  • 4 min read

The MATCH Series, a regionwide series of stakes races in its third year back after a long hiatus, will not take place in 2020.

25
Feb
  • Alan Foreman
  • Alan Rifkin
  • Laurel Park
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Maryland Jockey Club
  • Pimlico

Pimlico legislation: Questions and Answers

  • Frank Vespe / 5 years
  • 2
  • 9 min read

Wondering how the legislation to renew Pimlico and Laurel Park would work? How much it would cost? And what about equine safety? We’ve got some answers!

Bronx Beauty
14
Jan
  • Alan Foreman
  • Erich Zimny
  • Jill Byrne
  • mid-Atlantic horse racing
  • Mid-Atlantic Thoroughbred Championships (MATCH series)

MATCH Series announces expanded slate

  • Press Release / 6 years
  • 0
  • 7 min read

The MATCH Series returns for 2020 with two new tracks — Charles Town and Colonial Downs — included in the mix.

Pimlico
09
Oct
  • Alan Foreman
  • Alan Rifkin
  • Bill Cole
  • Bruce Quade
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Michael Algeo
  • Pimlico

Industry insiders laud Pimlico plan: “Our Triple Crown”

  • Frank Vespe / 6 years
  • 0
  • 8 min read

Maryland’s Thoroughbred industry insiders appear to be lining up behind the new plan to keep the Preakness at Pimlico and reinvent Laurel Park.

Waterhaven
05
Oct
  • Alan Foreman
  • Dr. Scott Palmer
  • mid-Atlantic horse racing

Midlantic regulators group takes steps to foster equine safety

  • The Biz / 6 years
  • 0
  • 3 min read

Midlantic regulators pushed forward on implementing their strategic plan with a couple of recent steps.

Edgar Prado
05
Oct
  • Alan Foreman
  • Alan Rifkin
  • Belinda Stronach
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Mayor Jack Young
  • Pimlico

Pimlico: City, Stronach Group announce agreement, but much work remains

  • Frank Vespe / 6 years
  • 1
  • 8 min read

The agreement to save Pimlico announced today by the Stronach Group and Baltimore City will require state legislative action.

17
Aug
  • Alan Foreman
  • Alan Rifkin
  • Bill Cole
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Maryland Racing Commission
  • Michael Algeo
  • Pimlico

Pimlico negotiations going well, Commission told, but details are scarce

  • Frank Vespe / 6 years
  • 1
  • 6 min read

After a spring of acrimony, the sides negotiating the future of Pimlico are making “substantial progress,” the Maryland Racing Commission was told.

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