Advocates hope new bill creates framework for Md. racing’s future
A bill passed late in the legislative session creates a racetrack operating authority that advocates hope is the framework for Maryland racing’s future.
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Tag: Bill Cole
“Skill, courage and luck”: How the Pimlico deal came together
The deal that will lead to a new Pimlico — and a new Laurel Park — came together through skill, courage – and more than a little bit of good luck.
Read More Industry insiders laud Pimlico plan: “Our Triple Crown”
Maryland’s Thoroughbred industry insiders appear to be lining up behind the new plan to keep the Preakness at Pimlico and reinvent Laurel Park.
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Pimlico negotiations going well, Commission told, but details are scarce
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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2016 in review: Two steps forward, but…
Part 2 of 4 of our 2016 in review, in which we take a sometimes happy, sometimes sad, and most often bemused look at the year that was in the mid-Atlantic.
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WV gubernatorial candidate calls for end to Thoroughbred subsidies
West Virginia Republican gubernatorial candidate Bill Cole called today for an end to Thoroughbred industry subsidies.
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