A new operating agreement sees Laurel Park serving as a boutique-meet racetrack in future and not just a training center.
The agreement between the Maryland Stadium Authority and Maryland Jockey Club (TMJC) specifies roles and responsibilities going forward.
New brand identities for the new Pimlico, along with Preakness and Black-Eyed Susan were unveiled today by the Maryland Jockey Club.
A new Maryland Horse Industry Strategic Plan convened by the Governor calls for all facets of the equine industry to speak and act as one.
Starting in 2027, the Preakness will be three weeks, rather than two, following the Kentucky Derby and will shift to Sunday.
Because of heavy precipitation, Sunday’s flat meet at Fair Hill has been canceled.
Churchill Downs’s purchase of the Preakness IP rights has some fearing the worst, others hoping for the best, and could mean not much at all.
Laurel Park has carded two turf races Friday, its first two of the year, and after a long spate of short fields, not a moment too soon.
The Maryland Jockey Club will host a day of flat racing and a second of steeplechase racing Memorial Day weekend at Fair Hill.
Laurel lives? Laurel lives! The Maryland Stadium Authority announced today it will acquire Laurel Park to be Maryland’s new (old) training center.