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Laurel Park
26
Apr
  • coronavirus
  • Maryland horse racing
  • MedStar

MedStar to vaccinate Maryland backstretch workers

  • Press Release / 5 years
  • 2
  • 2 min read

Backstretch workers at Laurel Park and Pimlico will have an opportunity to get a Covid-19 vaccine from MedStar Health on May 10.

01
Jan
  • 10 stories that mattered 2020
  • coronavirus
  • Gerry Brewster
  • Karen Dennehey Godsey

10 stories that mattered: Restorative Preakness

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

In today’s “10 stories that mattered in 2020,” everything seemed aligned for Preakness day to be another victim of 2020 — and then the racing started.

31
Dec
  • 10 stories that mattered 2020
  • coronavirus
  • Gerry Brewster
  • Karen Dennehey Godsey

10 stories that mattered: Racing in the pandemic

  • The Biz / 5 years
  • 2
  • 4 min read

In today’s “10 stories that mattered in 2020,” the sport confronts, struggles with, and mostly adapts to racing amid a disastrous pandemic.

Pimlico
27
Sep
  • coronavirus
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Pimlico
  • Preakness

Fanless Preakness? One should be plenty of that

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

Old Hilltop has seen a lot of things, but it’s never seen the likes of what it will confront this year: a Preakness without fans.

26
Sep
  • coronavirus
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Maryland Jockey Club
  • Pimlico
  • Preakness
  • Triple Crown

Protocols announced for Preakness weekend jocks

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

The Maryland Jockey Club has announced the Covid-19 protocols jockeys riding on Preakness weekend must follow.

Fasig-Tipton
23
Sep
  • coronavirus
  • Fasig-Tipton Midlantic
  • Fasig-Tipton Midlantic Fall Yearlings Sale
  • mid-Atlantic horse racing

Fasig-Tipton tells Yearling sale covid protocols

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

Fasig-Tipton today announced the Covid-19 protocols it will implement at its Midlantic Fall Yearling Sale, including requiring masks and social distancing.

18
Aug
  • coronavirus
  • Gregory Sacco
  • Monmouth Park
  • New Jersey horse racing

Opinion: Breaking faith with NJ horsemen

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

A backup with the drug testing lab has left Monmouth Park horsemen in the lurch, leaving them with little purse revenue in the first six weeks of the meet.

Laurel Park
15
Aug
  • Colonial Downs
  • coronavirus
  • Laurel Park
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Maryland Jockey Club

MJC sets quarantine period for Colonial Downs jocks

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

The Maryland Jockey Club (MJC) will require jockeys who raced at Colonial Downs to quarantine until August 27 before riding at Laurel Park.

14
Aug
  • Colonial Downs
  • coronavirus
  • Frank Petramalo
  • John Marshall
  • Scott Silver
  • Virginia horse racing
  • Virginia Horsemen's Benevolent and Protective Association

Colonial Downs cancels rest of 2020 meet

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

Colonial Downs’s 2020 meet came to an end today, when the track, and the state’s horsemen, decided to end the 2020 meet in the face of Covid-19 positives.

What the Beep
11
Aug
  • Colonial Downs
  • coronavirus
  • Virginia horse racing

Colonial Downs cancels two cards

  • The Biz / 5 years
  • 0
  • 2 min read

With a jockey in the colony having tested positive for Covid-19, Colonial Downs has canceled live racing for Tuesday and Wednesday.

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