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17
Jun
  • Cricket Goodall
  • David Hayden
  • Maryland Horse Breeders Association
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Maryland Racing Commission

Breeding issues key at Maryland Racing Commission meeting

  • The Biz / 11 years
  • 3
  • 5 min read

The Maryland Racing Commission yesterday agreed to reduce some Maryland-bred incentive payments and heard a proposal to create a Maryland-bred day at Laurel.

10
Apr
  • Bridget's Big Luvy
  • Dark Hollow Farm
  • David Hayden
  • Jeremiah Englehart
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Triple Crown Trail 2015

Who’s Bridget’s Big Luvy?

  • The Biz / 11 years
  • 0
  • 4 min read

The buzz horse in tomorrow’s Grade 1 Arkansas Derby is a Maryland-bred named for a child’s blanket. Who is Bridget’s Big Luvy?

20
Feb
  • Bruce Quade
  • David Hayden
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Maryland Racing Commission
  • Thomas Winebrener
  • Tom Bowman

Four appointed to Maryland Racing Commission

  • The Biz / 11 years
  • 0
  • 2 min read

Governor Larry Hogan today appointed four nominees to the Maryland Racing Commission.

20
Jan
  • Alan Foreman
  • Bruce Quade
  • David Hayden
  • John McDaniel
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Maryland Racing Commission
  • Tim Keefe
  • Tim Ritvo

Maryland Racing Commission to tackle rules redo

  • Frank Vespe / 11 years
  • 2
  • 5 min read

The Maryland Racing Commission will review its rules and regs. On tap: swifter resolution of appeals and tougher penalties on habitual offenders.

01
Oct
  • Bill Reightler
  • Cricket Goodall
  • David Hayden
  • Fasig-Tipton Midlantic Fall Yearlings Sale
  • Maryland Horse Breeders Association
  • Maryland horse racing

Reality — and perception — bolster Maryland-breds

  • Frank Vespe / 12 years
  • 0
  • 5 min read

The reality of new programs to bolster Maryland-breds — and the perception of those programs — had a big impact at Monday’s yearling sale.

23
Apr
  • Breeders' Cup
  • Dark Hollow Farm
  • David Hayden
  • JoAnn Hayden
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Safely Kept

Hall of Famer Safely Kept dies at 28

  • The Biz / 12 years
  • 0
  • 2 min read

Safely Kept, the Maryland-bred filly who won the 1990 Breeders’ Cup Sprint, died yesterday at age 28.

18
Mar
  • Alan Foreman
  • apprentice jockeys
  • Bruce Quade
  • David Hayden
  • Jockeys Guild
  • Kristina McManigell
  • Linda Gaudet
  • Louis Ulman
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Maryland Jockey Club
  • Maryland Thoroughbred Horsemen's Association
  • Mindy Coleman
  • Tom Chuckas

Maryland Racing Commission tweaks jockey weight allowance rule

  • Frank Vespe / 12 years
  • 0
  • 5 min read

The Maryland Racing Commission today tweaked the rules regarding apprentice jockey weight allowances, but the Jockeys’ Guild was still dissatisfied.

Safely Kept
12
Mar
  • David Hayden
  • JoAnn Hayden
  • Maryland breeding
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Maryland Thoroughbred Hall of Fame
  • Safely Kept

Maryland Thoroughbred Hall of Famers: Safely Kept

  • The Biz / 12 years
  • 0
  • 1 min read

With the Maryland Thoroughbred Hall of Fame poised to announce its second class of inductees, we revisit interviews with connections from the first class.

18
Dec
  • Bobby Lillis
  • Bruce Quade
  • David Hayden
  • Dr. Sean Plaisance
  • John Franzone
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Maryland Jockey Club
  • Maryland Racing Commission

At the Maryland Racing Commission, fighting, then “linking arms”

  • Frank Vespe / 12 years
  • 1
  • 3 min read

For all the sparring at yesterday’s Maryland Racing Commission meeting, what was most interesting wasn’t who was fighting. It was who wasn’t fighting

12
Nov
  • Alan Foreman
  • apprentice jockeys
  • Bruce Quade
  • Carlos Marquez
  • David Hayden
  • David Richardson
  • Frank Douglas
  • Geovany Garcia
  • Jockeys Guild
  • John Franzone
  • Katy Voss
  • Maryland Racing Commission
  • Mindy Coleman
  • Richard Monterrey
  • Sheldon Russell

Maryland Racing Commission approves 2014 schedule, hears weight allowance argument

  • The Biz / 13 years
  • 1
  • 5 min read

The Maryland Racing Commission today approved a racing schedule for 2014 — but it was the issue of jockey weight allowances that stole the show.

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