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17
Feb
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Is Maryland racing in “best place” in eight years?

  • Frank Vespe / 1 month
  • 1
  • 4 min read

Is Maryland racing in the “best place” it’s been in eight years? So the Maryland Stadium Authority told the Commission last week.

Whocouldaskformo
03
Feb
  • Frank Perri
  • Gary McGuigan
  • Katy Voss
  • Laurel Park
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Maryland Racetrack Operating Authority
  • Maryland Stadium Authority
  • Pimlico
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  • Shamrock Farm
  • Tana Aubrey

In Maryland, possibly reaching the right destination

  • Frank Vespe / 2 months
  • 0
  • 5 min read

What’s remarkable about the shambolic demise of the Maryland Thoroughbred Racetrack Operating Authority is it may reach the right conclusion after all.

Shamrock Farm sign
21
Jan
  • Gary McGuigan
  • Laurel Park
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Maryland Racetrack Operating Authority
  • Maryland Stadium Authority
  • Shamrock Farm

Big dollars, small fish torpedo Shamrock training center

  • Frank Vespe / 2 months
  • 5
  • 3 min read

With Shamrock Farm likely to run well over budget and facing a daunting environmental challenge, the Maryland Stadium Authority turned to Laurel.

Pimlico
10
Dec
  • Gary McGuigan
  • Maryland Board of Public Works
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Maryland Stadium Authority
  • Pimlico
  • Pimlico Plus
  • Shamrock Farm

Pimlico Plus bonds receive AA rating

  • Frank Vespe / 4 months
  • 0
  • 2 min read

The Maryland Stadium Authority will look to sell more than $240 million in Pimlico Plus bonds, rated AA by ratings agencies, starting this week.

Mage Pimlico
26
Nov
  • Gary McGuigan
  • Jim Dresher
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Maryland Jockey Club
  • Maryland Racetrack Operating Authority
  • Maryland Stadium Authority
  • Pimlico
  • Pimlico Plus
  • TK Kuegler

Bond sale nears as “Pimlico Plus” faces budget, timeline strain

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

The Maryland Stadium Authority expects to issue the first Pimlico Plus bonds in December, but the path forward remains complex.

28
Sep
  • 1st Racing
  • Gary McGuigan
  • Greg Cross
  • Laurel Park
  • Maryland Economic Development Corporation
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Maryland Jockey Club
  • Maryland Stadium Authority
  • Pimlico

What we know (and don’t) about Maryland racing’s future

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

With the work of the Racetrack Operating Authority in full swing, here’s a primer on what we know and don’t about Maryland racing’s future.

Pimlico
31
Dec
  • Gary McGuigan
  • Harpers First Ride
  • Maryland Horse Foundation
  • Maryland Stadium Authority
  • mid-Atlantic horse racing

The week in social media: Dec. 31

  • Chelsea Lowman / 5 years
  • 2
  • 6 min read

Talking Pimlico and Laurel renovations, another stakes win for Harpers First Ride, and more, in the week in social media.

Pimlico
29
Dec
  • Gary McGuigan
  • Laurel Park
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Maryland Stadium Authority
  • Pimlico
  • Racing and Community Development Act

Pimlico-Laurel redo project kicking to life

  • Frank Vespe / 5 years
  • 3
  • 5 min read

One of these years, Maryland racing will find a shiny new Pimlico under its Christmas tree. But it’s going to take a while.

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