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Preakness 2024
18
Jun
  • Gov. Wes Moore
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Maryland Jockey Club
  • Maryland Racetrack Operating Authority
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Maryland to purchase Preakness intellectual property

  • Frank Vespe / 1 week
  • 0
  • 3 min read

Maryland will take ownership of the Preakness intellectual property after exercising its right to match an $85 million offer.

08
Jun
  • Gov. Wes Moore
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Maryland Racing Commission
  • Nicole Earle

Nicole Earle to chair Maryland Racing Commission

  • The Biz / 3 weeks
  • 0
  • 3 min read

Nicole Earle, who has served one year on the Maryland Racing Commission, has been named its chair by Gov. Wes Moore.

Pimlico
18
May
  • Churchill Downs
  • Gov. Wes Moore
  • Laurel Park
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Pimlico
  • Preakness

Moore: Churchill’s “real vision” could help Preakness

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

In a Saturday interview at Laurel Park, Maryland Gov. Wes Moore was noncommittal about the state buying the Preakness intellectual property.

07
Nov
  • Gov. Wes Moore
  • Maryland Horse Industry Strategic Plan
  • Maryland horse racing

Md. Horse Industry Strategic Plan established

  • Press Release / 8 months
  • 0
  • 3 min read

Maryland Governor Wes Moore (D) on Thursday issued an executive order establishing a Maryland Horse Industry Strategic Plan.

Mage Pimlico
08
May
  • Brooke Lierman
  • Dereck Davis
  • Gov. Wes Moore
  • Maryland Board of Public Works
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Maryland Stadium Authority
  • Pimlico
  • Pimlico Plus

Public Works Board approves Pimlico Plus expenditures

  • Frank Vespe / 1 year
  • 20
  • 4 min read

Maryland’s Board of Public Works approved nearly $19 million in expenditures to advance the Pimlico Plus plan – but not without trepidation.

11
Dec
  • Gov. Wes Moore
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Mayor Brandon Scott
  • Pimlico
  • Preakness
  • Preakness Festival

Statewide “Preakness Festival” announced for 2025

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

Gov. Wes Moore and other Maryland luminaries on Wednesday announced a statewide Preakness Festival to take place in 2025.

Pimlico
12
Jan
  • Alan Foreman
  • Belinda Stronach
  • George Mahoney
  • Gov. Wes Moore
  • Laurel Park
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Maryland Racetrack Operating Authority
  • Maryland Racing Commission
  • Pimlico
  • Tim Keefe

“To control our destiny”: Advocates make case for “Pimlico Plus”

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

Advocates of the Maryland Racetrack Operating Authority’s “Pimlico Plus” plan portray it as a chance to get a clean slate and “control our destiny.”

Pimlico
05
Jan
  • Gov. Wes Moore
  • Laurel Park
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Maryland Racetrack Operating Authority
  • Pimlico
  • Stronach Group

Md. Racetrack Operating Authority report released

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

The future could involve the consolidation of racing at Pimlico and the exit of the Stronach Group, says a Maryland Racetrack Operating Authority report.

Pimlico
13
Jun
  • Alan Foreman
  • Gov. Wes Moore
  • Greg Cross
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Maryland Racetrack Operating Authority
  • Rep. Tom Rooney

Gov. Moore names Racetrack Authority appointees

  • Press Release / 3 years
  • 2
  • 8 min read

Maryland Governor Wes Moore on June 9 named his appointees to the Maryland Racetrack Operating Authority, which is tasked with defining the sport’s future.

Pimlico
14
Feb
  • Gov. Wes Moore
  • Laurel Park
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Maryland Stadium Authority
  • Pimlico
  • Racing and Community Development Act

For Pimlico-Laurel rebuild, “man in a hurry” might be key

  • Frank Vespe / 3 years
  • 2
  • 3 min read

New Maryland governor Wes Moore has been called a “man in a hurry,” which could be what the over-budget, behind-schedule Pimlico-Laurel rebuild needs.

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