For the third straight year, Xpressbet will offer a Big Bet Sweepstakes with one grand prize winner getting a trip to the Preakness and a $25,000 win wager on the big race.
Claiming activity jumped 35 percent in March, in our Claimbox report.
Along with new wagers and facility improvements, Pimlico will offer significant bonuses to owners and trainers who run in stakes races over Preakness weekend.
It hasn’t been warm, and the cherry blossoms aren’t out yet, but we know spring is in the air, because the opening day of Pimlico’s meet is upon us.
Jockey Sheldon Russell and trainer Claudio Gonzalez topped the standings at the just completed Laurel Park winter meet.
Maryland Million Ltd. has named Suttler Post Farm Clydesdales the Official Cldyesdales of Jim McKay Maryland Million Day, the organization announced.
Daily average handle rose at Laurel Park during the winter meet, though, with a dozen missed days, gross handle declined.
The longest shot on the board won three races in Laurel Park’s Jackpot Pick 5, and no one hit all five, meaning a $102,000 carryover into closing day.
What’s on tap: Triple Crown-nominated Midlantic-breds and more…
Talk Show Man, the 2014 Maryland Million Turf winner, made his first start of 2015 a winning one with a flashy score at Laurel Park.