Maryland Jockey Club Archives • The Racing Biz

MJC stakes coordinator Coley Blind to retire

by Press Release | Oct 26, 2020 | Breaking, Business, Maryland, MD Business | 0 |

Coley Blind, the longtime stakes coordinator at the Maryland Jockey Club, will retire effective November 1 and be replaced by former trainer Jason Egan.

Fans allowed to return to Laurel Park

by Frank Vespe | Oct 14, 2020 | Breaking, Business, Maryland, MD Business, Top Stories | 0 |

For the first time in seven months, fans will be permitted to attend live racing at Laurel Park, albeit in limited numbers.

Protocols announced for Preakness weekend jocks

by Press Release | Sep 26, 2020 | Breaking, Maryland, MD Racing, Triple Crown Trail | 0 |

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

Fravel: Preakness a “shot in the arm” for Md. racing

by Guest Author | Sep 22, 2020 | Breaking, Maryland, MD Business, Top Stories, Triple Crown Trail | 1 |

Amid a truly uncertain year, the Stronach Group’s Craig Fravel hopes the Preakness provides a “shot in the arm” for his company and for Maryland racing.

Opinion: Right call on “Maryland, My Maryland”

by Frank Vespe | Sep 13, 2020 | Breaking, Maryland, MD Business, Opinion, Top Stories | 2 |

The Maryland Jockey Club’s decision to eliminate the playing of “Maryland, My Maryland” is the right call at the right time, our correspondent writes.

Preakness: No more “Maryland, My Maryland”

by Frank Vespe | Sep 10, 2020 | Breaking, Maryland, MD Business, Top Stories, Triple Crown Trail | 3 |

In the face of the nation’s reckoning with racism, the Maryland Jockey Club will scrap the playing of the controversial state song before the Preakness.