The Maryland Jockey Club stakes schedule, through Maryland Million day 2019, features 65 stakes, 13 graded, at Laurel and Pimlico.
The Maryland Stadium Authority’s Pimlico study envisions a track transformed in radical and surprising ways.
In the interests of fuller fields, the Maryland-bred waiver in $40,000 maiden claiming races has been axed for the winter.
The Maryland Jockey Club is expected to seek 180 days of live racing at its facilities in 2019 — up from 171 this year — and to make some tweaks to its stakes schedule.
Wintry weather forced the cancellation of racing at Laurel Park Thursday, making it a clean sweep in the region.
It was a long way to go for one race, but jockey Angel Serpa made it a winning one, traveling to China where he won a race at an international racing festival.
The Bowie training center – closed since 2015 – may find yet another life, this time as a “world-class” training center.
Stronach Group founder Frank Stronach has filed a major lawsuit against his daughter Belinda, which could have ramifications for racing in Maryland and elsewhere.
At its monthly meeting Thursday, the Maryland Racing Commission gave unanimous approval to a new OTB in Frederick.
The Maryland Racing Commission on Tuesday approved a new OTB at MGM National Harbor despite concerns that it might cannibalize business at Rosecroft Raceway.
