The Maryland Jockey Club’s newest OTB, in rural Boonsboro in western Maryland, opened Wednesday after getting the final go-ahead on Tuesday evening.
Legislation that would provide funding for the rebirth of the DC International — rebranded as the Maryland International — sailed through the legislature yesterday and now awaits the Governor’s signature.
A new video board at Pimlico and a new barn at Laurel are among the improvements the Maryland Jockey Club expects to complete this week.
The 2015 equine fatality rate at Laurel and Pimlico dropped 37 percent from 2014 to its lowest level since 2011.
The Maryland Jockey Club today announced the musical acts headlining the Preakness InfieldFest.
Pimlico’s spring meet will include the Grade 1 Preakness, six other graded stakes, and nearly $4 million in stakes purses.
Pieces are falling into place for the revitalization of the DC International, as legislation sailed through committee and a deal in the works would provide the race.
Baltimore County legislation which would have prevented an OTB from opening at the Timonium fairgrounds was withdrawn Monday.
Maryland tracks will continue to prohibit Payson Park training center shippers, where a horse tested positive for EHV 1, but will now allow those from elsewhere in Florida.
The Maryland Jockey Club, owner of the two major Maryland tracks, has prohibited horses from shipping in from Florida after a confirmed case of equine herpesvirus in that state.