The Champions Handicapping Tournament will take place August 22 in Laurel’s Carriage Room and offers several opportunities to move on to national contests.
The Maryland Jockey Club has begun building the second of three new barns it plans for Laurel Park, as well as continuing renovations of the Wilwyn Theater.
With Hall of Fame inductions this week, we revisit our conversation with King Leatherbury and Kenny Taylor, co-owner of Xtra Heat.
The new off-track betting facility at Baltimore’s Horseshoe Casino will generate $10 million in handle this year, the Maryland Jockey Club projects.
We sent GQ to the OTB at Baltimore’s Horseshoe Casino to get the lay of the land. The scoop: It has everything you need — betting, a bar, and characters.
From a Maryland Jockey Club release The Maryland Jockey Club’s Totally Thoroughbred Horse Show, to be held at historic Pimlico Race Course Saturday, July 11, will have prize money totaling more than $17,000 with the featured class of the day the $7,500 Hillwood Stable Jumper Speed Stakes. Pre-entries can be e-mailed until noon on Friday, […]
Laurel Park’s summer meet kicks off Friday with a new Super Hi 5 wager and twilight racing each Friday.
From a Maryland Jockey Club release The Maryland Jockey Club announced today that a community-wide fundraising effort helped raise more than $65,000 for the Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance (TAA) during the Preakness Meet at Pimlico Race Course. Events and fundraising included Canter for the Cause, an All-Female Handicapper Challenge, the raffle of a John Deere Gator, […]
The Maryland Racing Commission today gave approval for live racing dates in July at Laurel Park and for seven live days at the State Fair in Timonium.
Handle rose sharply during the just-completed Pimlico meet, although the facility and racing product were largely the same as last year. So, what happened?
