Simmering frustration over the condition of the Laurel Park dirt track boiled over at Thursday’s Maryland Racing Commission meeting.
Laurel Park will not permit workouts “until further notice” as the Maryland Jockey Club assesses “cushion replacement options,” the company said.
With another case of equine herpesvirus, this one at Pimlico, the Maryland Jockey Club has canceled its three days of weekend racing March 26-28.
Laurel Park has canceled its Friday, February 19 card and will transfer those races to Thursday, February 25.
The General George wasn’t renamed, the Fritchie arguably ought to be, and who doesn’t have races in their honor says something, too.
Laurel Park, which had been using a controversial GPS timing system whose accuracy many questioned, has switched back to the beam system.
The Stronach Group/1ST Racing announced today it would continue to subsidize insurance and long-term disability for jockeys at their tracks.
The Maryland Racing Commission today gave its final thumbs-up to a regulation banning the use of Lasix by horses in graded stakes.
Laurel Park announced its winter stakes schedule today, featuring 24 stakes with a combinded value in excess of $2.6 million.
Laurel Park’s longstanding tradition of giving our free Thanksgiving pies gets a new twist in this Covid-19 year without fans.
