The draw for the 146th Preakness Stakes, originally scheduled for May 10, has been pushed back a day by the Maryland Jockey Club.
The Maryland Jockey Club has adopted a wait-and-see posture towards the possibility of Medina Spirit’s running in the Preakness.
For an eight-day period around the Preakness, the Maryland Jockey Club will not allow Laurel-based horses to work-and-go at Pimlico.
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.