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.
Coley Blind, the longtime stakes coordinator at the Maryland Jockey Club, will retire effective November 1 and be replaced by former trainer Jason Egan.
For the first time in seven months, fans will be permitted to attend live racing at Laurel Park, albeit in limited numbers.
The Maryland Jockey Club has announced the Covid-19 protocols jockeys riding on Preakness weekend must follow.
Amid a truly uncertain year, the Stronach Group’s Craig Fravel hopes the Preakness provides a “shot in the arm” for his company and for Maryland racing.
The Maryland Jockey Club’s decision to eliminate the playing of “Maryland, My Maryland” is the right call at the right time, our correspondent writes.