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Preakness 2024
18
Jun
  • Gov. Wes Moore
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Maryland Jockey Club
  • Maryland Racetrack Operating Authority
  • Preakness

Maryland to purchase Preakness intellectual property

  • Frank Vespe / 5 months
  • 0
  • 3 min read

Maryland will take ownership of the Preakness intellectual property after exercising its right to match an $85 million offer.

Whocouldaskformo
03
Feb
  • Frank Perri
  • Gary McGuigan
  • Katy Voss
  • Laurel Park
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Maryland Racetrack Operating Authority
  • Maryland Stadium Authority
  • Pimlico
  • Pimlico Plus
  • Shamrock Farm
  • Tana Aubrey

In Maryland, possibly reaching the right destination

  • Frank Vespe / 9 months
  • 0
  • 5 min read

What’s remarkable about the shambolic demise of the Maryland Thoroughbred Racetrack Operating Authority is it may reach the right conclusion after all.

Shamrock Farm sign
21
Jan
  • Gary McGuigan
  • Laurel Park
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Maryland Racetrack Operating Authority
  • Maryland Stadium Authority
  • Shamrock Farm

Big dollars, small fish torpedo Shamrock training center

  • Frank Vespe / 10 months
  • 5
  • 3 min read

With Shamrock Farm likely to run well over budget and facing a daunting environmental challenge, the Maryland Stadium Authority turned to Laurel.

Mage Pimlico
26
Nov
  • Gary McGuigan
  • Jim Dresher
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Maryland Jockey Club
  • Maryland Racetrack Operating Authority
  • Maryland Stadium Authority
  • Pimlico
  • Pimlico Plus
  • TK Kuegler

Bond sale nears as “Pimlico Plus” faces budget, timeline strain

  • Frank Vespe / 12 months
  • 2
  • 5 min read

The Maryland Stadium Authority expects to issue the first Pimlico Plus bonds in December, but the path forward remains complex.

Pimlico
21
Oct
  • Del. Vanessa Atterbeary
  • Greg Cross
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Maryland Racetrack Operating Authority
  • Office of Legislative Audits
  • Pimlico Plus
  • Sen. Bill Ferguson

Legislative audit rips MTROA operations

  • Frank Vespe / 1 year
  • 0
  • 6 min read

A new audity report has ripped the Md. Thoroughbred Racetrack Operating Authority for significant weaknesses in its oversight of public dollars.

Nyquist
09
May
  • Greg Cross
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Maryland Jockey Club
  • Maryland Racetrack Operating Authority

New Maryland Jockey Club board named

  • Frank Vespe / 2 years
  • 20
  • 2 min read

The board of directors that will govern the new Maryland Jockey Club was chosen by the Thoroughbred Racetrack Operating Authority Friday.

Edgar Prado
25
Apr
  • Alan Foreman
  • Charles Tildon
  • Greg Cross
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Maryland Racetrack Operating Authority
  • Tom Sadowski

Frustrations laid bare at MTROA meeting

  • Frank Vespe / 2 years
  • 17
  • 4 min read

In its first public meeting since the state legislature voted for its demise, members of Maryland’s MTROA sparred as frustrations were laid bare.

Whocouldaskformo
07
Apr
  • Del. Vanessa Atterbeary
  • Greg Cross
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Maryland Racetrack Operating Authority
  • Maryland Thoroughbred Horsemen's Association
  • Sen. Guy Guzzone

Maryland to spike Racetrack Operating Authority

  • Frank Vespe / 2 years
  • 24
  • 4 min read

Maryland budget negotiators on Friday unexpectedly decided to sunset the state’s Thoroughbred Racetrack Operating Authority.

Pimlico
09
Feb
  • Greg Cross
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Maryland Jockey Club
  • Maryland Racetrack Operating Authority
  • Maryland Stadium Authority
  • Pimlico

Pimlico project “on track” but long way to go

  • Frank Vespe / 2 years
  • 1
  • 4 min read

The project to remake Pimlico remains “on track,” the MTROA chairman said Friday, but key decisions remain.

Justify
08
Jan
  • American Graded Stakes Committee
  • Bob Baffert
  • Colonial Downs
  • equine fatalities
  • foal crop
  • Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority
  • Maryland Racetrack Operating Authority
  • mid-Atlantic horse racing
  • The Jockey Club

Racing trends to watch in 2025

  • Frank Vespe / 2 years
  • 0
  • 6 min read

What’s going to happen in racing in 2025? Your guess is as good as ours, but here are some racing trends to watch in 2025.

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