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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 / 4 weeks
  • 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 / 1 month
  • 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 / 3 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 / 4 months
  • 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 / 10 months
  • 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 / 10 months
  • 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 / 11 months
  • 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 / 1 year
  • 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 / 1 year
  • 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.

Seize the Grey
03
Jan
  • Clubman
  • D. Wayne Lukas
  • Galerio
  • Laurel Park
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Maryland Racetrack Operating Authority
  • Michael Gorham
  • Mike Hopkins
  • Pimlico
  • Post Time
  • Rodney Jenkins
  • Stronach Group

Maryland: 8 stories that mattered in 2024

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

It was a tumultuous, consequential year for the Maryland Thoroughbred industry. Here are eight stories that mattered in the year that was.

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