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  • Maryland Thoroughbred Horsemen’s Association
27
Jul
  • Larry Johnson
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Maryland Thoroughbred Horsemen's Association

Johnson: MTHA election choice between vibrant future, failing past

  • Guest Author / 8 years
  • 0
  • 5 min read

The upcoming MTHA board election is a critical moment, board member Larry Johnson writes in an open letter.

27
Jul
  • Jerry Robb
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Maryland Thoroughbred Horsemen's Association

Robb: MTHA election about protecting Maryland owners, trainers

  • Guest Author / 8 years
  • 0
  • 4 min read

The upcoming MTHA board election must put in a board focused on the well-being of Maryland owners and trainers, Jerry Robb writes in an open letter.

25
Jul
  • Gina Rosenthal
  • Hugh McMahon
  • Jerry Robb
  • Katy Voss
  • Kieron Magee
  • Larry Johnson
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Maryland Thoroughbred Horsemen's Association
  • Tim Keefe

MTHA election: Agreement on many – but not all – issues

  • Frank Vespe / 8 years
  • 0
  • 8 min read

With all 15 board seats of the Maryland Thoroughbred Horsemen’s Association (MTHA) up for election this year, there is widespread agreement on many — but not all — issues.

20
Jul
  • Hugh McMahon
  • Jerry Robb
  • Kieron Magee
  • Larry Johnson
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Maryland Thoroughbred Horsemen's Association
  • Tim Keefe

MTHA election: Two camps see different circumstances

  • Frank Vespe / 8 years
  • 0
  • 10 min read

With all 15 board seats of the Maryland Thoroughbred Horsemen’s Association (MTHA) up for election this year, the incumbent and insurgent slates see things very differently. Part 1 of 2.

28
Mar
  • Alan Foreman
  • BRFA Budget Reconciliation and Financing Act
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Maryland Jockey Club
  • Maryland Thoroughbred Horsemen's Association
  • Sal Sinatra

Maryland racing interests on brink of BRFA win

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

Maryland racing interests have had anti-industry language stripped from the BRFA budget bill, which now heads to Governor Hogan for his signature.

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17
Feb
  • Alan Foreman
  • Cricket Goodall
  • equine fatalities
  • equine medical director
  • Maryland Horse Breeders Association
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Maryland Jockey Club
  • Maryland Thoroughbred Horsemen's Association
  • Sal Sinatra

No equine medical director? It’s enough to make you BRFA

  • Frank Vespe / 9 years
  • 0
  • 8 min read

Supporters have withdrawn legislation to give Maryland an equine medical director. Why? Blame BRFA.

Charles Town toy drive
13
Dec
  • Charles Town Horsemen's Benevolent and Protective Association
  • Jessica Hammond
  • Maryland Thoroughbred Horsemen's Association
  • mid-Atlantic horse racing
  • Rick Butler
  • Todd Mostoller

Making a backstretch home for the holidays

  • Teresa Genaro / 9 years
  • 2
  • 8 min read

Regional tracks and horsemen’s groups are trying to make backstretch workers’ holidays a little brighter. Here’s what they’re doing, and how you can help.

15
May
  • Bruce Quade
  • Cricket Goodall
  • Ferris Allen
  • Maryland Horse Breeders Association
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Maryland Jockey Club
  • Maryland Racing Commission
  • Maryland Thoroughbred Horsemen's Association
  • Pimlico
  • Sal Sinatra
  • Tim Ritvo

In Maryland, progress and a complicated future

  • Frank Vespe / 10 years
  • 4
  • 12 min read

Maryland’s Throughbred industry has made real strides in recent years. But the coming years pose complicated challenges of their own.

18
Mar
  • Laurel Park
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Maryland Jockey Club
  • Maryland Thoroughbred Horsemen's Association
  • Sal Sinatra
  • Tim Keefe

$7 million in Laurel Park improvements underway

  • The Biz / 11 years
  • 0
  • 2 min read

The Maryland Jockey Club announced Tuesday that approximately $7 million in improvements at Laurel Park could be completed within the next month.

06
Nov
  • Alan Foreman
  • Ferris Allen
  • Graham Motion
  • Larry Johnson
  • Maryland Thoroughbred Horsemen's Association
  • Michael Horning
  • Michael Trombetta
  • New York Thoroughbred Horsemen's Association
  • Terry Finley
  • Tim Keefe

New York election riles Mid-Atlantic horsemen

  • The Biz / 11 years
  • 1
  • 6 min read

The contentious battle for the presidency of New York’s horsemen’s group is now causing similar discord among mid-Atlantic horsemen.

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