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Artful Splatter
25
Feb
  • Anna's Bandit
  • Artful Splatter
  • Eric London
  • Jerry Robb
  • Lorraine Lawrence-Whittaker
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Maryland Racing Commission
  • Michael Algeo
  • Mike Hopkins

Court blasts Md. Racing Commission hearing procedures, remands 2020 Geisha Stakes case

  • Frank Vespe / 4 years
  • 3
  • 6 min read

A circuit court judge ruled that the Maryland Racing Commission’s hearing procedures deprived petitioners of a fair hearing and remanded a case involving the 2020 Geisha Stakes.

Laurel Park
16
Oct
  • Maryland Racing Commission
  • Michael Algeo
  • mid-Atlantic horse racing
  • Off to the Races

Off to the Races podcast: Michael Algeo featured

  • Press Release / 5 years
  • 0
  • 2 min read

In our latest Off to the Races Conversations, former Maryland Racing Commission chairman Michael Algeo joins us.

Naughty Thoughts
16
Jul
  • Craig Fravel
  • Jerry Robb
  • Konrad Wayson
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Maryland Racing Commission
  • Michael Algeo
  • Tom Bowman

Md. Commission approves no-Lasix baby races

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

The Maryland Racing Commission Thursday approved banning Lasix in 2-year-old races and graded stakes, just weeks after a contentious blowup over those issues.

Lil Habit of Mine
25
Jun
  • Alan Foreman
  • Alan Rifkin
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Maryland Jockey Club
  • Maryland Racing Commission
  • Michael Algeo
  • Stronach Group
  • Tim Keefe

Maryland Commission shelves Lasix-free baby races

  • Frank Vespe / 5 years
  • 2
  • 5 min read

The Stronach Group came to the Maryland Racing Commission for an endorsement of Lasix-free baby races. Instead it got a tongue-lashing.

Firenze Fire
12
Mar
  • Dr. Nick Meittinis
  • Jason Servis
  • Jorge Navarro
  • Michael Algeo
  • mid-Atlantic horse racing
  • Mike Hopkins
  • North American Association of Racetrack Veterinarians (NAARV)

Vets: Time off indicated for horses in Navarro, Servis barns

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

The indictments of Jason Servis, Jorge Navarro, and others have regulators and racetracks scrambling, while vets say their horses need a break, too.

21
Dec
  • Konrad Wayson
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Maryland Racing Commission
  • Michael Algeo
  • Mike Hopkins

Md. Racing Commission formalizes approval of “house rules”

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

The Maryland Racing Commission on Thursday formalized its earlier approval of so-called house rules, adopting two pertaining to medication as regulations.

High Ridge Road
21
Nov
  • Jerry Robb
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Maryland Jockey Club
  • Maryland Racing Commission
  • Michael Algeo
  • Robin Graham
  • Sal Sinatra

Md. Racing Commission pumps brakes on “house rules”

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

The Maryland Racing Commission Thursday announced a delay in implementation of its “house rules” to provide more time for public input.

07
Nov
  • bisphosphonates
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Maryland Racing Commission
  • Michael Algeo
  • Mike Hopkins
  • Sal Sinatra

What the new Maryland “house rules” mean

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

The new so-called Maryland “house rules” regarding equine safety are both more – and less than that, a mixture of policies, house rules, and regulations with broad industry support.

Pimlico
09
Oct
  • Alan Foreman
  • Alan Rifkin
  • Bill Cole
  • Bruce Quade
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Michael Algeo
  • Pimlico

Industry insiders laud Pimlico plan: “Our Triple Crown”

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

Maryland’s Thoroughbred industry insiders appear to be lining up behind the new plan to keep the Preakness at Pimlico and reinvent Laurel Park.

17
Aug
  • Alan Foreman
  • Alan Rifkin
  • Bill Cole
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Maryland Racing Commission
  • Michael Algeo
  • Pimlico

Pimlico negotiations going well, Commission told, but details are scarce

  • Frank Vespe / 6 years
  • 1
  • 6 min read

After a spring of acrimony, the sides negotiating the future of Pimlico are making “substantial progress,” the Maryland Racing Commission was told.

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