How tiny Marlboro Race Track took down a Governor
Maryland’s live racing days once were a precious commodity that racetracks fought for, and a half-mile track like Marlboro could sink a Governor.
Read Moreby Jennifer Kelly | Feb 11, 2025 | Breaking, Bylined Feature, Features, Maryland, MD Business | 0 |
Maryland’s live racing days once were a precious commodity that racetracks fought for, and a half-mile track like Marlboro could sink a Governor.
Read Moreby Frank Vespe | Jan 3, 2025 | Breaking, Bylined Other, Maryland, MD Business, MD Racing, Racing | 0 |
It was a tumultuous, consequential year for the Maryland Thoroughbred industry. Here are eight stories that mattered in the year that was.
Read Moreby Frank Vespe | Dec 31, 2024 | Breaking, Business, Bylined Other, Maryland, MD Business | 0 |
Maryland Racing Commission executive director Mike Hopkins will retire after today, ending a career that spanned 40 years and many industry changes.
Read Moreby Frank Vespe | Dec 9, 2024 | Breaking, Business, Bylined Other, Maryland, MD Business | 0 |
The Maryland Racing Commission tapped the brakes on the switch from private racetrack ownership to a nonprofit, but the MTROA expects a quick resolution.
Read Moreby Frank Vespe | Jan 2, 2024 | Breaking, Business, Bylined Other, Maryland, MD Business | 0 |
At its monthly meeting Tuesday, the Maryland Racing Commission greeted a new chair, agreed to continue its relationship with HISA, and more.
Read Moreby Frank Vespe | Apr 5, 2022 | Breaking, Business, Maryland, MD Business | 0 |
A new Maryland Racing Commission rule to take effect in the fall will permit bettors to choose alternate selections in multi-race wagers if a horse scratches.
Read Moreby Frank Vespe | Jan 21, 2022 | Breaking, Business, Maryland, MD Business, PA Business, Pennsylvania | 1 |
Jockey Mychel Sanchez was taken off his mounts Friday at Laurel Park, the result of a suspension he’d received for betting against his mounts.
Read Moreby Frank Vespe | Dec 2, 2021 | Breaking, Business, Maryland, MD Business | 8 |
Faced with a sudden cluster of racing and training fatalities, Laurel Park will not race December 3-5 as officials scramble to get ahead of the problem.
Read Moreby Frank Vespe | Feb 25, 2021 | Breaking, Business, Maryland, MD Business, Top Stories | 1 |
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.
Read Moreby Frank Vespe | Jan 28, 2021 | Breaking, Business, Maryland, MD Business, Top Stories | 0 |
The Maryland Racing Commission Thursday modified its Lasix rule to avoid penalizing horses racing out of town and tightened its clenbuterol regs.
Read Moreby Frank Vespe | Dec 2, 2020 | Breaking, Business, Maryland, MD Business, Top Stories | 0 |
The Maryland Racing Commission today gave its final thumbs-up to a regulation banning the use of Lasix by horses in graded stakes.
Read Moreby Frank Vespe | Aug 4, 2020 | Breaking, Business, Maryland, MD Business, Top Stories | 0 |
With the Maryland State Fair as we have known looking unlikely, the Timonium race meet will not occur, those days being run instead at Laurel Park.
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