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Pimlico
25
Feb
  • Joseph Bryce
  • Laurel Park
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Mayor Jack Young
  • Michael Johansen
  • Pimlico
  • Steuart Pittman

“The Preakness belongs in Baltimore”: House hears praise for proposed bill

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

A Maryland House committee today heard widespread support for a proposal to keep the Preakness at a renovated Pimlico and to rebuild Laurel.

25
Feb
  • Alan Foreman
  • Alan Rifkin
  • Laurel Park
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Maryland Jockey Club
  • Pimlico

Pimlico legislation: Questions and Answers

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

Wondering how the legislation to renew Pimlico and Laurel Park would work? How much it would cost? And what about equine safety? We’ve got some answers!

Jack Harmon
21
Feb
  • Bowie Race Course
  • Jack Harmon
  • Laurel Park
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Pimlico

Jack Harmon’s 50-year career measured in hundredths

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

Jack Harmon, the timer at Laurel Park for nearly 50 years, stepped down at the end of January, ending a career in which he’s seen, well, everything.

Pimlico
06
Feb
  • Laurel Park
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Pimlico

Pimlico-Laurel revamp bill introduced in MD House

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

Introduced in the state Senate Monday, legislation to fund the revamp of PImlico and Laurel Park was unveiled by House Speaker Adrienne Jones Thursday.

Pimlico
05
Feb
  • Alan Rifkin
  • Belinda Stronach
  • Laurel Park
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Mayor Jack Young
  • Pimlico
  • Steuart Pittman
  • Stronach Group

Bill introduced to fund Pimlico, Laurel revamps

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

A bill to fund the revamping of both Pimlico and Laurel Park has been introduced in the Maryland state house, and advocates are optimistic it has the legs to pass.

26
Oct
  • Friends of Pimlico Facebook group
  • Pimlico

Op-Ed: New Pimlico needs the old

  • Guest Author / 7 years
  • 1
  • 6 min read

Racing fan/historian April I. Smith is jumping for joy at The agreement to keep Pimlico in Baltimore — but says more must be done to meld new and old.

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11
Oct
  • Joe Kelly Unsung Hero Award
  • mid-Atlantic horse racing
  • Mirth
  • Pimlico
  • West Virginia Breeders Classics

Pimlico, WVBC, Joe Kelly Unsung Hero: The week in social media

  • Chelsea Lowman / 7 years
  • 0
  • 5 min read

An Unsung Hero is sung, Pimlico plans announced, and WVBC arrives, in the Week in social media.

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 / 7 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.

Edgar Prado
05
Oct
  • Alan Foreman
  • Alan Rifkin
  • Belinda Stronach
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Mayor Jack Young
  • Pimlico

Pimlico: City, Stronach Group announce agreement, but much work remains

  • Frank Vespe / 7 years
  • 1
  • 8 min read

The agreement to save Pimlico announced today by the Stronach Group and Baltimore City will require state legislative action.

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 / 7 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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