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Laurel Park
28
Jul
  • Laurel Park
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Mick Peterson
  • Mike Rogers
  • Steve Koch
  • Stronach Group

Laurel Park to reopen for training August 10

  • Frank Vespe / 5 years
  • 3
  • 2 min read

Horsemen will be able resume training at Laurel Park August 10, they learned in a community meeting Thursday, ending a nearly four-month shutdown.

23
Apr
  • Brittany Russell
  • Ferris Allen
  • Jerry Robb
  • Konrad Wayson
  • Laurel Park
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Maryland Jockey Club
  • Maryland Racing Commission
  • Michael Algeo
  • Steve Koch
  • Tim Keefe

Md Racing Commission frustrated with Laurel track issues

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

Simmering frustration over the condition of the Laurel Park dirt track boiled over at Thursday’s Maryland Racing Commission meeting.

26
Jun
  • Jockeys Guild
  • Konrad Wayson
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Maryland Racing Commission
  • Mike Hopkins
  • Mindy Coleman
  • Steve Koch
  • Stronach Group

Maryland Commission tightens riding crop rule

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

Jockeys will be limited to six overhand strikes of the riding crop in Maryland – and eventually regionally – under new rules that didn’t please everyone.

Blue Prize
08
Aug
  • Belinda Stronach
  • Steve Koch
  • Stronach Group
  • Tim Ritvo

Steve Koch named Stronach Group racing VP

  • Press Release / 7 years
  • 1
  • 3 min read

Steve Koch, former head of the NTRA Safety & Integrity Alliance, will become VP-Racing for the Stronach Group.

Laurel Park
20
Jun
  • Mick Peterson
  • National Thoroughbred Racing Association
  • NTRA Safety and Integrity Alliance
  • Steve Koch

Kentucky to offer “racecourse manager” program

  • Press Release / 8 years
  • 0
  • 4 min read

Starting in the fall, the University of Kentucky will offer a racecourse manager certification to help develop the next generation workforce.

02
Feb
  • Dr. Dionne Benson
  • Grayson-Jockey Club Welfare and Safety of the Racehorse Summit
  • National Thoroughbred Racing Association
  • NTRA Safety and Integrity Alliance
  • Racing Medication and Testing Consortium
  • Steve Koch

NTRA. RMTC to hold continuing ed conference for state, racetrack vets

  • Press Release / 8 years
  • 0
  • 6 min read

National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA) and Racing Medication and Testing Consortium (RMTC) are teaming up to hold a June conference for racetrack vets.

08
Dec
  • Dr. Dionne Benson
  • mid-Atlantic horse racing
  • NTRA
  • Racing Medication and Testing Consortium
  • Steve Koch

RMTC, NTRA promote test barn recommendations

  • Press Release / 10 years
  • 0
  • 4 min read

Two national racing organizations have come together to promote best practices in test barn management and chain of custody of drug samples.

Pimlico
12
May
  • Maryland horse racing
  • Maryland Jockey Club
  • NTRA Safety and Integrity Alliance
  • Pimlico
  • Sal Sinatra
  • Steve Koch
  • Stronach Group

Pimlico earns NTRA safety reaccreditation

  • The Biz / 10 years
  • 0
  • 4 min read

The NTRA’s Safety and Integrity Alliance has reaccredited Pimlico just in time for the Preakness meet, the group announced today.

27
May
  • Monmouth Park
  • National Thoroughbred Racing Association
  • New Jersey horse racing
  • NTRA Safety and Integrity Alliance
  • Steve Koch

Monmouth Park earns NTRA safety reaccreditation

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

Monmouth Park has earned reaccreditation by the NTRA Safety and Integrity Alliance, with special commendation for its backstretch employee welfare program.

12
Mar
  • mid-Atlantic horse racing
  • NTRA Safety and Integrity Alliance
  • Steve Koch

NTRA Safety Alliance tabs Koch as director

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

The NTRA Safety and Integrity Alliance has tabbed Woodbine’s Steve Koch as its new executive director.

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