Eric Johnston, the racing secretary at Sam Houston Race Park, has been named Director of Racing Operations for Hollywood Casino at Penn National Race Course.
HRTV will cover the 2014 Charles Town Classic, Penn Mile, and other big events from Penn National Gaming tracks.
Penn National reached its highest-ever wagering totals in 2013, the track reported.
It was a busy agenda for the Maryland Racing Commission meeting, which adopted a new void-claim rule and declined to reconsider medication rules, among other actions.
You may not have heard of it, but the low-profile Mid Atlantic Cooperative represents about a billion dollars worth of simulcast wagering.