In an upbeat meeting today, the Maryland Racing Commission signed off on the Maryland Jockey Club’s request to run at least 162 days of live racing in 2017.
Maryland Jockey Club president Sal Sinatra has one eye on the weather and another on the fields as he prepares for Saturday’s 31st Maryland Million.
The Maryland Jockey Club unveiled the logo for Preakness 142 on Wednesday.
Seven days of live racing at the Maryland State Fair in Timonium will kick off this afternoon.
Laurel Park’s summer average handle grew 12 percent, the company announced… plus, a gallery of the summer’s racing stand.
The Maryland Jockey Club, owners of Laurel Park and Pimlico, will donate $10,000 to support relief of flood-ravaged Ellicott City.
The Totally Thoroughbred Horse Show to benefit the Foxie G Foundation and Mid-Atlantic Horse Rescue will take place Sunday, July 17 in the Pimlico infield.
The Maryland Jockey Club’s $3.25 million fall stakes program at Laurel Park features four graded events, as well as three new state-bred stakes.
Pimlico’s daily average handle grew by 21 percent during its truncated 2016 Preakness meeting.
In a move made with little fanfare, the Maryland Racing Commission earlier this year adopted enhanced “graded stakes” testing on all equine samples.