For the first time in seven months, fans will be permitted to attend live racing at Laurel Park, albeit in limited numbers.
A Maryland House committee today heard widespread support for a proposal to keep the Preakness at a renovated Pimlico and to rebuild Laurel.
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.
Steuart Pittman, founder of the Retired Racehorse Project, will receive the 2018 EQUUS Foundation Humanitarian Award from the US Equestrian Federation.
Maryland’s breeders and horsemen are backing Retired Racehorse Project cofounder Steuart Pittman’s campaign for Anne Arundel County exec.
Steuart Pittman, founding executive director of the Retired Racehorse Project, will step aside, to be replaced by Jen Roytz.
Continuing its strong growth, the Retired Racehorse Project announced today that it had accepted 794 trainers for this year’s Thoroughbred Makeover.
Applications from trainers for the Thoroughbred Makeover rose 38 percent for the 2018 edition, to 812 for the project for retired racehorses.
The Thoroughbred Makeover provides $100,000 in prize money in a retraining competition to prepare retired racers for second careers.
The Retired Racehorse Project’s Thoroughbred Makeover introduces retired racers to second careers.