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Wedded: Ashley Valis and Jim Gillis
Wedding date: May 4, 2013 Her story: Ashley Valis, 31, grew up in Baltimore. She is the assistant chief of staff for Gov. Martin O'Malley. Her mother, Beth Russell, is a director of marketing and sales, and her father, Jim Valis, is a sales director....
Tags: Vera Wang, Equestrian, Marriage, Clothing, Accessories, and Shoes, Dresses (clothing)
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Jockey Ramon Dominguez retires from racing because of head injury
Ramon Dominguez, who won 1,010 races in Maryland, has retired from horse racing after suffering a head injury at Aqueduct Racetrack in New York on Jan. 18. The 36-year-old jockey announced his retirement through the New York Racing Association on Thursday...
Tags: Triple Crown, Breeders' Cup, The Jockey Club Incorporated, Ramon A. Dominguez , New York Racing Association
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Could the Breeders' Cup ever come to Baltimore?
The Breeders' Cup, created as a roving championship of thoroughbred racing, shunned Louisville's Churchill Downs this week and announced it would return to Santa Anita Park in 2014 for a third consecutive year. Santa Anita, of course, is owned by the...
Tags: Equestrian, Gulfstream Park, Triple Crown, The Jockey Club Incorporated, Arlington Park
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Pimlico a disaster for disabled
Ever since I saw Eliza Doolittle at the horse race in "My Fair Lady," I dreamed of experiencing a horse race. I decided this year would be the time to see the Preakness. As the day got closer, I got excited about participating in this event. What hat to...
Tags: Equestrian, Preakness Stakes
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Md. passes thoroughbred breeder incentive program amid bickering
The Maryland Racing Commission passed a revised incentive program Tuesday meant to persuade thoroughbred breeders to operate in the state and owners of those horses to run on its tracks, but might have shattered the harmony achieved among the sports'...
Tags: The Jockey Club Incorporated, Laurel Park, Pimlico Race Course
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Maryland Jockey Club president says Preakness brand 'has changed dramatically'
Baltimore Sun Media GroupMaryland Jockey Club President Tom Chuckas said Saturday that the Preakness brand “has changed dramatically” in the last few years, citing an attendance bump in the infield celebration and increased security all around the racetrack. ...Tags: FBI, Equestrian, Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), U.S. Department of Homeland Security, The Jockey Club Incorporated
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Casino license competitors have strengths, weaknesses
Although Maryland has handed out five casino operating licenses, the state is entering uncharted territory with the allocation of its sixth. For the first time, there's real competition. Three serious operators submitted bids to run a casino in Prince...
Tags: Pennsylvania Turnpike, Casino and Gambling Industry, Highway Transportation, MGM Resorts International, Penn National Gaming
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Augustine H. "Humpy" Stump Jr., insurance executive
Augustine H. "Humpy" Stump Jr., a retired Baltimore insurance executive who had been president of Stump, Harvey & Cook Co. Inc. and an active churchman and volunteer, died Sunday of complications from a fall and pneumonia at Springwell, a Mount Washington...
Tags: Pneumonia, Anglicanism, Christianity, Princeton University
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Lukas secretly thought Oxbow was best hope for Preakness win
D. Wayne Lukas may seem to the public an unlikely candidate to be one of the most hands-on trainers working in horse racing today. He shows up on television — like Saturday, when his horse Oxbow cruised to a win in the 138th Preakness —...
Tags: Equestrian, Triple Crown, The Jockey Club Incorporated, Joel Rosario, New York Racing Association
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Deputed Testamony won the Preakness 30 years ago this week [Editorial]
Harford County has had many big-time sports moments in its glorious history. Perhaps none were bigger, however, than the one that happened 30 years ago this week. That's when Harford County's own Deputed Testamony won the 1983 Preakness, bringing home...Tags: Equestrian, Triple Crown, Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes, Long Island
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Oxbow's win, Lukas milestones overshadow Orb's disappointing Preakness finish
In the days leading up to Saturday's 138th running of the Preakness Stakes, favorite Orb's trainer, Shug McGaughey, said on a few occasions he felt his colt had yet to run his best race. After the gate opened at Pimlico and sent off the nine Preakness...
Tags: Equestrian, Triple Crown, Belmont Stakes, NBC (tv network), Joel Rosario
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Everything revolves around Orb
The Baltimore SunThe colt was a knucklehead, really. He had speed and endurance in his pedigree, but if you had polled his owners and his trainer a year ago, none would have predicted that he’d gallop in the same steps as his great-grandsire, 1977 Triple Crown...Tags: Equestrian, Triple Crown, Zoology, NBC (tv network), Pimlico Race Course
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