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Excitement brewing as Laurel Park opens fall meet
Purses are up, stakes and turf races are on the rise and more trainers and horses are coming to fill the stalls at the Bowie Training Center and Laurel Park, which opens its fall meet Wednesday. "Everybody is pretty excited," Maryland Jockey Club...
Tags: Sheldon Russell, The Jockey Club Incorporated
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Maryland Jockey Club unveils new logo for Laurel Park
The Maryland Jockey Club unveiled a new logo Wednesday for Laurel Park Race Course. "The abstract horse represents the future of racing-respecting where we have been and looking forward to where we are going," Maryland Jockey Club President Tom Chuckas...Tags: The Jockey Club Incorporated
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Laurel Park's fall meet with feature more stakes races, higher average purses
The Maryland Racing Commission on Tuesday approved a 69-day fall meet schedule for Laurel Park that will begin Sept. 5 and feature more stakes races and higher average purses than a year ago. The meeting includes 32 stakes races — five more than...Tags: Timonium, New Year's Day, The Jockey Club Incorporated
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Six things you need to know about the gambling special session
Everybody has a family member who, to put it politely, doesn't quite have both oars in the water and does the most inappropriate things while not knowing any better — like demanding a family photo at a funeral or calling a special session of the...
Tags: Casino and Gambling Industry, Elections, Regional Authority, Rushern Baker, Online Media Industry
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The Interview: Robert J. Norton
Amid legal wrangling and a ballot fight, it seemed as though the casino proposed for Arundel Mills would never become a reality.
Nearly two years ago, the state's slots commission awarded Anne Arundel County's sole slots license to Baltimore developer...Tags: Anne Arundel County, Casino and Gambling Industry, BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport, Casino and Gambling, Cordish Cos.
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Maryland Jockey Club cut losses in 2011
The Maryland Jockey Club, the financially strapped operator of the state's major thoroughbred racetracks, substantially cut its losses last year thanks to state slots subsidies but still falls short of becoming financially stable.
Laurel Park and Pimlico...Tags: Casino and Gambling Industry, Preakness Stakes, Cordish Cos., Finance, Equestrian
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'Same old Hansen' draws plenty of attention at Churchill Downs
Hansen does not need to try to be noticed. The nearly all-white colt always stands out among his peers. Yet on Thursday morning, the Breeders' Cup juvenile champion did all he could to draw the attention of a robust crowd on his first day this week at...
Tags: Equestrian, Big Brown, Rosie Napravnik, Preakness Stakes, Kentucky Derby
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Finally, Hamilton Smith has his chance at the Kentucky Derby
On a cool Saturday morning, Hamilton A. Smith — the programs call him that, but most every acquaintance calls him Ham or Hammy — is doing his best to do as he always has. He moves around his barn at Laurel Park, working his staff. His rapid-...
Tags: Triple Crown, Equestrian, Sheldon Russell, Preakness Stakes, Kentucky Derby
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Derby notes: Rosie Napravnik becomes first woman to win Kentucky Oaks
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The red-headed girl who shocked Maryland horse racing with her daring debut in 2005 was coronated as an elite jockey Friday at Churchill Downs. Rosie Napravnik won the Kentucky Oaks on Believe You Can. She is the first woman to...
Tags: Triple Crown, John R. Velazquez, Breast Cancer, Preakness Stakes, Broken Leg
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Kentucky Derby champ I'll Have Another gets warm welcome at Pimlico
As Kentucky Derby winner I'll Have Another vanned out of Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport with a police escort Monday afternoon, he was greeted by local horse fans trying to make him feel instantly at home. "People were...
Tags: Triple Crown, Equestrian, BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport, Pimlico Race Course, Preakness Stakes
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Under Armour CEO Kevin Plank hopes to start horse in Preakness for first time
Kevin Plank can't help himself.
The Under Armour CEO might know, in his heart of hearts, that his horse is a long shot against the world's finest 3-year-old thoroughbreds. His farm manager, Tom Mullikin, describes the dark bay colt as more "grinder" than...Tags: Triple Crown, Auburn Tigers, Belmont Stakes, Preakness Stakes, NBC (tv network)
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Jockey optimistic about chances with Bodemeister
Jockey Mike Smith arrived full of confidence at Pimlico on Friday. And why not? He will ride Morning Line favorite Bodemeister out of the No. 7 gate in the Preakness. "As we all know, so many things can happen in a race, but if given the opportunity,...
Tags: Triple Crown, Equestrian, Sheldon Russell, Preakness Stakes, Kentucky Derby
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