More than two years ago the Maryland Racing Commission paid the Jockey Club $1.7 million for a new dormitory and barn at Laurel. The project still isn't done.
Maryland's Racing Commission never monitored the nearly $22 million in public subsidies it has awarded to a private company for racetrack improvements.
The Maryland Racing Commission delayed voting on a $4.4 million subsidy until the owner of Pimlico and Laurel racetracks submits a plan for renovations.
Baltimore officials have withdrawn a lawsuit against the owners of Pimlico Race Course, saying the two sides had a productive discussion during the Preakness.
Billy Peel IV, from Columbia Country Club, won the 98th Amateur championship of the Maryland State Golf Association after Pete DeTemple conceded the match.
Baltimore needs to keep the pressure on The Stronach Group over the fate of Preakness at Pimlico — but it needs to keep communications lines open, too.
Trevor McCarthy continued his dominance of the jockey standings, and in the process helped trainer Jamie Ness to his first Maryland meet title in four years.
From Vanessa Williams to Gov. Larry Hogan and Cal Ripken Jr., the 144th Preakness Stakes drew the usual smattering of politicians, entertainers and athletes.
Baltimore’s top lawyer has sent a letter to Maryland’s top tax collector alleging that Preakness owner reports inaccurate data needed to proper tax collection.
The Stronach Group has no recourse but to continue negotiating with state and city officials on the future of Pimlico, COO Tim Ritvo said at the Preakness.
Preakness attendees complained after bathrooms were closed throughout the Pimlico grandstand. The Maryland Jockey Club said the issue was fixed by 5:30 p.m.
With no Kentucky Derby winner on hand to serve as its central star, the Preakness is left with a diverse field of 13 horses, led by favorite Improbable.
Days before the horse racing world turns its eyes on Pimlico for Preakness weekend, employees at the Baltimore track averted a strike, approved a contract
Alwaysmining could become the first Maryland-bred Preakness winner since 1983 and make Kelly Rubley the first female trainer to win a Triple Crown race.
A total of 268 horses were nominated to the eight stakes, four graded, worth $1.15 million in purses that support the 144th running of the Preakness Stakes.
Country House, the 65-1 longshot who was handed a Kentucky Derby victory by disqualification, will not run in the May 18 Preakness Stakes because of a developing illness, the first time in 23 years that the Derby winner will not compete for the second jewel in the Triple Crown.
Officials broke ground Friday on the Laurel Park Station development — located adjacent to the Laurel Park racetrack — that is meant to revitalize the Route 1 corridor in Howard County.
Jockey Trevor McCarthy claimed his third consecutive meet title and trainer Mike Trombetta earned his first since 2015 as Laurel Park closed its 19-day spring stand Sunday.
The disqualification that overturned a Kentucky Derby victory remained the talk of the backside at Churchill Downs on Sunday, even as trainers began to make plans for the May 18 Preakness.
An energetic Alwaysmining returned to the work on a foggy and cool Friday morning at the Fair Hill Training Center with a half-mile breeze in preparation for the 144th Preakness Stakes (G1). Trainer Kelly Rubley called the workout “perfect.”
Win Win Win needed an incredible comeback just to get into the Kentucky Derby field. Now, the dark bay colt has his Maryland-based trainer Mike Trombetta hoping for a career-defining upset.
