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Officials with the Maryland Jockey Club said they are working on new plans for the future of their three Maryland horse racing facilities: Laurel Park, Pimlico Race Course and a training center in Bowie.

Terry West has been in various horse competitions for over 40 years, working as a jockey for 27 years before transitioning into hunter and jumper horse competitions. She is racing at least four horses Sunday in both competitions at Totally Thoroughbred Horse Show at Pimlico Race Course.

As California Chrome began his recovery from a foot injury that might have contributed to his flat performance in the Belmont Stakes, his co-owner, Steve Coburn, stood by harsh comments about owners and trainers who run fresh horses in the third leg of the Triple Crown.

Since legalized gambling began in Maryland, tens of billions of dollars have been wagered in the state's casinos — spinning off funds for schools, the horse racing industry and local programs that have financed everything from paving and police to iPads and small business loans.

California Chrome can win the Triple Crown at Saturday's Belmont Stakes, but even if he does, it won't dramatically improve the health of the horse racing industry, experts say.

The Preakness Stakes never disappoint.

Moonrise Festival is scheduled to take place August 9 and 10 in Baltimore.

With the short-lived nasal strip controversy resolved and wins in two Triple Crown races on his resume, California Chrome left Pimlico Race Course shortly after 6 a.m. on Tuesday for Elmont, N.Y., where his connections plan to run the Preakness Stakes and Kentucky Derby champion in the Belmont Stakes on June 7.

California Chrome left for New York earlier this morning, officially wrapping up Preakness week.

Maryland Jockey Club President Tom Chuckas says he is rooting for California Chrome to win the Triple Crown — both for the health of the industry and the storyline.

Could a potential Triple Crown be upended by a nasal adhesive strip? Only in the arbitrary, maddening world of thoroughbred racing.

California Chrome's trainer, Art Sherman, raised the rather startling possibility that his horse might not run in the Belmont Stakes because of New York rules barring a nasal adhesive strip the colt has used throughout his six-race winning streak.

Tom Chuckas, president and chief operating officer of the Maryland Jockey Club, said Saturday that he would like to see horse racing's Triple Crown events played out over two months, not five weeks.

A second deluge in little more than two weeks is forecast to soak the region Friday, making for a miserable Black-Eyed Susan Day at Pimlico Race Course – though officials are confident in a fast track for a sunny and cool Preakness Stakes on Saturday.

The story has been told so many times it's taken on a life of its own: Black-eyed Susans don't bloom in time for the Preakness, so the winning horse is instead draped with a blanket of yellow daisies whose centers have been painted so they look like Maryland's state flower.

Ticket sales for the 139th Preakness Stakes on Saturday are running a couple percentage points ahead of last year, the fourth largest turnout in the history of the race, but the president of the Maryland Jockey Club sees the possibility of a record crowd.

If the horse racing world needed a little more evidence heading into Preakness week that the erstwhile "Sport of Kings" has turned a corner in Maryland, consider this scene on a misty Friday morning at the idyllic Fair Hill Training Center outside Elkton.

When Rosie Napravnik ventures to Pimlico Race Course to ride Bayern in Saturday's 139th running of the Preakness, the 26-year-old riding star can expect an emotional homecoming.

Stakeholders in Maryland thoroughbred racing are as optimistic as they've been in decades, just a few years after the historic industry seemed on the verge of collapse.

Nas, the veteran New York rapper, will perform on the main stage of May 17's Preakness InfieldFest, the Maryland Jockey Club announced today.

Julian Pimentel kept Ben's Cat under a snug hold until a furlong from home, then signaled for him to go and spurted away to win the $75,000 Mister Diz Stakes, the first of three stakes races Saturday at Pimlico Race Course.

Prominent Maryland trainer Richard "Dickie" Small, who conditioned 1994 Breeders¿ Cup Classic winner Concern, died late Friday night after a battle with cancer. He was 68.

Thoroughbred racing will resume at Pimlico Race Course on Thursday afternoon with a nine-race card to kick off the track's 35-day spring meeting, highlighted by Preakness Stakes 2014.

Sundy Best and Go Go Gadjet will also perform at the Lorde-headlined InfieldFest.

Counting Crows, The Fray and Annie Bosko will perform at Pimlico Race Course's Black-Eyed Susan Day on May 16, the Maryland Jockey Club announced this morning.

While many local counties and cities have laws on the books requiring residents and business owners to shovel the sidewalks adjacent to their properties after any accumulation of snow or ice, not all do, records show.

Former Baltimore Colts sales executive Bob Leffler founded The Leffler Agency 30 years ago after the NFL team left town and its since grown into a leading sports marketing agency.

Live racing at Laurel Park has been cancelled for Wednesday because of extreme weather conditions in the Baltimore and Washington, D.C., areas.

King Leatherbury tied and passed Hall of Fame horse trainer Jack Van Berg for fourth on the all-time win list with a pair of victories Saturday at Laurel Park.

The purse for the 2014 Preakness has increased from $1 million to $1.5 million, the Maryland Jockey Club announced today. It¿s the first increase of the Triple Crown race¿s purse since 1998.

Horse racing commission approves 146-day schedule in 2014

Laurel Park is offering free admission to city of Laurel residents and military members as part of a combined celebration on Saturday Nov. 9. The day includes the running of the City of Laurel Stakes and a Salute the Troops celebration of U.S. military members.

The Maryland Jockey Club unveiled the logo for the 2014 Preakness on Tuesday. The 139th running of the race will take place May 17 at Pimlico Race Course.

Twenty-six trainers who prepared racehorses for second careers showed off the finished product in the Thoroughbred Makeover & National Symposium Saturday and Sunday at Pimlico Race Course.

A new incentive program aimed at revitalizing Maryland's sagging horse industry started Thursday with the opening of the Fall Meet at Laurel Park, offering expanded bonuses for Maryland-bred horses that win, place or show.

Paul H. Trattner, a retired art teacher who was also a noted prestidigitator and a mall Santa Claus, died Aug. 28 from heart failure at his Coldspring Newtown home. He was 70.

Q&A with Georganne Hale, Maryland Jockey Club director of racing/racing secretary

Grand Prix aims to prove city without Fortune 500 company can support growing sports scene

Jockey Ramon Dominguez has retired from horse racing after suffering a head injury at Aqueduct Racetrack in New York on Jan. 18, the 36-year-old announced through the New York Racing Association on Thursday morning.

Annual world championship of thoroughbred racing has strong ties with Pimlico owner Stronach Group

Maryland jockey club still seeking ways to entice bettors for more than one weekend

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' stakeholders in recent months.

A crowd of 117,203, the fourth largest in Preakness history, was on hand to see long-shot Oxbow's shocking win and heavy-favorite Orb's disappointing run. And the total handle for the day was a healthy $81,940,233, sixth largest in history.