the jockey club incorporated

The proposed 10-year revenue sharing and racing days deal between the Maryland Jockey Club and the horsemen provides the stability needed to revive the industry's business model.

Joseph B. Kelly, the dean of Maryland turf writers and nationally known thoroughbred historian, died Monday of cancer.

Maryland's thoroughbred horse racing tracks and the state's horesmen are close to agreeing to a 10-year deal that would give the industry stability it has not seen in decades.

A striding horse set atop an oval that harkens to the checkerboard pattern on the Maryland flag will serve as the logo for the 138th running of the Preakness Stakes

Oden Bowie, the former secretary of the Maryland Senate who was the grandson of Maryland Gov. Oden Bowie, died Oct. 23 at the Arbor at Baywoods in Annapolis of complications from a fall he suffered at his home last month. He was 97.

Listing of Halloween events and activities in Laurel area.

The story of how thoroughbred racing and the rural communities of Harford County became intertwined is told in artifacts and pictures through January as part of an exhibit at the Hays-Heighe House on the campus of Harford Community College.

Representatives from the tracks and the horsemen are working to find stability now that slot money has increased purses

Target Sighted is one of two entries on the card for the 27th annual Jim McKay Maryland Million Day for Campitelli, who also will send Mystic Love to post in the Lassie.

Jockey Mario Pino, who has ridden most of his career in Maryland and lives in Ellicott City, is closing in on being among horse racing's top 10 all-time winning riders.

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.

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.

Maryland trainer Rodney Jenkins will be one of the judges for the Totally Thoroughbred Horse Show, a show jumping competition for former race horses, which will be held July 14 at Pimlico Race Course.

Expanded gambling in Maryland should be put on hold, according to a letter addressed to Gov. Martin O'Malley and send to the editor of the Laurel Leader.

Only 36 stakes races will count toward eligibility in the Kentucky Derby starting next year. It is unclear whether Preakness officials will make changes to their selection process.

Secretariat's legend hardly needs bolstering. But, his supporters feel, the race he ran on the third Saturday in May at Pimlico back in 1973 does require revisiting.

Belmont Stakes barn gets thumbs down from trainer

Nearly two years since Maryland's first casino opened, the state has yet to dole out any of the $3.6 million in slots revenue that has accumulated for small, minority- and women-owned businesses.

The short life spans of Cordish's prior gaming undertakings raises the question of how long the developer will maintain a stake in Maryland Live, especially if it fails to stop a large casino from being built in Prince George's County.

Maryland a two-party state for political corruption

From political crime to legalized corruption, the state of ethics in the Free State is a sorry one

Baltimore and Pimlico looked fabulous for Preakness 2012.

Two days after Kentucky Derby winner I'll Have Another's thrilling win over Bodemeister under sunny skies and in front of a packed house, Maryland Jockey Club president Tom Chuckas pronounced the 137th running of the Preakness a rousing success.

The largest crowd in Preakness Stakes history watched the thrilling victory of a horse that's now on a Triple Crown hunt, jammed to pop band Maroon 5 and basked under a clear Saturday sky.

There were still drunk 20-somethings. Still crowds making a ruckus. And people throwing up after one too many beers. But this year, unlike recent Preakness Stakes when infield crowds gained a reputation for debauchery, race goers said the fun-filled party was less out of control.

Baltimore Police say up to 50,000 people have shown up at Pimlico for the Preakness Stakes, according to Baltimore Police.

T M Fred Texas, a 5-year-old Arabian who won a world championship in Dubai in March, won the first President of United Emirates Cup at Pimlico Race Course. T M Texas paid $4.40.

Doug O'Neill, the horse's trainer, said the racer's "gonna win." O'Neill showed off his shamrock tie to O'Malley and said they both had the luck of the Irish on their side today.

The crowd as a whole is behaving surprisingly lucid and laidback, enjoying their neon yellow mugs full of beer. Anyone turned off by the debauchery of say, five years ago, might want to consider coming back.

For eight years, the job of embroidering the Preakness Stakes saddle cloths for horses like I'll Have Another has belonged to CDK Embroidery, a small shop in Cherry Hill, New Jersey.

Jeannine Edwards, who still calls Maryland home, is covering the Reakness for ESPN and ABC this week. Her reports will start appearing Friday on the sports cable channel and continue through the weekend.

Interview with ESPN's Edwards to advance Preakness 2012 TV coverage

Charlie Hall has one of the most important jobs at Pimlico

Slots money has injected new life into Maryland horse racing.

Sherry Stick will go for a three-peat at Saturday's Preakness 5K. Road race circles Pimlico before finishing in its infield.

Rapper Wiz Khalifa found in North Carolina and Nashville with marijuana, just days before Baltimore Preakness appearance.

Phil Dalhausser and Todd Rogers will appear just months before defending Olympic title

Baltimore: Monkton horse owner offers free early morning tours of Pimlico May 16-18 before Preakness race.

A day after the lack of oversight at Maryland race tracks came to light in a hearing before the Maryland Racing Commission at Pimlico Race Course, the commission's executive director, Mike Hopkins, said steps are already being taken to improve the situation.

Rick Dutrow's appeal reveals a lack of oversight in Maryland horse racing. Officials at Laurel Park did not follow proper procedures on night King and Crusader won the Maryland Juvenile Championship.

It was a nice bit of promotional synchronicity for the Maryland Jockey Club, the operator of Pimlico and Laurel Park, the state's major thoroughbred tracks. Later that afternoon it filed its annual financial report with the Maryland Racing Commission, which showed it had lost $5.3 million last year.

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 it still falls short of becoming financially stable.

Kegasus to return as Lord of the Preakness InfieldFest for second year in a row at Preakness Stakes 2012.

This was a move that was more or less predicted back in February, when several media watchers saw a new anonymous advertising campaign as a transparent bid to create some mystery around the event.

Roll With Joe among six horses to be honored at Tuesday's night of champions. Preakness race for Arabian horses will also be introduced at the event at Sports Legends Museum.