the jockey club incorporated

Pimlico Special returning to Preakness 2012 weekend. Return of race highlights the approval of the Pimlico spring meet.

Prince George's County executive's support for an alternate slots location alarms horsemen.

Wanted: New mascot for 137-year-old racing event; must appeal to the young and web-savvy; social media experience required. That's the premise of a promotion to unseat Kegasus as the Preakness mascot. The Maryland Jockey Club would seem to be behind the marketing blitz, but it's not taking credit.

Little Big Town, The Darkness, Mr. Greengenes complete Preakness Infield music line-up

Kegasus, the nutty infield mascot for last year's Preakness, is missing, according to race officials.

New ad campaign aims to replace Kegasus as Preakness Infield mascot

Maroon 5 and Wiz Khalifa will headline this year's Preakness Infield May 19 at Pimlico Race Track, the Maryland Jockey Club announced Friday morning.

Frank Stronach plans IPOs for six racehorse-ownership companies, which would sell stock in thoroughbreds for $10 apiece.

Havre de Grace is closing in on Horse of the Year honor

An agreement between the Maryland Jockey Club and the horsemen's association has saved racing for another year, but the next six months will be key to determining whether the industry can resurrect itself for good.

Maryland Jockey Club to seek $6 million in slots subsidies to help run 146 days of live racing in 2012.

To ensure a year-round live racing schedule next year, Maryland's thoroughbred horse owners' group will continue to provide financial assistance to the money-losing operator of Laurel Park and Pimlico Race Course.

The owner of Maryland's two thoroughbred tracks and the Maryland Thoroughbred Horsemen's Association reached an agreement Saturday to maintain 146 days of live racing next year, avoiding another last-minute showdown that threatened the racing industry.

Mario Pino, 50, hopes to become one of horse racing's top 10 all-time winners.

With negotiations still ongoing on the state's racing dates for 2012, the thoroughbred industry is likely to miss Thursday's deadline to submit a longterm business plan to sustain the sport to the Maryland General Assembly.

The first phrase of Maryland Live! Casino, near Arundel Mills, is on track to open in June. And the entire casino is expected to open by the end of 2012. Robert J. Norton is the casino's general manager.

Maryland horsemen need to be willing to play hardball with the simulcast signal from Preakness to force Frank Stronach to stay at the bargaining table over the industry's future.

Laurel Park celebrated its 100th anniversary of racing with live racing plenty of family friendly entertainment. But the future of racetrack is uncertain as Maryland's racing industry continues to limp forward.

Laurel Park opened Oct. 2, 1911 and has continued to offer live racing for 100 years.

Rapid Redux 2 wins shy of record win streak. Owned by Towson native Robert Cole, the horse goes for its 18th straight victory Friday.

A 25-year-old man was shot in the head and chest early Sunday morning in the parking lot of Pimlico Race Course, which has recently started hosting late-night private events in hopes of generating additional cash. The shooting was one of at least two violent incidents in the city tied to the night life scene, with three hospitalized after a stabbing inside a Mount Vernon club.

Penn National Gaming has begun its push to bring slots to Rosecroft Raceway, releasing Wednesday two studies showing that the Prince George's County track would generate at least $346 million in tax revenue in the first year of a slots operation.

Rosecroft Raceway and members of the state's thoroughbred industry, including the Maryland Jockey Club, are expected to enter into binding arbitration to resolve a dispute over simulcasting fees.

As Laurel Park's 100

North Laurel: The Wild Buffalo Grill may be down, but its not out.

King Leatherbury might have his ticket to the Hall of Fame — if he can afford it Third-winningest trainer in the country needs $100,000 to get Ben's Cat into the Breeders' Cup

Maryland's oldest and largest off-track betting facility will shut down next month, its owners said Tuesday, because it could no longer sustain losses.

Racing to expand fo five days per week at Laurel Park Maryland Racing Commission approves race dates for Timonium Fair and Laurel Park

Maryland's thoroughbred industry is pushing back on a proposal in Congress to eliminate a $126 million tax carve out for horse racing as part of the deficit reduction effort.

Maryland labor secretary Alexander Sanchez will begin leading next week mediation on a new simulcasting agreement between Rosecroft Raceway and representatives of Maryland's thoroughbred racing industry.

The state is expected to mediate negotiations on a new racing simulcast agreement between Rosecroft Raceway and representatives of Maryland's thoroughbred industry.

Lucy C. Acton, a former Evening Sun feature writer who later was editor of Mid-Atlantic Thoroughbred, formerly Maryland Horse, died June 7 of cancer of the appendix at Gilchrist Hospice Care. She was 63.

The Infield shenanigans at the Preakness are legendary -- and they were years before Kegasus came along with his whole ¿Be legendary¿ spiel -- but for young newcomers who came Pimlico today to see drunk people running on porta-potties or playing dodgeball with full beer cans, the Infield is much tamer than expected. Score one for the Maryland Jockey Club, which has succeeded in cleaning up the Infield.

You might have heard that the world is coming to an end sometime before the 136th running of the Preakness Stakes. Meanwhile, beer-guzzling Baltimoreans have been mugging Kegasus wherever he galloped today. Might this worship of a pagan god have something to with this whole "Rapture" thing?

Threats that Preakness could leave are most likely idle: history, logistics and legislation will keep it at Pimlico

Baltimore-based Jim Stieff still handles the manufacturing of replica trophies given to Preakness winners

Preakness Stakes is a reminder of joys and opportunities of Maryland racing.

Preakness Stakes is a reminder of joys and opportunities of Maryland racing.

Pimlico owners are interested in exploring a move of the Preakness from Saturday to Sunday to generate more revenue