the jockey club incorporated

Ticket sales rise 17 percent as organizers court traditional racing fans and young people alike

Despite being in heavily demand, Kegasus, the spokes-centaur for the 2011 Preakness InfieldFest, took time out of his busy schedule to discuss his new gig with the Maryland Jockey Club.

The Orioles' four-man rotation is set. Brian Matusz will start Saturday and Chris Tillman gets the nod for Sunday. ... Earl Weaver will throw out the ceremonial first pitch at Monday's home opener and Thurmont¿s Richard Troxell will sing the National Anthem. ... Jennifer Royle from The Fan has filed an $800,000 defamation suit against WNST owner Nestor Aparicio and two of his hosts. ... A four-member Towson entourage expects to conclude interviews at the Final Four and announce a new basketball coach next week.

I've had a day to wrap my head around the Maryland Jockey Club's new Preakness advertising campaign, "Be Legendary," and its spokes-centaur, Kegasus. I'm not offended by the beer-bellied half-horse, half-man. I'm just confused.

A year after the Maryland Jockey Club encouraged Baltimore to get its ¿Preak¿ on in a feather-ruffling advertising campaign for last year¿s Preakness party, event organizers are turning to a centaur named ¿Kegasus¿ to generate interest

The Cordish Cos. can resume work on what is expected to be the state's most lucrative slots parlor at Arundel Mills mall, after opponents withdrew an appeal that has held up work on the project for a month.