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Racing boss stops move to close Laurel Park
November 29, 2010Delivering surprising if tenuous hope to Maryland's horse-racing industry, track owner Frank Stronach reversed his organization's move to slash thoroughbred meets and end races at Laurel Park next year, saying he hopes to strike a deal with breeders and state officials to save Laurel as well as Baltimore's historic Pimlico Race Course .
No racing at Laurel Park? Boss says whoa to stopping meets
November 29, 2010Delivering surprising if tenuous hope to Maryland's horse-racing industry, track owner Frank Stronach reversed his organization's move to slash thoroughbred meets and end races at Laurel Park next year, saying he hopes to strike a deal with breeders and state officials to save Laurel, as well as Baltimore's historic Pimlico Race Course. "I don't believe in making rash decisions," said Stronach ...
Md. Jockey Club cutting back at Laurel, Pimlico
November 29, 2010(AP:BALTIMORE) The Maryland Jockey Club is cutting back operations at its thoroughbred horse racing tracks next year after failing to defeat a referendum allowing a slots parlor next to the Arundel Mills shopping mall.
Md. Jockey Club: Casino would kill horse racing
November 29, 2010Owners of Laurel Park racetrack said yesterday horse racing will collapse and 15,000 people will lose their jobs if county voters endorse a casino at Arundel Mills mall. "There's no question about this," Maryland Jockey Club President Tom Chuckas said. "Most of the people will be laid off. The other people, if they're lucky, will have seasonal employment." An hour later, casino developer David ...
Maryland Jockey Club cutting back at Laurel, Pimlico
November 29, 2010BALTIMORE (AP) - The Maryland Jockey Club is cutting back operations at its thoroughbred horse-racing tracks next year after failing to defeat a referendum allowing a slot machine parlor next to Arundel Mills shopping mall. Club President Tom Chuckas said yesterday that the umbrella organization for Laurel Park and Pimlico Race Course will submit a plan to state regulators eliminating live ...
Cordish asks Md. to seize racetracks
November 29, 2010The developer of a planned casino near the Arundel Mills mall south of Baltimore is asking the state to seize two horse-racing tracks from the Maryland Jockey Club and sell them to the developer.
Cordish Talks Temporary Slots Parlor, Horse Racing
November 29, 2010The Cordish Company says it may put a temporary slots facility at Arundel Mills while the permanent structure is under construction. And there's talk of helping Maryland horseracing as well.
A race track unlike any other, Bowie could soon be closed
November 29, 2010Officials will meet Monday to consider the fate of the quirky track that attracted hardcore bettors and only the most hardy jockeys On Feb. 2, 1961, at 1 p.m., a train carrying fans to Bowie Race Course derailed near the race track, killing six and injuring more than 200. Undaunted, a number of passengers scrambled over the dead and wounded, smashed windows and hurried on foot to Bowie, in 15 ...
A track unlike any other, Bowie could soon be closed
November 29, 2010Officials will meet Monday to consider the fate of the quirky track that attracted hardcore bettors and only the most hardy jockeys Officials will meet Monday to consider the fate of the quirky track that attracted hardcore bettors and only the most hardy jockeys
Penn National supports curtailing racing operations
November 29, 2010Penn surprised by Frank Stronach's comments The future of Laurel Park was further clouded Tuesday, after the racetrack's minority owner said it still supports plans to eliminate live horse racing there.
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