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• In Maryland, the other shoe, dropping

  Colonial Downs ends its two-month thoroughbred race meet tonight, and racing returns to Maryland with a mini-meet at Laurel, commencing on Friday. The Laurel meet, however, begins amidst a growing sense of doom. According to the Baltimore Sun, via our... Posted Aug 06 2008, 12:36 PM by ThatsAmoreStable.net Filed under: Maryland Jockey Club, Maryland racing, slot machines, Laurel Park, Future of Maryland racing

• Wanted: A living wage

  One of the best steps that racing could take to improve the health and well-being of the largest number of horses is to raise purses, not for better horses but for worse ones: claiming horses, particularly bottom-level claimers. If need be — and... Posted Jul 20 2008, 05:55 PM by ThatsAmoreStable.net Filed under: Monmouth Park, Colonial Downs, Eight Belles, Curlin, Horse breakdowns, Claiming races, Maryland Jockey Club