The plans that the owners of the state’s horse racing tracks have presented to the Maryland Racing Commission for updating their aging facilities sketch out publicly the first steps in a physical transformation many say is essential for reviving the fledgling industry.

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Maryland’s horse industry will enter mediation this week to work on a simulcasting agreement after the Maryland Racing Commission approved two licenses to continue horse racing in the state. The commission on Friday approved the Maryland Jockey Club’s sale to ...

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The Maryland Jockey Club and Penn National Gaming Inc. will miss a Friday deadline for reaching an agreement on simulcasting thoroughbred races at Rosecroft Raceway. The two parties had until Friday to hammer out a settlement over how much money ...

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Penn National Gaming Inc. is close to divesting its 49-percent share of the Maryland Jockey Club, including its ownership of Pimlico Race Course and Laurel Park. D. Eric Schippers, a spokesman for the Wyomissing, Pa.-based company, said Tuesday that the ...

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ANNAPOLIS – The Maryland Jockey Club lost $6.9 million in the last eight months of 2010, according to audited financial reports filed with the state Thursday evening. That disclosure came as the club, which owns Pimlico Race Course and Laurel ...

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No. 1: The blizzards With bread, milk and toilet paper nearly cleared from local store shelves, flakes began to fall on the metro region the evening of Feb. 5. What followed was labeled historic and expensive with a Biblical twist ...

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Anne Arundel County has given The Cordish Cos. initial approval for the construction of a $320 million casino next to the Arundel Mills shopping mall. The site development plan, approved Tuesday, calls for some roads to be widened, traffic signals ...

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Anne Arundel County citizens spoke clearly and decisively last week when they voted 56 percent to 44 percent to approve zoning for a casino next to the Arundel Mills mall. The costly campaign financed largely by the Maryland Jockey Club, ...

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BWI traffic called strong Officials at Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport said they weren’t worried about a Southwest Airlines executive’s announcement that Atlanta could become the discount carrier’s biggest hub after its proposed acquisition of AirTran Airways. Airfare at BWI ...

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