What Moore Announced — And What Comes Next
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Governor Wes Moore held his press conference Wednesday. It was, by the standards of...
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The Hand They’re Not Playing: How Maryland Can Rebuild Horse Racing After the Preakness Shake-Up
Maryland owns the assets, the history, and the window. What it needs is a strategy — and someone willing to make the...
What CDI Does With Tracks It Owns
Churchill Downs has a documented playbook for acquired racing assets: acquire, extract value, close the original venue,...
Nine Minutes. One Question.
CDI and NYRA spent the day defending their new championship series — and confirming, almost in spite of themselves,...
Blindsided, Again
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Editor's Note: MDBayNews published this morning, at approximately 11:30 am, the first...
Maryland Is Trying to Buy Back a Race It Never Should Have Lost
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews — Maryland on the Map Maryland is quietly trying to spend another $85 million. According...
Derby Winners Are Skipping the Preakness. Maryland Is Spending $400 Million on It Anyway.
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews — Maryland on the Map On Wednesday morning, Cherie DeVaux Racing posted a statement to...
Maryland Owns the Racetrack. Churchill Downs Owns the Race.
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews — Maryland on the Map, Part 7 On Monday, Governor Wes Moore announced that Maryland had...
A New Era for Pimlico: Maryland Approves Bold Rebuild of Historic Racetrack
In a landmark decision that blends preservation with progress, Maryland has officially greenlit the demolition and...