Comments on: Decline of horse racing in Maryland http://sports.outsidethebeltway.com/2007/05/decline-of-horse-racing-in-maryland/ News and commentary on the world of sports. Wed, 07 Sep 2011 16:33:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5 By: Joe Chapman http://sports.outsidethebeltway.com/2007/05/decline-of-horse-racing-in-maryland/comment-page-1/#comment-294812 Joe Chapman Thu, 12 Jul 2007 19:24:43 +0000 http://sports.outsidethebeltway.com/2007/05/decline-of-horse-racing-in-maryland/#comment-294812 MJC is NOT the governing body of racing in Maryland. MJC is the Maryland Jockey Club, which is the entity that owns Pimlico and Laurel and is one of the oldest sports organizations in the world. Cutting back is their way of trying to squeeze the legislature into letting them get slots.

The governing body is the STate Racing Commission, whose members are appointed by the Governor and who have no financial stake in the success or failure of the race tracks.

]]> By: Soccer Dad http://sports.outsidethebeltway.com/2007/05/decline-of-horse-racing-in-maryland/comment-page-1/#comment-277769 Soccer Dad Wed, 16 May 2007 10:30:48 +0000 http://sports.outsidethebeltway.com/2007/05/decline-of-horse-racing-in-maryland/#comment-277769 Decline of horse racing in maryland…

Two years ago the Washington Post ran a story “Making hay in a horse based economy” The gist of the article was that there are plenty of horse farms in Maryland and that it remains a growing industry. The subtext of the article is that it doesn’t ma…

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