Preakness week has dawned with fanfare, an amusing and now resolved controversy about whether various owners of Preakness horses would conspire to freeze out super-filly Rachel Alexandra, and a salvo from Planet Curmudgeon, namely, Andrew Beyer (thanks to our pals at Equidaily for the tip). Beyer, donning the white coat of the mad scientist, suggests …
Category Archive: Magna Entertainment
Apr 17 2009
Snippets overheard
Spent the morning at Laurel watching Homefire, Steelix, and Higher Authority do their thing. Here’s the story of the morning, in verse form, from quotes overheard: There’s no reason he can’t be a good horse, jumping shadows, but still much the best, came out of the gate and took a left turn: scared the rider, …
Apr 15 2009
What would Mr. Boh do?
This one-eyed, handlebar-moustached gentleman is Mr. Boh. (Visit him here). Mr. Boh is the longtime mascot of Baltimore’s own National Bohemian Beer. Mr. Boh used to spend a lot of time at Orioles’ games, back when the Birds called Memorial Stadium home. He’s made appearances in pop culture (e.g., Mary Prankster’s “Blue Skies over Dundalk”). …
Mar 10 2009
News and notes
It’s a day of odds and ends… Magna Bankruptcy As has been widely reported in both the blogosphere and — in a surprising twist — the mainstream media, Magna Entertainment, the company which owns Laurel Park and Pimlico (as well as Santa Anita and Gulfstream) has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in Delaware. Oh, …
Feb 23 2009
A modest proposal
In the “you can’t make this up” department, we have this: at the exact moment when Maryland racing’s future seems the brightest it’s been in years — because of the impending arrival of slots — it’s also distinctly possible that Maryland racing has no future at all. As has been amply documented seemingly just about …
Feb 03 2009
Competitive? Not so much
For a competitive process, the bidding for slot machine licenses in Maryland is not going to involve much actual competition. On Monday, just six bidders applied for the five available licenses. As a result, in just one of the locations will there be actual competition. Of course, in a development that has to be causing …
May 14 2008
UPDATE: Dragone to be canned after Preakness; Queen of Hearts commands, “Off with their heads!”
According to an article in the Thoroughbred Times, Magna Entertainment will fire Chris Dragone, president and general manager of the Magna-owned Maryland Jockey Club, following Saturday’s Preakness. Tom Chuckas, for 11 years the CEO of the nonprofit organization that owns the Maryland standard-bred track, Rosecroft Raceway, will replace him. Magna kingpin Frank Stronach explained: “Chris …
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