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an additional two miles to the trails at Kings Landing, as well as other minor modifi cations.
Manor Tavern Lives On T e Manor Tavern, a horse country favorite,
will live on with its new owners, according to the Baltimore Sun. On July 9, 2011, Bill Irvin and Patrick Russell, along with partners Dr. William Mitcherling and Dr. John Mitcher- ling (owners of Timonium’s Au Poitin Still, the Horse World Expo hangout), took over owner- ship of the property which began life in 1750 as a stable, eventually becoming the local tavern.
Museum Exhibit: Farriery to Veterinary
One of the nice things about living in the
orbit of Washington, DC is the abundance of Federally-funded museums that do not charge admission. Take advantage of your Federal tax dollars and go see this exhibit: “From Craft to Profession: T e Transition from Horse Farrier to Pro- fessional Veterinarian.” T e exhibit is open through Friday, October 7 at the National Library of Medicine, which a component of the National Institutes of Health. T is exhibition will showcase original il- lustrated manuscripts and early printed books from the library’s collections featuring the care and treatment of horses over the past fi ve cen- turies. For location and directions, please visit
equiery.com and look under the News & Views blog archives for announcements. Now, before we get any crabby letters from
farriers who take umbrage at the title of the exhibit, we agree that the title is unfortunate, as it implies farriery is not “professional” but veterinary is. However, we still think that the exhibit sounds intriguing and we are planning
Drug-Free Racing in Maryland? T e Daily Racing Forum reports that the
owner of Pimlico and Laurel racetracks, Frank Stronach (who also owns Gulfstream Park in Florida), has asked Florida regulators to help him implement a program that would phase out all raceday medication, including Lasix, for three-year-olds at the track, beginning with the 2011-12 meeting, and that he intends to implement the same plan in Maryland.
Will Harness Racing Returning to Rosecroft?
Rosecroft’s new owner, Penn National Gam-
ing, says they are all set to open live racing at the shuttered track, 20 this year, 54 next year.
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Remember Penn National? T ey owned the Laurel/Pimlico tracks until recently, like, oh, last month, having just signed over complete ownership of those tracks so they could be ap- proved as the new owner of the bankrupt Rose- croft Raceway. Remember, they are the folks that wanted to truncate the T oroughbred rac- ing schedule? T reatened the entire industry in order to get their way? Yes, well, now instead of owning T oroughbred race tracks in Maryland, they own a defunct Standardbred track…and the beleagured Standardbred industry is just happy to not only have an owner, but to have an owner that is promising to reopen live rac-
ing. Oh, and Penn doesn’t own Rosecroft di- rectly, but through a subsidiary that they can then choose to fund…or not. However, Penn National must fi rst jump a
few hurdles. (Is it okay to use a steeplechase metaphor in an article on trotters?) On June 29, the Maryland Racing Commission condi- tionally awarded a racing license to Rosecroft Raceway’s owner, Penn National Gaming, but with a big fat condition: that the company needed to front more than $2 million to cover estimated potential operating losses through 2012. Some say this condition is payback to Penn from the T oroughbred interests put- ting pressure on the Racing Commission, but the Racing Commission members deny that, noting that they commonly attach stipulations to licenses. We don’t think that Penn needs to worry so much about retribution from the T oroughbred industry as it might have to worry about retribution from the elected offi cials. Remember, Penn backed the lawsuits and the voter referendum against the Cordish Company, which had been awarded the license for a slots facil- ity at Arundel Mills, and this has caused a delay in the opening of the slots facility, which in turn meant a delay in tax revenue and purse enhancements. Penn has not made many friends in Maryland, but we understand that for the Standandbred folk, they really have no option other than Penn if they hope to revive live racing at Rosecroft.
Slots Revenues Down Maryland slots revenues dropped 2% from
April to May, and another 5% from May to June, according to Hannah Cho in the Balti- more Sun. Ocean Downs revenue was actually
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