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The track is 1 + 1 ⁄ 8 miles in circumference. Its name was changed to "Laurel Race Course" for several decades until returning to the "Laurel Park" designation in 1994. In April 2024 the Maryland General Assembly approved a bill that would consolidate thoroughbred racing in Maryland to Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore.
The race was restricted to Maryland breeds from 1981 through 1985. It was run at 1 + 1 ⁄ 16 miles from 1981 to 1991 and from 2011 to 2015. Prior to 2016, the race was held at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland. [1] It was run at Pimlico again in 2021 following an emergency shift of racing dates from Laurel Park.
The track was eventually shut down, demolished, and replaced with a local university. [4] Famous race car drivers like Richard Petty, Tiny Lund, and David Pearson participated in legendary races there. [5] The 1968 Beltsville 300 was an example of some of the classic NASCAR Grand National races that were run on the track. [5]
The race was not run between 2007-2010. It was announced by Laurel Park that the famed race would be restored in 2012 and run on October 27 at 12 furlongs and named the Laurel Turf Cup Stakes. In 2014 the race was cut back to 6 furlongs and renamed the Laurel Dash Stakes.
The Maryland Jockey Club is a sporting organization dedicated to horse racing, founded in Annapolis in 1743. It is chartered as the oldest sporting organization and is currently the corporate name of the company that operates Laurel Park Racecourse in Laurel, Maryland and Bowie Race Track in Bowie, Maryland, the latter of which ceased operations as a track in 1985 and now serves as a training ...
Developers have long-term goals of building stables, an arena, an equestrian center, lodging, a waterpark, an adventure track and a multi-sport complex with the money from the live racing and off ...
The Barbara Fritchie Handicap was run at Bowie Race Course in Bowie, Maryland, from 1952 to 1984 before being moved to its present location at Laurel Park. The race was a grade 3 race from 1973 to 1991 before being upgraded to grade 2 status for the 1992 running. The race was not held in 1960, 1972 and 2006.
Maryland Million Classic is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually in October since 1986 primarily at Laurel Park Racecourse in Laurel, Maryland or at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore. To be eligible for the Maryland Million Classic, a horse must be sired by a stallion who stands in Maryland.