Maryland Stadium Authority to Acquire Laurel Park for Redevelopment

Maryland Stadium Authority to acquire Laurel Park for redevelopment

The Maryland Stadium Authority has reached an agreement with The Stronach Group to purchase Laurel Park for redevelopment, aiming to create a world-class horse training center and save on costs. The deal also means that the new reimagined Pimlico Race Course will take on a “ship-in” racing model, where horses and trainers will travel from Laurel and other facilities to run at Pimlico, where there will be no barns for training purposes. The MSA i…

Maryland Abandons Plans for Shamrock Farm, Pivots to Laurel for Future Training Center

In an abrupt switch of plans that had seemed cemented for the past year as part of the $400-million “Pimlico Plus” rebuild of Maryland's Thoroughbred racing infrastructure, the Maryland Stadium Authority (MSA) is abandoning plans to convert its recently purchased Shamrock Farm in Carroll County into an 800-horse training center, and will instead buy Laurel Race Course from The Stronach Group (TSG) with the intention of turning it into an 1,100-h…

Maryland agency agrees to buy Laurel Park to use for training

The Maryland Stadium Authority reached a tentative agreement with The Stronach Group to acquire Laurel Park for the purposes of redevelopment into a premier hub for Thoroughbred training in Maryland. The deal is projected to save roughly $50 million and marks a strategic realignment of the state’s plans to transform the Pimlico into the heart of statewide thoroughbred racing, build a world-class horse training center, and secure the future of Ma…

Maryland plans to purchase Laurel Park in horse training center switcheroo

Laurel Park had been set to shutter. Suddenly, though, the historic racetrack in Anne Arundel County has new life.