There seems to be a movement towards better returns to horse bettors, this time around - it’s the Laurel Park racetrack in Maryland making the moves to keeping whatever horse racing betting fans are left and maybe making a few new fan acquisitions. Laurel Park is slashing its takeout on live races by about half [...]

Big purses can’t stem horse racing decline
Officials in many states find live betting is down

Associated Press - Maryland horse racing officials have repeatedly said that slots are needed to breathe new life into their industry. They said competition from Delaware, West Virginia and Pennsylvania, where expanded gambling subsidizes purses and attracts the best horses, hurts [...]

The popular $2 pick five wager on races at coast-to-coast tracks, Magna 5, for a $500,000 guaranteed pool, returns for its fourth season next Saturday, January 28 at Laurel Park. Along with generous payoffs, the fast-paced presentation of five races in about an hour has proven to be an attractive feature of the wager.

Due moved to front on the far turn and pulled away to win the $250,000 Maryland Million Classic at Laurel Park on Saturday. Due, a 5-year-old gelding bred by King Leatherbury and trained by Dale Capuano, covered 1 3/16 miles in 1:58.38 and paid $21.80 to win.

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Magna 5 expands betting horizons
While Maryland racing grows more chauvinistic, betting at the state tracks has begun to reward horseplayers here for their knowledge of out-of-town personalities and horses.
That’s the Magna 5 bet, started at Laurel Park each Saturday at about 4:45 p.m. and continuing on for an hour or so for [...]