Timonium Fair Grounds

Closing Day of the Maryland State Fair on Monday not only means the end to the annual 7 days of live racing, but no more racing in the Baltimore metro area until Spring of 2013, when Pimlico opens for their couple dozen or so days leading up to the 138th running of the Preakness Stakes [...]

A great Labor Day weekend so far. The weather has been ideal for strolling through the State Fair Midway, making the annual visit to say “Hi” to the World’s Smallest Woman and pickin’ ponies. Recapping Day 5 (Saturday, September 1st) selections at the State Fair Meet had 7 winners (5 Top Selections; payoffs in BOLD) [...]

Flying coast to coast last night is tghe excuse for this tardy popst. Unfortunately, today at Timonium the card is filled with small fields which doesn’t offer much value. So trying to find decent ROI is like “trying to make chicken salad out of chicken sh…”. Recapping Day 4 (Friday 31st) selections at the Timonium [...]

Happy Labor Day weekend! It’s time to celebrate the unofficial end of one of the hottest Summers on record with a nice, relaxing 3 day weekend. My plans are to labor over the past performances for dozens of races across the country, while taking in the State Fair at Timonium. Recapping Day 3 (Sunday 26th) [...]

UPDATE: Mario Pino rode his 6,450th last night at Presque Isle Downs, the last race of the night, to tie Sandy Hawley for 11th on the all-time jockey win list. Congrats Mario! On Opening Day of the Timonium State Fair Meet there was a good mixture of Chalk City (i.e. favorites) and Bombs Away (i.e. [...]

What used to be billed as “The 10 greatest days of Summer” now a days is simply known, without all the fanfare as the Maryland State Fair, with 7 of 10 days having live thoroughbred horse racing. It’s sad to think that it’s been nearly a half century since Timonium Fair Ground was the site [...]

The Maryland State Fair, the only remaining state fair east of the Mississippi to continue to present thoroughbred horse racing, kicks off it’s seven (7) day meeting on Friday at the Timonium Fairgrounds. Nine races are on the program. Friday marks the first day of live racing in Maryland since Preakness on May 19th. Racing [...]