The Maryland Racing Commission is the official governing body that oversees the horse racing and off-track betting in Maryland. Based in Towson, Maryland, it was formed on 1920. The commission is a division of the Maryland Department of Labor.

The commission operates under Title 11, Business Regulation, Annotated Code of Maryland, Horse Racing. and operated the following sub-committees; Maryland-Bred Race Fund Advisory Committee, Maryland Standardbred Race Fund Advisory Committee and the Maryland Jockey Injury Compensation Fund.

History

In 1967 Kathryn Kusner applied for a jockey license through the commission but was denied because she was a woman.[1] However, in 1968 Judge Ernest A. Loveless of the Circuit Court of Prince Georges County ordered her to be granted the license.[2] Kusner thus became the first licensed female jockey in the United States.[1]

In 1992, the commission introduced off-track betting.[3]

Directors and Members

The current head of the racing commission is Bruce Quade.[4]

The commission is required to have five board members without a financial interest and four members with a financial interest in racing who serve four year terms.[5]

Mike Hopkins (Executive Director 2003–present)[6] Bruce Quade (Director 2011-), Tom Winebrener, John Franzone, David Hayden, Charles Tildon, Ernest Grecco, Mary Louise Preis, Louis Ulman, John McDaniel, Bruce C. Spizler (Senior Assistant Attorney General)[7]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Kusner, Kathy (1940—) – Dictionary definition of Kusner, Kathy (1940—) | Encyclopedia.com: FREE online dictionary". www.encyclopedia.com. Retrieved March 31, 2017.
  2. ^ "Rediscovering Kathy Kusner: The country's first licensed female jockey".
  3. ^ The Washington Post. 6 February 1992. ((cite news)): Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. ^ "Maryland Racing Commission adds Quade". The Baltimore Sun. 30 June 2011.
  5. ^ Dale Austin (21 August 2001). "The new man in charge - Ulman takes over Maryland Racing Commission". Maryland Gazette.
  6. ^ "Maryland racing commission executive director injured in motorcycle crash Mike Hopkins was flown to Maryland's Shock Trauma center after being thrown from bike in Harford County". The Baltimore Sun. 12 July 2013.
  7. ^ "DLLR Feb 2013 Minutes". Retrieved 10 January 2014.
  8. ^ "Frank F. Favazza Jr. dies at 82 Prominent contractor built apartments and schools and was a Maryland Racing Commission member". The Baltimore Sun. 15 August 2010.
  9. ^ Jan Onofrio. Maryland Biographical Dictionary. p. 473.

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