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Maryland Jockey Club

The Maryland Jockey Club
Company typeNon-profit organisation
IndustryHorse Racing
Founded1743
HeadquartersMaryland
Key people
George Washington
William Paca
Charles Carroll of Carrollton
ProductsBetting, lottery, sports
Websitewww.pimlico.com

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 center for Thoroughbred racehorses.[1]

The Annapolis Subscription Plate, awarded to the winner of the first recorded formal horse race in Maryland. The race was held in May 1743 and was won by Dungannon, owned by the planter and horse breeder George Hume Steuart.
  1. ^ Maryland Jockey Club website Archived 2011-05-25 at the Wayback Machine

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