LAUREL, MD. 11-11-14---Laurel Park and Pimlico Race Course will conduct 149 days of racing in 2015 after the Maryland Racing Commission approved an agreement by the Maryland Jockey Club (MJC), Maryland Thoroughbred Horsemen’s Association (MTHA) and Maryland Horse Breeders Association (MHBA) at its monthly meeting Tuesday afternoon at Laurel Park.

The Maryland Jockey Club will conduct a winter meeting at Laurel, a spring campaign at Pimlico, a summer stand at Laurel for the first time since 2010 and a fall meeting at Laurel.

The 2015 winter meeting will begin Thursday, Jan. 1 and includes 43 live racing days with live racing Thursday, Friday and Saturday in January and February with holiday exceptions. Wednesday racing will be added during March.

2015 Laurel Park Winter Meeting

January 1-2-3
January 8-9-10
January 15-16-17
January 19-23-24
January 29-30-31
February 5-6-7
February 12-13-14
February 16-20-21
February 26-27-28
March 4-5-6-7
March 11-12-13-14
March 18-19-20-21
March 25-26-27-28

The stakes schedule for the 2015 Laurel Park winter meet was also approved. The $300,000 Barbara Fritchie Handicap (G2) on February 14 and the $250,000 General George Handicap (G3) two days later headline the 16 stakes program.

Racing will then shift to Pimlico for the spring meeting, whichwill begin Thursday, Apr. 2 and run through Saturday, June 6, Belmont Stakes day. The 37-day stand will feature the 140th running of the Preakness Stakes (G1), the middle jewel of racing’s Triple Crown on Saturday, May 16.

2015 Pimlico Spring Meeting

April 2-3-4
April 9-10-11-12
April 16-17-18-19
April 23-24-25-26
April 30-May 1-2-3
May 7-8-9-10
May 14-15-16
May 21-22-23-24
May 25-29-30-31
June 4-5-6 

Prior to the Timonium State Fair meet, live racing returns to the major tracks on August 1 at Laurel Park for an 11-day summer stand.

2015 Laurel Park Summer Meeting

August 1-2
August 7-8-9
August 14-15-16
August 21-22-23

After the Timonium meet, Laurel will conduct a 58-day fall meeting through the end of the year with four days a week of live racing during the months of September, October and November and three days a week of racing in December.

2015 Laurel Park Fall Meeting

September 10-11-12
September 16-17-18-19
September 23-24-25-26
September 30-October 1-2-3
October 7-8-9-10
October 12-15-16-17
October 21-22-23-24
October 28-29-30-31
November 4-5-6-7
November 11-12-13-14
November 18-19-20-21
November 25-26-27-28
December 3-4-5
December 10-11-12
December 17-18-19
December 26
December 31