Laurel Park is an American thoroughbredracetrack located just outside Laurel, Maryland which opened in 1911. The track is 1 1/8 miles in circumference. Its name was changed to "Laurel Race Course" for several decades until returning to the "Laurel Park" designation in 1994.
History
Laurel Park Racecourse opened October 2, 1911 under the direction of the Laurel Four County Fair. In 1914, New York businessmen and prominent horsemen, Philip J. Dwyer and James Butler purchased the track and appointed Matt Winn as the general manager. In 1918 the field was used by Army Engineers as a training camp before deployment to France. In 1946, a stable fire broke out with 60 horses saved. In 1947, the Maryland Jockey Club, which owned Timonium and Pimlico, purchased Laurel Park from the Butler estate with the idea of shifting the Pimlico meeting to Laurel. After the Maryland General Assembly rejected the idea of replacing Pimlico with Laurel Park, the track was sold to Morris Schapiro who had his youngest son, John D. Schapiro as the track's new president. Laurel was sold to the Schapiros in 1950.
LaurelPolice Report. The following represent a portion of the calls responded to by officers from the Laurel Police Department... They were able to locate the vehicle in Laurel and conducted a traffic stop. Kipp Schara, 36, of Laurel was arrested for aggravated DUI ... Laurel dispatch was advised they hadn’t received a response from ParkCity.
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LaurelPoliceDetective Joel Sauter retired from the police force last Thursday after serving the Laurel community for nearly a quarter of a century ... Sauter is now continuing a different path with his transition to Laurel’s Code and ParkingEnforcementOfficer as well as taking over animal control duties.
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camping, fishing and boating at the Youghiogheny, Quemahoning, and Raystown lakes; whitewater boating on the Yough and Stonycreek rivers; fisheries and boating on the Yough, Stonycreek, Conemaugh, FrankstownBranch, Little Juniata and Juniata rivers; mountain-biking and hiking trail networks at the Que, atop LaurelSummit, and at Raystown.
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