Stronach still mulling changes at Pimlico as Preakness looms
Stronach, owner of Pimlico, is in Washington, D.C., this week. He discussed his new book, "Magna Man: My Road to Economic Freedom," at a session today. Yesterday, he spent time on Capitol Hill, working...
View ArticleStronach still mulling changes at Pimlico as Preakness looms
Stronach, owner of Pimlico, is in Washington, D.C., this week. He discussed his new book, "Magna Man: My Road to Economic Freedom," at a session today. Yesterday, he spent time on Capitol Hill, working...
View ArticleMagna posts higher profit, raises 2013 sales outlook
Magna International Inc. posted profit of $369-million (U.S.) in the first quarter, up from $343-million a year earlier. Profit per share hit $1.57 compared with $1.46 a year earlier, while revenue...
View ArticleThe newest thing in Maryland horse racing: optimism
and will provide more than $100 million over the next 16 years in matching funds for capital improvements at the tracks. Frank Stronach, the Canadian businessman who owns the Maryland Jockey Club, told...
View ArticleQuick retreat from Baltimore for Preakness champion Oxbow
time of 1:57.54 was the slowest since Carry Back won in 1:57 3/5 in 1961. Secretariat holds the track record of 1:53 2/5. Frank Stronach, owner of Maryland Jockey club and therefore Pimlico, always...
View ArticleD. Wayne Lukas secretly thought Oxbow was best hope for Preakness win
get out didn't help," he said. Oxbow went off at 15-1, making him the longest long shot to win since Deputed Testamony, the last Maryland horse to win the Preakness, went off with the same odds in...
View ArticleLukas secretly thought Oxbow was the best bet for Preakness upset
Belmont. Todd Pletcher, who trains Revolutionary, is considering entering several other horses, including two fillies. Notes: Frank Stronach, who owns Pimlico parent company the Maryland Jockey Club,...
View ArticleCommentary: Racing board chair David Israel under fire
As chairman of the California Horse Racing Board, David Israel finds himself herding an industry in great need of learning how to play nice. All you had to do Thursday was listen to the CHRB’s monthly...
View ArticleCurrent and former Canadian CEOs who reaped big financial rewards last year
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View ArticleSLR to help resuce California horse racing
But now that the Frank Stronach Group has taken over the run-down grounds, the 205-acre parcel some 40 miles northeast of San Diego is simply “SLR.” Assessed with a net book value of $6.2 million in...
View ArticleSanta Anita considers adding night racing
Not yet, but it's an idea Santa Anita executives are weighing because the track has landed additional horse-racing dates next year. "It's definitely a topic of discussion," Santa Anita spokesman Mike...
View ArticleWhy Frank Stronach’s brother walked away from a chance to be a billionaire
Adelmann is the one who didn’t make it. While his big brother Frank Stronach is a self-made billionaire, Adelmann has led a modest life in Switzerland, working as a technical maintenance supervisor...
View ArticleSanta Anita will play host to Breeders' Cup in 2014 as well
going for us. The weather, the time slot for network TV. It isn't always nice the first weekend of November in New York or Louisville, Ky. You also need to think about the sponsors. Emirates Airlines...
View ArticlePimlico's per-day handle drops during longer Preakness meet
With a new long-term racing deal in place, increased breeding activity in the state and planned improvements to Maryland's two thoroughbred tracks, horse racing seems to be barreling toward a brighter...
View ArticleFollow the Money: Could the Breeders' Cup ever come here?
disagreement with Breeders' Cup organizers over the financial terms of the 2014 race, but there’s mounting evidence that Frank Stronach may be willing to take a smaller cut to host the premier event at...
View ArticleIf you want to be an executive, start at the bottom, readers say
From the point of view of our readers, if you’re aiming to be the chief executive officer of a company solely to boost your bank account, you’re going to fail miserably and destroy the business in the...
View ArticleSanta Anita will play host to Breeders' Cup in 2014 as well
and retain its stature in the area's sports culture. Santa Anita, according to Keith Brackpool, its new chairman of owner Frank Stronach's West Coast racing operations, is not only willing, but eager,...
View ArticleScott's push for deregulation could have far-reaching effects
curtail rules. DEP is pushing water-management districts to "streamline" permitting for how much water large users can drain from Florida's aquifers. The St. Johns district has proposed major changes,...
View ArticleOwners again pledge to run drug-free juveniles
John W. Phillips, Ogden Mills Phipps, Dr. Hiram Polk, Fred Seitz, Shadwell Stable, George Strawbridge Jr. (Augustin Stables), Frank Stronach, Team Valor International, Stephen Wigmore, and Peter S....
View ArticleDel Mar is heading for a fall — eagerly
Santa Anita will have its fall meeting. That's the one that used to belong to Oak Tree Racing Assn., until Santa Anita's Frank Stronach decided he preferred running his own show on those dates, rather...
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