Racing industry: O’Malley should consider seizing tracks

Published November 30, 2010 5:00am ET



A key Maryland horse racing adviser said the Preakness Stakes is in jeopardy and called on the governor to consider seizing the state’s racetracks to salvage the beleaguered industry. “Eminent domain is something the state seriously needs to look at,” said Alan Foreman, general counsel for the Maryland Thoroughbred Horsemen’s Association, referring to a 2009 law that would allow Gov. Martin O’Malley to seize Maryland’s tracks if the properties were endangered. “It not a very good option, but you’ve got a very angry racing community right now and an ownership not in a very good position from a public relations standpoint.”

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