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BALTIMORE, May 12 (UPI) -- The owners of Pimlico Race Course, site of the Preakness, the second leg of U.S. racing's Triple Crown, say they are considering moving the race to Sunday.
A move from Saturday afternoon to Sunday could raise the profile and the profits of Maryland's largest single sports event, an official with MI Developments, the owner of Pimlico, told the Thoroughbred Times Monday.
Mike Rogers cited the moving of the Florida Derby from Saturday to Sunday this year as part of a weekend package of racing at Gulfstream Park that raised the weekend revenue by 29 percent, The Baltimore Sun reported.
"It worked out well," Rogers said. "It's worth talking about for the Preakness, and we'll see what everyone says."
Maryland Racing Commission member John Franzone said he welcomes discussion of the idea.
"Stretching it over the whole weekend to make it a bigger event and more enjoyable, if they think that would help, we owe it to them to look at it," Franzone said. "It's worth running some numbers and getting feedback."
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DETROIT, June 3 (UPI) --
Phil Hughes logged his second career complete game Sunday, holding Detroit to one run in the New York Yankees' 5-1 victory.
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SAN FRANCISCO, June 3 (UPI) --
"Grey's Anatomy" creator Shonda Rhimes, was honored at the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation Media Awards in San Francisco, the organization said.
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The Internet could someday look very different and be less open and free if a proposal for the International Telecommunications Union, an arm of the United Nations, to take over management of the Internet comes to pass, critics of the proposal say.
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