
Dr. Joseph Brodine, who grew up not far from Laurel Park in Jessup, Md., is the newest member of the MedStar Health medical team that staffs the Horsemen’s Health System on live racing days.
Brodine, 39, attended medical school at Georgetown University and trained to become a doctor at Franklin Square Medical Center and John Hopkins. Prior to becoming a physician, the native of Durham, N.C., was a nurse for five years in the John Hopkins Hospital intensive care unit.





MTHA extends its condolences to the family and friends of Wayne Smith, a longtime groom and hotwalker whose work with horses spanned decades in Maryland racing.

Contributions for the 2025/26 Maryland Backstretch Pension Plan were posted to participants’ accounts in early November.

Megan Dugan, a freshman at the University of Kentucky, and Bryn Schoenthal, a freshman at Slippery Rock University, have been selected as the 2026 recipients of the Ferris Allen Bootstraps Scholarship.
