Christopher L. Merz has been named the new executive director of the Maryland Racing Commission, according to the state’s ...

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has been hired as the executive director of the Maryland Racing Commission, the state’s Department of Labor announced on Wednesday. Brad Cox has a full barn at Fair Grounds, yet more and more of ...

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Merz’s appointment as executive director follows the retirement of Mike Hopkins after 40 years of service to the state of ...

Christopher L. Merz, with more than a decade in horse racing operations, compliance, business strategy, and oversight, has been named the executive director of the Maryland Racing Commission, ...