Horse racing is not a dying sport; new proposal could help I’m writing this as an open letter to our elected state officials as they try to justify keeping horse racing viable in Maryland. The first point I would like them to consider is urban sprawl. Westminster is working on connecting Taneytown, Silver Run, New Windsor, Hamstead, Manchester and Finksburg. In Maryland, we used to have tracks in Havre de Grace, Bel Air and Marlboro.