Goodbye to the greatest (everyday) view in racing
Our colleagues at The Cincinnati Enquirer report after New Year’s that the demolition of the old Cincinnati Enquirer file photo River Downs grandstand is now permitted to begin. That will make way for...
View ArticleIs Breeders’ Cup California dreaming again?
Judging by reports in the Blood-Horse and Daily Racing Form, the reallocating of the Southern California racing calendar on Thursday by the California Horse Racing Board made last year’s Kentucky fight...
View ArticleOf Bucket Lists and beaches
Seeing a tweet — before Kentucky Derby winner Animal Kingdom’s race at Royal Ascot — about this week’s big meet being part of someone’s bucket list got me to thinking about my bucket list. This list...
View ArticleHorse racing has spot in starting gate as content race begins
UPDATED with Churchill Downs and NBC comments Apparently thoroughbred racing also will benefit from the need for sports programming as Fox Sports 1 adds to the American obsession with non-stop sports...
View ArticleThat crazy claiming game is simple, except when it isn’t
In journalism school, they say news is man biting dog. Well, in the horse industry, when someone has a gripe over an issue in a claiming race, it’s usually the person who claimed the horse doing the...
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