While the graded earnings dance carries on this week, it’s useful to remember that the 20 horses who usually fill the Derby starting gate are not always those who most deserve to be there — recalling some of the gamesmanship that’s kept worthy horses out of the field in the past (think Rock Hard Ten) […]
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While it seems the Curlin is emerging as the favorite at this point (and there have been a number of articles documenting his ownership and trainer changes, there’s been little credit given to trainer Helen Pitts for getting him to the track in the first place. As I mentioned a few weeks ago, he was […] While you’re mulling over your Derby picks in this (mostly) post-prep lull period, why not think about coming out to the track to support some other horses — former television stars, no less! Crafty Value and Sharp as a Fox (whom you no doubt remember from their star turns on the American Dream Derby television […] Joe Drape was awarded the first Castleton Lyons-THOROUGHBRED TIMES Book Award for his excellent biography of jockey Jimmy ‘Wink’ Winkfield — Black Maestro, The Epic Life of an American Legend. Drape’s cogent articles in the New York Times are always well-considered and well worth a read; his article today about Dominican and Curlin is matter-of-fact […] I’m unwell and working from home today, so I finally watched ‘Dreamer: Inspired by a True Story‘ — and I must say I learned a lot about the racing business I never knew — for example: Small children are allowed on the track to check on injured horses Injured graded stakes winners can change hands […] There’s plenty of British and Irish coverage of the Dubai World Cup (and I can fully appreciate that English sportswriters are looking for something to cover besides England’s wildly lackluster win over Andorra (Andorra!) in Euro 2008 qualifying following so rapidly on the heels of their draw with Israel) — it would be nice if […] Youbet.com is signing up racing personalities as endorsement partners and they have gone for Todd Pletcher (39) to ‘help expand the company’s appeal to younger audiences.’ This suggests that his erstwhile mentor, D. Wayne Lukas (also on board the YouBet.com endorsement train) doesn’t have that spark (or ‘it factor’ to use current youth marketing lingo […] No more Wire to Wire — ESPN is claiming that ‘less is more.’ Wrong, wrong, wrong. Don’t they know I cannot receive TVG or HRTV? Or that I need my Randy Moss fix on a weekly basis? This does not sit well with me. At all. Please discuss — I’ve gone nearly monosyllabic with shock.Tags:Horse […] So, why the Churchill Downs Silicon Valley adventure? “Why Silicon Valley? Because that’s where we can build a team of people on the cutting edge of technology innovation, and because we’ll benefit from the perspective of those outside the traditional racing business,” Evans said. —Frank Angst I am all for the emphasis on technology (as […] |
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