There’s a side of this game no one likes to talk about. It’s the reason for the color-coded flag system in the Churchill Downs press box. It’s the reason most tracks keep two equine ambulances running at each end of the track during race day. It’s the reason for the on-call veterinarian program on big [...]
Baseball may be America’s pastime, but racing was here first and it is still the only sport where wagers taken are directly applied to the monetary rewards of the athletes and host facilities. Roger Clemens was crucified for performance enhancing drugs, but there was no public money involved. That’s not the case with racing.
While I do have hundreds of minutes of tape on the runners for Saturday’s races – exactly as I did for Friday’s – uploading them all to play here would be insane. Therefore, I’m posting my favorite videos – not necessarily who I think will win – but the best footage I have for Saturday [...]
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Several months back, I wrote a piece on the Dance of the Doyennes: the much anticipated showdown between Zenyatta and Rachel Alexandra that is, well, still to take place. Don’t hold your breath. For once I’m proud to write about a showdown of fillies that doesn’t involve the more famous two. Ok, just one note… [...]
There are a lot of stats out there and thousands of horses to search through every day. Because humans are not machines, we cannot be expected to comb through all the sites and stats to hit every detailed nail on the head. However, there are some unknowns that aren’t really so. Take, for example, two [...]
