http://www.raceday360.com/wire/feed en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss R30 dana@superterrific.org http://espn.go.com/horse-racing/story/_/id/7502821/horseplayers-takes-center-stage via Pinboard - Horseplayers seldom burst into the spotlight of the racing world. Owners do -- almost as often as trainers, jockeys, and equine athletes -- but the guy in the grandstand goes mostly unnoticed and therefore unreported. You don't read in-depth articles about the winner of the pick six. You don't find… ]]> Thu, 26 Jan 2012 10:18:00 -0800 http://espn.go.com/horse-racing/story/_/id/7502821/horseplayers-takes-center-stage http://www.brooklynbackstretch.com/2012/01/18/visiting-purim/ Brooklyn Backstretch - In late December of 2010, on a frigid, glittery, ice-inflected Kentucky morning, I pulled into Richland Hills Farm. Ed DeRosa and I were on a winter farm tour mission, and our host, Leanna Packard, graciously welcomed us, though I can imagine that there were many things she’d have rather done… ]]> Wed, 18 Jan 2012 06:30:00 -0800 http://www.brooklynbackstretch.com/2012/01/18/visiting-purim/ http://runroughshod.blogspot.com/2012/01/unusual-path-to-acclamation.html Running Rough Shod - The 1990 Nureyev-Rossard colt as a yearling. Havre de Grace, Zenyatta, Rachel Alexandra, Azeri, Lady’s Secret, All Along, Moccasin, Busher, and Twilight Tear aren’t the only female Horses of the Year that have made their mark in the United States. Another filly Horse of the Year, Rossard, is a most… ]]> Tue, 17 Jan 2012 16:55:00 -0800 http://runroughshod.blogspot.com/2012/01/unusual-path-to-acclamation.html http://thoroedge.wordpress.com/2012/01/17/modern-stable-integrates-technology-into-the-art-of-horsemanship/ ThoroEdge Equine Performance - Here’s a cool behind-the-scenes view of Manor House Stables in England; a successful barn marrying both the art and science behind thoroughbred conditioning. Watch it – then read below. The stuff germane to this blog runs from roughly the 8:30 through 13:00 minute mark, but it’s all quite fascinating. Kudos… ]]> Tue, 17 Jan 2012 08:44:00 -0800 http://thoroedge.wordpress.com/2012/01/17/modern-stable-integrates-technology-into-the-art-of-horsemanship/ http://www.paulickreport.com/news/ray-s-paddock/every-one-of-them-is-dead/ Paulick Report - Kelsey Lefever was starting to panic.  Less than a week earlier, on May 16, 2011, four retired Thoroughbreds the then 23-year-old horse trainer and broker was entrusted to find good homes for were discovered in the trailer of a known kill buyer at the New Holland horse auction in Lancaster… ]]> Mon, 16 Jan 2012 04:13:00 -0800 http://www.paulickreport.com/news/ray-s-paddock/every-one-of-them-is-dead/ http://www.anddownthestretchtheycome.com/2012/1/14/2706205/technology-in-horse-racing-part-iii-statistics-and-data via Pinboard - Horse racing, perhaps more any other sport, is an industry built on numbers and data. Odds, time, distance, weight, pace fractions, parimutuel payouts, pool handles; every year huge amounts of data is generated within the industry. But while tons of data exists in the horse racing industry much of it,… ]]> Sat, 14 Jan 2012 11:00:00 -0800 http://www.anddownthestretchtheycome.com/2012/1/14/2706205/technology-in-horse-racing-part-iii-statistics-and-data http://businessofracing.blogspot.com/2012/01/there-he-goes-again-stronachs-10-share.html The Business of Racing - As readers of this blog know, I have no love for Frank Stronach, or for what he's done to racing. I've discussed some of his more egregious conduct here, here, here and here, just for starters. Stronach is already the highest-paid executive in his adopted country of Canada, where he emigrated… ]]> Wed, 04 Jan 2012 00:19:00 -0800 http://businessofracing.blogspot.com/2012/01/there-he-goes-again-stronachs-10-share.html http://www.drf.com/news/crist-nyras-response-takeout-fiasco-not-long-term-solution via Pinboard - The worst part of the New York takeout fiasco revealed last week is not the failure of so many agencies to catch an honest mistake, but that a short-term remedy to the situation may pre-empt a more serious and overdue discussion about takeout reduction. ]]> Fri, 30 Dec 2011 12:05:00 -0800 http://www.drf.com/news/crist-nyras-response-takeout-fiasco-not-long-term-solution http://businessofracing.blogspot.com/2011/12/hong-kong-3-drug-rules-and-horse-care.html The Business of Racing - When it comes to drug use, Hong Kong is one of the strictest racing jurisdictions in the world. No medications are allowed. Period. And some drugs -- Lasix, for example -- can't even be used in training.At the same time, Hong Kong is among the most transparent jurisdictions regarding the… ]]> Fri, 30 Dec 2011 04:56:00 -0800 http://businessofracing.blogspot.com/2011/12/hong-kong-3-drug-rules-and-horse-care.html http://businessofracing.blogspot.com/2011/12/hong-kong-2-race-track-experience.html The Business of Racing - The beer garden at Happy ValleyCritics, consultants and industry insiders in US horse racing agonize over how make race-going a fan-friendly, exciting experience, one that newcomers will enjoy and want to repeat. In Hong Kong, they've figured out how to do that. True, the circumstances are different, and Hong Kong… ]]> Wed, 28 Dec 2011 23:04:00 -0800 http://businessofracing.blogspot.com/2011/12/hong-kong-2-race-track-experience.html http://www.tripledeadheat.ca/2011/12/finding-home.html Triple Dead Heat - You can never go home again.It’s an expression made doubly true if you’re not even sure where home is to begin with.And yet, Lisa Knight, a groom at Woodbine, somehow found her way home to the racetrack, after three decades of living, searching and wondering about her own origins and… ]]> Wed, 28 Dec 2011 10:55:00 -0800 http://www.tripledeadheat.ca/2011/12/finding-home.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/zJEw/~3/VfO8O0GJ-Yw/nyra-goof-up-long-term-win-for-industry.html Canadian Gambling News and Issues - Lots has been written regarding NYRA's overcharge. They were supposed to drop takeout to 25% on all exotics that had a 26% rate 15 months ago. The end result is that mutuel payouts were shortchanged by $8 million. And contrary to what many think, NYRA didn't come out ahead by… ]]> Wed, 28 Dec 2011 08:17:00 -0800 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/zJEw/~3/VfO8O0GJ-Yw/nyra-goof-up-long-term-win-for-industry.html http://businessofracing.blogspot.com/2011/12/hong-kong-1-where-even-owners-make.html The Business of Racing - Through a combination of fortuitous circumstances, my wife and I are lucky enough to be spending a month in Hong Kong, visiting our daughter, who works at CNN here, grading our law school exams far from the pleas of worried students, and, not so incidentally, checking out the Hong Kong… ]]> Tue, 27 Dec 2011 17:47:00 -0800 http://businessofracing.blogspot.com/2011/12/hong-kong-1-where-even-owners-make.html http://pullthepocket.blogspot.com/2011/12/nyra-lowers-rake-could-spur-handle.html Pull the Pocket - Dana Byerly of Hello Race Fans looked into her winnings from exotics at NYRA tracks (which are eligible for a 1% rebate) not soon after the overcharge was announced.She came up with the following:$46 back might not sound like a whole lot of money, but it illustrates the power of… ]]> Tue, 27 Dec 2011 17:05:00 -0800 http://pullthepocket.blogspot.com/2011/12/nyra-lowers-rake-could-spur-handle.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/LATG/~3/51RUG_sw0Vc/so-they-messed-up.html Left at the Gate - The way I see it, the NYRA takeout fiasco is far more breathtaking in the sheer incompetence and ineptitude on display, by both the association and the bodies that regulate it, than its actual practical effect. "$8.6 million taken out of horseplayers' pockets" may sound draconian. However, over 15 months… ]]> Sat, 24 Dec 2011 05:56:00 -0800 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/LATG/~3/51RUG_sw0Vc/so-they-messed-up.html http://pullthepocket.blogspot.com/2011/12/nyra-takeout-situation-plot-thickens.html Pull the Pocket - There's one thing about social media, it's tough to hide. This evening there is quite the discussion about NYRA being ordered to pay back bettors for not lowering the takeout in September of 2010. The initial narrative was that the provision in the clause was very complex, so giving them… ]]> Wed, 21 Dec 2011 23:15:00 -0800 http://pullthepocket.blogspot.com/2011/12/nyra-takeout-situation-plot-thickens.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/LATG/~3/sCaDgjunQLQ/takeout-decrease-is-leftout.html Left at the Gate - § 32. This act shall take effect immediately; provided that sections two, twenty-two, twenty-three and twenty-four of this act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall have become a law and shall expire and be deemed repealed 2 years after such effective date. That's the clause in… ]]> Wed, 21 Dec 2011 21:49:00 -0800 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/LATG/~3/sCaDgjunQLQ/takeout-decrease-is-leftout.html http://www.forbes.com/sites/vickeryeckhoff/2011/12/21/how-many-congressmen-does-it-take-to-screw-a-horse/2/ via Pinboard - Americans deserve to know about the small caucus of legislators who have shaped agricultural policy and spending in Washington for decades by writing language favorable to the powerful agriculture lobby and blocking legislation that runs counter to its interests. ]]> Wed, 21 Dec 2011 07:24:00 -0800 http://www.forbes.com/sites/vickeryeckhoff/2011/12/21/how-many-congressmen-does-it-take-to-screw-a-horse/2/ http://thetdnblog.blogspot.com/2011/12/it-takes-village-one-mares-journey-back.html via Pinboard - Since January 2010, I've photographed well over 2,500 horses in need. I volunteer my time, skill, and camera equipment, and I try to put a face to the "unwanted" horse population. In addition to local rescues and farms, I visit Camelot Auction in Cranbury, NJ every Thursday and photograph the… ]]> Tue, 20 Dec 2011 12:52:00 -0800 http://thetdnblog.blogspot.com/2011/12/it-takes-village-one-mares-journey-back.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/LATG/~3/nwWuW0WJ-wo/nowhere-to-go.html Left at the Gate - Given my proximity to the place, I go to Aqueduct almost reflexively on any weekend day on which I have an opportunity to spend at least a couple of hours. But nowadays, I get there, look around at the options, and wonder why I bothered. All of my favorite haunting… ]]> Sun, 18 Dec 2011 10:06:00 -0800 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/LATG/~3/nwWuW0WJ-wo/nowhere-to-go.html