http://www.raceday360.com/wire/feed en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss R30 dana@superterrific.org http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ThoroughbredChat/~3/RMDeqHK_DAU/breeders-cup-returns-to-its-roots.html Thoroughbred Chat - After spending the past couple of years on ABC and ESPN, the Breeders' Cup is returning to it's orginal television home. NBC who had shown the BC up to 2005 (with ESPN starting in 2006) will be the "new home" for the BC. Well technically speaking, NBC will be showing… ]]> Thu, 26 Jan 2012 17:46:00 -0800 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ThoroughbredChat/~3/RMDeqHK_DAU/breeders-cup-returns-to-its-roots.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/LATG/~3/e3p2pntBG5g/bye-bye-espn-hello-nbc.html Left at the Gate - ESPN's contract to televise the Breeders' Cup runs through 2013. But, given the opportunity to escape, they were outta there faster than Mitt Romney bolted from South Carolina. (Based on early polls, the Mittster may match that speed figure getting out of Florida too.) “In the last few years, ESPN… ]]> Tue, 24 Jan 2012 04:59:00 -0800 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/LATG/~3/e3p2pntBG5g/bye-bye-espn-hello-nbc.html http://saratogatrack.blogspot.com/2012/01/breeders-cup-goes-to-nbs-sports.html They're in the Gate - Really no surprise ESPN is out as the TV outlet for the Breeders' Cup coverage but I did figure it would happen not now but after their contract ran out in 2013. Over the 6 years ESPN had the Breeders' Cup their overall Horse racing coverage wilted, and this past… ]]> Mon, 23 Jan 2012 21:17:00 -0800 http://saratogatrack.blogspot.com/2012/01/breeders-cup-goes-to-nbs-sports.html http://www.anddownthestretchtheycome.com/2012/1/23/2727692/breeders-cup-to-nbc-thoughts-on-the-new-deal via Pinboard - It's not a huge surprise that the Breeders' Cup is going back to NBC Sports after several years at ESPN, but I don't think any us realized how imminent that move was. Now that I've had a few minutes to let the news of the broadcast deal between the Breeders'… ]]> Mon, 23 Jan 2012 10:28:00 -0800 http://www.anddownthestretchtheycome.com/2012/1/23/2727692/breeders-cup-to-nbc-thoughts-on-the-new-deal http://www.paulickreport.com/news/ray-s-paddock/breeders-cup-returns-to-nbc-sports/ Paulick Report - Beginning this fall, the Breeders’ Cup championships will be returning to its original home, NBC and the NBC Sports Group, after a six-year run on ESPN and ABC. ]]> Mon, 23 Jan 2012 08:05:00 -0800 http://www.paulickreport.com/news/ray-s-paddock/breeders-cup-returns-to-nbc-sports/ http://www.thatsamorestable.net/blog/?p=456 That's Amore Stable - Last night’s Eclipse awards ceremony — at which racing’s glitterati pretend that the sport’s deck chairs are more important than its listing hull — provoked (in me, anyway) a number of questions.  To wit: Since Animal Kingdom’s one boffo effort apparently trumped Caleb’s Posse’s clearly superior season — this choice… ]]> Tue, 17 Jan 2012 06:54:00 -0800 http://www.thatsamorestable.net/blog/?p=456 http://www.horseadoption.com/retired-racehorses-benefit-from-hansen’s-breeders’-cup-juvenile-championship-win/ via Pinboard - Dr. Kendall Hansen will present a check for $12,000 to New Vocations Racehorse Adoption Program on Saturday at Turfway Park. The donation honors the Northern Kentucky physician’s win in the $2 million Grey Goose Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Stakes with the silvery-gray colt he named for himself, Hansen. The presentation will… ]]> Fri, 06 Jan 2012 11:12:00 -0800 http://www.horseadoption.com/retired-racehorses-benefit-from-hansen’s-breeders’-cup-juvenile-championship-win/ http://equispace.blogspot.com/2011/12/channeling-kreskin-2012.html EquiSpace - As we approach the New Year, it's time to do my 2012 prognosticating and blind guesses at what's in store for thoroughbred racing in the coming year. A few weeks ago I reviewed the results from my 2011 selections, and I batted a meek .200 (2 for 10), right on… ]]> Wed, 28 Dec 2011 18:01:00 -0800 http://equispace.blogspot.com/2011/12/channeling-kreskin-2012.html http://www.horse-canada.com/thoroughblog/complete/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=complete ThoroughBlog - Last day of thoroughbred racing! 13 races to bet! You want winners? JAKE is your dog! His pick yesterday won for fun and today, he’s got another one…see below DIXIE STRIKE, Patrick Husbands up, has 2 wins and 2 seconds in 4 races and is now a stakes winner for… ]]> Sun, 04 Dec 2011 04:12:00 -0800 http://www.horse-canada.com/thoroughblog/complete/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=complete http://www.flickr.com/photos/7500387@N04/6352668148/ Flickr - Jessica878 ]]> Wed, 16 Nov 2011 22:00:00 -0800 http://www.flickr.com/photos/7500387@N04/6352668148/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/glpolites/6351116602/ Flickr - first_dude Hansen and Ramon Dominguez beat Union Rags and Javier Castellano to win the 2011 BC Juvenile. ]]> Wed, 16 Nov 2011 09:49:00 -0800 http://www.flickr.com/photos/glpolites/6351116602/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/glpolites/6350251769/ Flickr - first_dude St Nicholas Abbey (IRE) and Joseph O'Brien win the BC Turf. ]]> Wed, 16 Nov 2011 09:01:00 -0800 http://www.flickr.com/photos/glpolites/6350251769/ http://www.drf.com/blogs/2011-breeders-cup-photo-album Barbara Livingston Blog - Barbara Livingston:   It doesn’t really matter who’s in the races.  Every year, the Breeders’ Cup provides new photographic opportunities – the lead-up to the race, the enchanting horses and their human connections, the colorful pageantry, the historic venues, the early mornings, afternoons and evenings.read more ]]> Tue, 15 Nov 2011 23:11:00 -0800 http://www.drf.com/blogs/2011-breeders-cup-photo-album http://equispace.blogspot.com/2011/11/some-times-you-feel-like-nut.html EquiSpace - We're at that lull in the racing schedule between the Breeders' Cup and Thanksgiving weekend which will give us the Clark Handicap from Churchill and the Cigar Mile from the Big A. I think it's time to have some fun. We're giving away candy bars to our favorite horses, whether… ]]> Tue, 15 Nov 2011 19:24:00 -0800 http://equispace.blogspot.com/2011/11/some-times-you-feel-like-nut.html http://www.anddownthestretchtheycome.com/2011/11/14/2548189/breeders-cup-2011-by-the-numbers via Pinboard - As kind of a final Breeders' Cup re-cap I went through and pulled the speed figures for all of this year's winners. I've got the Beyer and Bris figures but only could find an incomplete list for Equibase. Below is a snapshot of the Beyer and Bris figures for each… ]]> Mon, 14 Nov 2011 08:01:00 -0800 http://www.anddownthestretchtheycome.com/2011/11/14/2548189/breeders-cup-2011-by-the-numbers http://www.flickr.com/photos/nyhorseracing/6341419543/ Flickr - NYhorseracing Congratulations to Royal Delta for winning the Breeders Cup Ladies Classic ]]> Sun, 13 Nov 2011 14:31:00 -0800 http://www.flickr.com/photos/nyhorseracing/6341419543/ http://thebrocktalk.blogspot.com/2011/11/uncle-mo-shadow-will-not-cast-over-stay.html The Brock Talk - In what might be the greatest revenge in the stallion community since the success of Alydar over Affirmed, Stay Thirsty appears destined to do the same to Uncle Mo. The Uncle Mo/Stay Thirsty rivalry on the track does not compare to the battle tested years Affirmed and Alydar went at… ]]> Fri, 11 Nov 2011 13:56:00 -0800 http://thebrocktalk.blogspot.com/2011/11/uncle-mo-shadow-will-not-cast-over-stay.html http://filliesfirst.blogspot.com/2011/11/just-how-successful-as-broodmares-are.html Fillies First - The monstrous $8.5 million recently paid for Breeders’ CupLadies’ Classic (Distaff) winner RoyalDelta brings up an intriguing issue. Just how prolific are female Breeders’Cup Distaff winners at producing quality horses at stud? Obviously a myriad offactors come into play—health issues and poor breeding choices chief among them,as well as the… ]]> Fri, 11 Nov 2011 12:54:00 -0800 http://filliesfirst.blogspot.com/2011/11/just-how-successful-as-broodmares-are.html http://www.brooklynbackstretch.com/2011/11/11/back-from-the-breeders-cup/ Brooklyn Backstretch - Well, hi. Seems like it’s been a long time since I’ve been here; I don’t know whether I’ve gone a whole week without posting in the history of the site, and the post-Breeders’ Cup week is a particularly bad time to be silent, but giving over four full days to… ]]> Fri, 11 Nov 2011 06:30:00 -0800 http://www.brooklynbackstretch.com/2011/11/11/back-from-the-breeders-cup/ http://www.horseracingnation.com/blogs/zatt/Point_Counterpoint_Animal_Kingdom_vs_Calebs_Posse_for_3YO_Champ_1_123 Horse Racing Nation NewsWire - Who should be 3-Year-Old Champion?  Chicago Dark Horse Chris Sorenson and Managing Editor Brian Zipse of Zipse At The Track, debate the merits of BC Dirt Mile winner Caleb's Posse and Kentucky Derby winner Animal Kingdom. ]]> Fri, 11 Nov 2011 03:05:00 -0800 http://www.horseracingnation.com/blogs/zatt/Point_Counterpoint_Animal_Kingdom_vs_Calebs_Posse_for_3YO_Champ_1_123