http://www.raceday360.com/wire/feed en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss R30 jnchapel@gmail.com http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Railbird/~3/H1XM2ovH6X8/ Jessica Chapel / Railbird v2 - Well, this is interesting. The same week in which the Paulick Report posted the results of a leaked TOBA study that came up strongly pro-synthetics mere hours before the... ]]> Thu, 01 Jul 2010 19:26:00 -0700 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Railbird/~3/H1XM2ovH6X8/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Railbird/~3/oRU2HjVv2U0/ Jessica Chapel / Railbird v2 - Reports DRF: Another recommendation arising from the summit’s committees included the modification of the Jockey Club’s existing InCompass racing-office software to automatically identify horses who have been placed on vet’s lists or starter’s lists in other states. According to Peterson, some trainers ship horses out of the state in order… ]]> Wed, 30 Jun 2010 06:01:00 -0700 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Railbird/~3/oRU2HjVv2U0/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Railbird/~3/rLBrvV4Sr1g/ Jessica Chapel / Railbird v2 - Via HANA: “I’ve been developing my own handicapping software as a hobby since 2007, but the biggest problem I’ve faced is having enough data to properly calibrate and test the system,” said Ligett. “The data provided as part of the contest is just what I needed to move the idea… ]]> Fri, 25 Jun 2010 14:45:00 -0700 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Railbird/~3/rLBrvV4Sr1g/ http://www.r2collective.com/content/2010/06/23/katy-perry/ r2 collective - I was at an Internet marketing conference a couple of weeks ago and we discussed myriad items relating to the genre.  The sessions were well done, covering a lot to do with every day business, but at these functions I find I tend to learn more from my discussions with… ]]> Wed, 23 Jun 2010 20:21:00 -0700 http://www.r2collective.com/content/2010/06/23/katy-perry/ http://www.paulickreport.com/blog/the-similarities-of-racing-and-politics/ Paulick Report - Frank Girardot, writing for the Whittier Daily News in California, surmises the similarities of horse racing and politics. Past performances, connections and money all make the two endeavors... ]]> Tue, 01 Jun 2010 05:28:00 -0700 http://www.paulickreport.com/blog/the-similarities-of-racing-and-politics/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Railbird/~3/XYa84r6mjw4/ Jessica Chapel / Railbird v2 - Ugh. This Blood-Horse headline qualifies as a gross error: An Associated Press article has the slightly better headline, “Paterson: NYRA, Saratoga meet will be saved,” so readers... ]]> Tue, 18 May 2010 13:23:00 -0700 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Railbird/~3/XYa84r6mjw4/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Railbird/~3/gcGTwrv4Uk4/ Jessica Chapel / Railbird v2 - Kentucky Derby-winning owner-breeder Bill Casner is the latest to take up the argument advocating... ]]> Wed, 12 May 2010 11:06:00 -0700 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Railbird/~3/gcGTwrv4Uk4/ http://www.r2collective.com/content/2010/05/11/trakus-begins-to-be-used-in-harness-charts/ r2 collective - Trakus, our #5 Innovation of the Decade, has begun to be used in charts. Not for the thoroughbreds, but for harness racing. In a complete shuffling of the running lines... ]]> Tue, 11 May 2010 20:18:00 -0700 http://www.r2collective.com/content/2010/05/11/trakus-begins-to-be-used-in-harness-charts/ http://www.r2collective.com/content/2010/05/03/derby-marketing-paying-off/ r2 collective - “If you build it they will come” sounds really neat in a movie, but it is no way to market an event. Most might argue that for upwards of 100 years racing has done... ]]> Mon, 03 May 2010 11:21:00 -0700 http://www.r2collective.com/content/2010/05/03/derby-marketing-paying-off/ http://www.r2collective.com/content/2010/04/19/decimal-odds/ r2 collective - 4-1 and 6-1 might be the old way of doing things overseas if the new odds experiment planned for the UK works, as it was announced that decimal odds will be tried at Ascot... ]]> Mon, 19 Apr 2010 13:18:00 -0700 http://www.r2collective.com/content/2010/04/19/decimal-odds/ http://www.paulickreport.com/blog/respected-horseman-carter-thornton-passes-away/ Paulick Report - The Paulick Report was saddened to learn of the death on Sunday of Carter Thornton, a most respected horseman in the Central Kentucky community. ]]> Mon, 19 Apr 2010 11:16:00 -0700 http://www.paulickreport.com/blog/respected-horseman-carter-thornton-passes-away/ http://www.r2collective.com/content/2010/03/24/drop-the-laptop-come-out-with-your-hands-up/ r2 collective - In Australia recently, on-track rules for laptops were changed. For some time they were not allowed at all on racecourses, however,  bettors can now  bring their computers with them... ]]> Wed, 24 Mar 2010 18:24:00 -0700 http://www.r2collective.com/content/2010/03/24/drop-the-laptop-come-out-with-your-hands-up/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Railbird/~3/n-yfcVgS97I/ Jessica Chapel / Railbird v2 - From Part 2 of the Thoroughbred Times’ interview with Breeders’ Cup consultant William Field: “I knew that American horse racing had to work in a complex, often out-dated, multi-jurisdictional legal environment. I knew there were a number of different industry bodies, with seemingly overlapping remits. I knew there were many… ]]> Thu, 18 Mar 2010 05:00:00 -0700 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Railbird/~3/n-yfcVgS97I/ http://www.r2collective.com/content/2010/03/14/ntra-volcanic-hits-8-on-google/ r2 collective - On Saturday, the NTRA was all set to launch NTRA Live!, the first webcast in a series hosted by Randy Moss and devoted to top-class racing. Heavily promoted, Saturday’s live video was to feature... ]]> Sun, 14 Mar 2010 09:22:00 -0700 http://www.r2collective.com/content/2010/03/14/ntra-volcanic-hits-8-on-google/ http://www.paulickreport.com/blog/good-news-friday-sponsored-by-liberation-winners-in-recovery/ Paulick Report - The late Lou Rowan, a California owner and breeder and one of the founding directors of the Oak Tree... ]]> Fri, 12 Mar 2010 04:22:00 -0800 http://www.paulickreport.com/blog/good-news-friday-sponsored-by-liberation-winners-in-recovery/ http://www.r2collective.com/content/2010/03/08/some-monday-video/ r2 collective - We hear a lot about advertising racing via traditional means. Immediately, for television, we think a big ad agency or a high budget is needed to be effective. ]]> Mon, 08 Mar 2010 12:40:00 -0800 http://www.r2collective.com/content/2010/03/08/some-monday-video/ http://www.r2collective.com/content/2010/03/04/social-media-battle-rachel-vs-zenyatta/ r2 collective - Back in November we looked at internet searches for Rachel and Zenyatta to see how the Internet horse of the year votes were being tallied in terms of popularity. ]]> Thu, 04 Mar 2010 17:57:00 -0800 http://www.r2collective.com/content/2010/03/04/social-media-battle-rachel-vs-zenyatta/ http://www.r2collective.com/content/2010/03/02/betfair-develops-interactive-tv-betting/ r2 collective - This past month saw the initial release of “Betfair TV” where, using the Yahoo! Interactive TV widget engine, it allows punters to watch the game, and bet right on a television set. ]]> Tue, 02 Mar 2010 17:40:00 -0800 http://www.r2collective.com/content/2010/03/02/betfair-develops-interactive-tv-betting/ http://www.paulickreport.com/blog/too-many-chefs-for-racings-alphabet-soup/ Paulick Report - A Paulick Report reader commenting under the pseudonym of "another young owner" made the following observation in connection... ]]> Wed, 24 Feb 2010 03:37:00 -0800 http://www.paulickreport.com/blog/too-many-chefs-for-racings-alphabet-soup/ http://www.r2collective.com/content/2010/02/19/five-across-on-the-four-from-space/ r2 collective - On the International Space Station, the internet was installed. An astronaut made the first “tweet” from space, while connected. I don’t know if twitter paid him or not, but they should have. ]]> Fri, 19 Feb 2010 19:44:00 -0800 http://www.r2collective.com/content/2010/02/19/five-across-on-the-four-from-space/