http://www.raceday360.com/wire/feed en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss R30 jnchapel@gmail.com http://saratogatrack.blogspot.com/2010/07/40-day-spa-meet-around-horn-4-days-in.html They're in the Gate - After 4 days of racing, I thought it would be interesting to see what people in the know are saying about the first week of the expanded 40 day meet at Saratoga. ]]> Tue, 27 Jul 2010 20:42:00 -0700 http://saratogatrack.blogspot.com/2010/07/40-day-spa-meet-around-horn-4-days-in.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Railbird/~3/Ciuqm8jMgoQ/ Jessica Chapel / Railbird v2 - The 72-year-old sportswriter died Friday: ...and the only one who could lighten such dark and heavy news would have been Ziegel himself. Nobody had a more deft touch with written words... ]]> Sat, 24 Jul 2010 06:04:00 -0700 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Railbird/~3/Ciuqm8jMgoQ/ http://thedresdenfile.blogspot.com/2010/06/joe-hirsch-must-be-rotating-by-now.html The Dresden File - The frequently insightful and entertaining Paulick Report is chuckling about a rather bad factual error in racing's... ]]> Tue, 15 Jun 2010 08:54:00 -0700 http://thedresdenfile.blogspot.com/2010/06/joe-hirsch-must-be-rotating-by-now.html http://saratogatrack.blogspot.com/2010/06/great-races-on-vuvuzela-weekend.html They're in the Gate - Two big wins in the racing world - First we got to see Rachel Alexandra return to form at Churchill Downs on Saturday with a 10 1/2 romp and than on Sunday we witness Zenyatta... ]]> Sun, 13 Jun 2010 20:01:00 -0700 http://saratogatrack.blogspot.com/2010/06/great-races-on-vuvuzela-weekend.html http://saratogatrack.blogspot.com/2010/05/only-in-new-york.html They're in the Gate - Only in New York can someone make a deal with the state, have New York State than stiff you and you look like the bad guy. New York State has contractually owed money to NYRA... ]]> Mon, 24 May 2010 20:26:00 -0700 http://saratogatrack.blogspot.com/2010/05/only-in-new-york.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Railbird/~3/x9jxBA2Xek8/ Jessica Chapel / Railbird v2 - ... and notes before I check out for a few days ... Jittery Saratoga fans? Reports the Troy Record: “[Tom Federlin] brings in about $1.3 million annually renting homes during track... ]]> Sun, 23 May 2010 19:09:00 -0700 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Railbird/~3/x9jxBA2Xek8/ http://saratogatrack.blogspot.com/2010/05/nyra-gets-bad-break-in-headline-games.html They're in the Gate - Yesterday Jessica Chapel reported on the gross error in The Blood-Horse headline depicting Governor Paterson's comments that he is working on a "bailout" loan to the New York... ]]> Wed, 19 May 2010 06:28:00 -0700 http://saratogatrack.blogspot.com/2010/05/nyra-gets-bad-break-in-headline-games.html 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://saratogatrack.blogspot.com/2010/05/its-all-about-jockey.html They're in the Gate - Usually it is all about the horse, come Triple Crown time, but as we head into the Preakness Stakes it appears most of the attention is on the Jockeys. ]]> Mon, 10 May 2010 16:39:00 -0700 http://saratogatrack.blogspot.com/2010/05/its-all-about-jockey.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Railbird/~3/tJI1YiH2zEA/ Jessica Chapel / Railbird v2 - In the wake of developments at Blood-Horse and Newsweek, Ray Paulick is pondering the future of print. Replying to... ]]> Thu, 06 May 2010 14:12:00 -0700 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Railbird/~3/tJI1YiH2zEA/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Railbird/~3/XAx76rAX4uM/ Jessica Chapel / Railbird v2 - No big horse, no big storylines, and still NBC pulled in 16.5 million viewers for the Kentucky Derby. That’s the most since 1989, and seven million more than watched in 2000... ]]> Wed, 05 May 2010 11:44:00 -0700 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Railbird/~3/XAx76rAX4uM/ http://www.brooklynbackstretch.com/?p=1020 Brooklyn Backstretch - Nearly as important as post-Derby racing coverage is post-Derby media coverage.  Equidaily has devoted a whole section to links to media commentary, and no shortage of mainstream... ]]> Wed, 05 May 2010 06:00:00 -0700 http://www.brooklynbackstretch.com/?p=1020 http://superfectablog.com/2010/05/nbc-bravo-women-sports-fail.html SuperfectaBlog - Hey, ladies – did you know you like to watch the Kentucky Derby because you are distracted by shiny, pretty things?  You don’t really like sports – NBC’s senior vice president of marketing... ]]> Mon, 03 May 2010 09:58:00 -0700 http://superfectablog.com/2010/05/nbc-bravo-women-sports-fail.html http://saratogatrack.blogspot.com/2010/05/kentucky-derby-deputy-sheriff-of.html They're in the Gate - Like the Super Bowl, year after year, the Kentucky Derby continues to grow as an "event" to watch. The 2010 Kentucky Derby had a 10.3 overnight rating beating last years rating of 10.2... ]]> Sun, 02 May 2010 11:00:00 -0700 http://saratogatrack.blogspot.com/2010/05/kentucky-derby-deputy-sheriff-of.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Railbird/~3/KAZzIgUpFd0/ Jessica Chapel / Railbird v2 - Forgive the self-promotion; it’s not every day I can say that you can find me twice on the New York Times web site … On the City Room blog, I reply to comments left regarding Sunday’s OTB story. Overall, I’m pretty pleased with the exchange, except for one mistake on… ]]> Tue, 27 Apr 2010 07:38:00 -0700 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Railbird/~3/KAZzIgUpFd0/ http://saratogatrack.blogspot.com/2010/04/check-back-with-me-on-wednesday.html They're in the Gate - With Eskendereya now out of the Kentucky Derby, the Wednesday Derby Day Post Draw becomes particularly intriguing. Don't expect any announcement on if the filly Devil May Care... ]]> Sun, 25 Apr 2010 15:56:00 -0700 http://saratogatrack.blogspot.com/2010/04/check-back-with-me-on-wednesday.html http://saratogatrack.blogspot.com/2010/04/kentucky-derby-pre-race-coverage-ideas.html They're in the Gate - About now NBC is mulling over story lines to run during the pre-race coverage of The Kentucky Derby. In 2009 NBC had a piece on Trainer Larry Jones and Eight Belles as well as a feature... ]]> Tue, 20 Apr 2010 21:34:00 -0700 http://saratogatrack.blogspot.com/2010/04/kentucky-derby-pre-race-coverage-ideas.html http://saratogatrack.blogspot.com/2010/04/zenyatta-webcast-strike-2.html They're in the Gate - The NTRA failed with their attempted webcast of Zenyatta's 2010 debut and now the Daily Racing Form via drf.com has swung and missed at the 2nd pitch thrown as they also failed with... ]]> Sun, 11 Apr 2010 18:26:00 -0700 http://saratogatrack.blogspot.com/2010/04/zenyatta-webcast-strike-2.html http://saratogatrack.blogspot.com/2010/03/weekend-tv-watching-thoughts.html They're in the Gate - Not exactly a great debut for the 3 week 6 race series of Kentucky Derby prep races on USA and NBC Network. This past Saturday announcers Tom Hammond and Gary Stevens... ]]> Sun, 28 Mar 2010 20:27:00 -0700 http://saratogatrack.blogspot.com/2010/03/weekend-tv-watching-thoughts.html http://saratogatrack.blogspot.com/2010/03/crossed-my-fingers-and-it-still-didnt.html They're in the Gate - On Friday I wrote these ominous words about the NTRA plan to live webcast the Rachel Alexandra and... ]]> Sun, 14 Mar 2010 13:05:00 -0700 http://saratogatrack.blogspot.com/2010/03/crossed-my-fingers-and-it-still-didnt.html