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The National Football League draft is well known for its surprises. A future Hall-of-Fame quarterback like Tom Brady is drafted…
May 16 2012, 6:00am | Visit source ›
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THE BALMORAL PARK TAKEOUT-RATE EXPERIMENT
Pari-mutuel wagering in North America (USA, Canada, and Puerto Rico) has been in trouble for nearly a decade. The amount…
May 11 2012, 6:00am | Visit source ›
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KENTUCKY DERBY TICKETS ARE GOING FOR HEFTY PRICES
Following is an excerpt of a communication Horse Racing Business received from the ticket search engine SeatGeek pertaining to 2012…
May 3 2012, 4:30pm | Visit source ›
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FIFTY YEARS AGO: CICADA’S KENTUCKY OAKS
The strangely named Cicada (born 1959), owned by Meadow Stable, and trained by J. H. “Casey” Hayes, is one of…
April 28 2012, 6:00am | Visit source ›
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A TEDDY ROOSEVELT IS NOT COMING TO THE RESCUE
In 1897, a University of Georgia fullback was killed playing football. By 1905, the sport had gotten so rough that there…
April 20 2012, 5:00am | Visit source ›
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KENTUCKY’S GOVERNOR BESHEAR AND THE LASIX DEBATE
Only several weeks after the New York Times published a devastating (if flawed) indictment of horse racing in the United…
April 18 2012, 11:10am | Visit source ›
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Breeders’ Cup is departing from tradition by televising the 2012 Classic (gr. I) from 8-9 PM EDT. NASCAR’s latest running…
April 7 2012, 6:00am | Visit source ›
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Ontario is facing a $16 billion budget shortfall and its debt has doubled in the past eight years. The provincial…
April 2 2012, 5:00am | Visit source ›
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PROTECTING THE BREED BY FRED A. POPE
This is a tough time for Oliver Wills. He can’t sleep. His annual review is approaching and he will be…
March 30 2012, 7:00am | Visit source ›
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RACING UNDER SIEGE IN 1912 and 2012 NEW YORK
The adage that history repeats itself appears to be true for horse racing in the United States. One hundred years ago, racing in…
March 29 2012, 8:55am | Visit source ›
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THE MOST RIVETING HORSE RACING ADVERTISEMENT EVER?
Today’s Horse Racing Business focuses on two advertisements for horse racing, one in Dubai and the other in the United States. A reader…
March 23 2012, 6:00am | Visit source ›
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RACING STILL NEEDS PARI-MUTUEL REVENUE
Churchill Downs, Inc. recently announced that it had acquired the poker magazine Bluff, including its database and websites. The move…
March 16 2012, 7:00am | Visit source ›
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AFLEET ALEX, GHOSTZAPPER, AND FAT BOY
Racehorse stallions command stud fees commensurate with their abilities to sire offspring who can get around a racetrack in the…
March 12 2012, 7:00am | Visit source ›
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STEVE JOBS AND THOROUGBRED RACING BY FRED A. POPE
The breeding side of our industry is in trouble only because the racing side is failing. Racing is failing because…
February 27 2012, 10:38am | Visit source ›
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GAME-DAY DRUGS VERSUS RACE-DAY MEDICATION
The NBC-TV announcers on the February 5 Super Bowl 2012 pregame show were discussing the injury status of New England…
February 17 2012, 6:00am | Visit source ›
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HORSE RACING DOLLARS LAUNCHED THE NY GIANTS
The Super Bowl is America’s biggest sporting event, and there is even more glitter when two teams come from the…
February 4 2012, 10:43am | Visit source ›
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The Green Bay Packers of the National Football League recently tendered 250,000 additional shares of common stock for the purpose…
February 3 2012, 6:00am | Visit source ›
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EXPANDED FLORIDA GAMBLING IS LIKELY NOT FAR AWAY
FORT LAUDERDALE, FL. An article by Kathleen Haughney in the South Florida Sun Sentinel reported that a Florida senate bill…
January 17 2012, 1:20pm | Visit source ›
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TWO POSITIVES FOR RACING IN 2011
American horse racing in 2011 had its share of ups and downs. Two developments on the positive side of the…
December 30 2011, 1:00pm | Visit source ›
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A NEW BET PROPOSAL, BY JOHN G. VEITCH
Thoroughbred horse racing is facing many challenges. For example, as of October 2011, wagering on U.S. races declined by 7.4%…
December 3 2011, 6:00am | Visit source ›
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November 23 2011, 10:00pm | Visit source ›
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KENTUCKY’S VAGUE SANCTIONS FOR ABUSIVE WHIPPING INVITE TROUBLE IN BC
In recent weeks, a host of people have rightfully decried the flailing of a few of the mounts in notable stakes…
October 21 2011, 6:00am | Visit source ›
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Civilized people of the world reacted with horror and sadness over the acts of evildoers that transpired in two American cities…
September 9 2011, 6:00am | Visit source ›
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