01 Sep 2009 1:16 PM
Racing needs to consider moving from fractional to decimal reporting of odds....
25 Aug 2009 11:33 AM
The blog software being used by Daily Racing Form on its Web site never experienced a problem with only allowing 100 comments on a post until Steve Crist asked readers how they perceived medication issues in Thoroughbred racing. ...
18 Aug 2009 2:19 PM
There are many ramifications from a smaller foal crop...some positive and some negative....
11 Aug 2009 1:36 PM
Purses dropped 1.3% last year from '07; this year's decline will certainly be more dramatic....
04 Aug 2009 1:36 PM
Rachel Alexandra versus Zenyatta is the match-up racing fans everywhere are clamoring for....
28 Jul 2009 12:58 PM
Recording private sales gives a more accurate picture of the business of trading horses at a particular sale....
21 Jul 2009 3:26 PM
In a perfect world, zero tolerance might work. This is far from a perfect world....
14 Jul 2009 1:47 PM
Breeders' Cup should scale back purses, cut back to one day, and name more host sites....
07 Jul 2009 10:25 AM
In the midst of a stinging defeat for expanded gaming in Kentucky, it was discovered that people will still attend a racetrack - without slots - and have fun doing so. But not for the same old stale product....
30 Jun 2009 3:03 PM
Carl Rollins is not a horse owner, breeder, trainer, nor jockey. But Carl Rollins gets it--he understands the importance of the horse industry to Kentucky.
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23 Jun 2009 2:56 PM
It's a shame Vincent O'Brien didn't hang on a couple more weeks. The legendary Irish trainer, who died June 1 at age 91, would have loved the just-concluded Royal Ascot meeting, in particular the success enjoyed by American conditioner Wesley Ward....
16 Jun 2009 4:02 PM
Veterinarian Robert Copelan had this to say about W.T. Young: "I often wonder what would have happened had the phone been busy (the first time Young called). Meeting W.T. Young was that bolt of lightning; the most important thing to happen to me in my life."
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09 Jun 2009 2:39 PM
Another Triple Crown season has come and gone, and as usual it did not disappoint. Many of the happenings would have been impossible to predict, however, such as:...
02 Jun 2009 8:08 PM
Nicking services have been available to Thoroughbred breeders for years, but, unfortunately, they did not take the entire pool of foals into consideration. Until, that is, Blood-Horse Publications, in conjunction with Pedigree Consultants owners Alan Porter and Byron Rogers, brought TrueNicks to the market....
27 May 2009 11:41 AM
In light of two recent episodes of wagering integrity - or lack of same - it appears the industry has done little since being warned a decade ago that its infrastructure was woefully inadequate....
19 May 2009 9:42 AM
Bloodstock agent John Moynihan has bought and sold many good horses, seen many top individuals at sales, and witnessed many impressive performances on the racetrack....
12 May 2009 9:55 AM
Speaking to shareholders May 7 via conference call, Churchill Downs Inc. president and chief executive officer Bob Evans said, "The solution for tracks without slots is to cut purses, to cut races, and race days, or to cut all three."...
05 May 2009 9:47 AM
Trainer Bennie "Chip" Woolley Jr. had a rough start to the year. He crashed his motorcycle in some gravel and broke his leg, and his stable was having a tough time winning races, with one lone maiden winner from 32 starts....
28 Apr 2009 10:15 AM
This time of year people invariably talk about, and write about, the "racing gods" and "Derby gods."...
21 Apr 2009 11:03 AM
While spending a spring morning watching horses gallop at Keeneland in 1990, I met a relative newcomer to training Thoroughbreds. He was searching for the clockers, and as it was his first trip to the Kentucky track, the West Coast-based conditioner was unaware they timed horses from the press box....
14 Apr 2009 9:18 AM
Two stories from New York made headlines last week, but the fact they were linked together by some as being indicative of the current problems existing in the Thoroughbred industry was off base.
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07 Apr 2009 10:31 AM
On a beautiful spring day in Central Kentucky April 4, it was easy to see why Keeneland was considering a major expansion to its facility (now on hold due to the current state of the economy). With the fifth-highest attendance in its history--30,550--the place was bursting at the seams....
31 Mar 2009 10:19 AM
The recent passing of Kentucky Derby (gr. I) winners Lil E. Tee and Alysheba and Well Armed's major victory have caused memories to come flooding back, from the world's richest race in Dubai to the world's most famous race in Louisville, Ky....
24 Mar 2009 9:44 AM
It is comforting to see horsemen come together when members of the community need their help....
17 Mar 2009 10:33 AM
Why are fewer horse races nationally televised today? Viewers are telling ESPN that horse racing ranks low on their "must see" list of sports....