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By Kevin Stafford, The Aspiring Horse Player ''this is the way the world will end this is the way the world will end this is the way the world will end Not with a bang, but a whimper'' -T.S. Eliot  Could Curlin's retirement finally prove that thoroughbred racing needs to do a better job of telling its own story?  ...

By Ted GrevelisWith the passage of legislation in Maryland to allow either slots at the race tracks or, at the very least, slot parlors contributing revenue to the racetracks, it got me thinking about what I would do if I could build a racino.  And not only build a racino, but design the structure around the racino including slot ...

By Cangamble I've written about fixing horse racing many times before. Most notably, June 2007, I wrote a post called How To Save Horse Racing, and in February 2007 I wrote a piece called Thoughts On Track Takeout. In the last year, horse racing has gone even more downhill even more when it comes to the growth and the bettor. Most of this ...

By Susan Dalebroux, Post Parade Texas voices ... ''We view ourselves on the eve of battle. We are nerved for the contest, and must conquer or perish. It is vain to look for present aid: none is at hand.'' -Sam Houston, before the Battle of San Jacinto   ''Our tote board is broken.'' -Sam Houston Race Park officials, canceling ...

By Teresa Genaro of Brooklyn BackstretchI'm pretty sure that my local card store has already put out their Christmas cards, and while overall I am about as near to thinking about Christmas as I am to thinking about retirement (and that would be not nearly near enough), a recent e-mail from the Belmont Child Care Association with news about ...

By Dana Byerly, greenbutgame.org   Hopefully you exercised your civic duty earlier this week by voting. Americans often forget how fortunate we are to have a voice in the process. Regardless of where you stand on any issue or how you feel about the outcome of the election, there's something positive we all can take away from the ...

By George Doria The Europeans took five races on the B.C. card including two on the ''dirt.'' While we have come to expect the ''world'' contingent of horses to do well on the turf we have more or less owned the dirt from the inception of the Breeders' Cup. This year the two biggest changes in B.C. rules (ever) seem to have shot a few ...

 Lexington, Ky - BloodHorse.com  and TheHorse.com  are teaming up to bring Thoroughbreds in need of homes to the attention of hundreds of thousands of horse owners across the United States. Creating this database was the brainchild of Antony Beck of Gainesway Farm in Lexington. With the Thoroughbred Adoption Services, any ...