Why in the world has racing not been doing this longer?! That is my first and foremost thought on this experience. http://www.churchilldowns.com/downs-after-dark Churchill asked visitors to vote on whether they should continue to do night racing or not. With the largest crowd of the meet next to Derby...

I can not promise anything other than thoughts, commentary and random things I think of or discover during the days at work. BUT I will say it should be entertaining =) The new discoveries is fitting for my blog though, since this blog is set out to be through the eyes of a new comer to the industry...

During conversation with a co-worker a summer movie challenge arose for you to participate in. In the month of July, let’s try to view and discuss some of these movies in this blog post. We can discuss what we thought of the movie we saw and suggest other movies to check out, or possibly to never see...

Recently Tom LaMarra posted a story on the progress of Hialeah park opening once again in Florida. Being in the industry for only a few years, I honestly have no idea what the historical relevance of Hialeah is. Then I asked a co-worker and did some research on Hialeah. As a racing newb, I would have...

A co-worker and I were talking about a horse named Sheltowee recently. Sheltowee is a 2-year-old colt in training who is being followed via our Maiden Watch Blog. There is a trail that stems through several states in this region, including Kentucky and the Smokie Mountains of Tennessee. It is named the...

The beautiful horses we love so much have definitely helped us out this year. With a deep void in our pockets due to the economy, these athletes have lifted our spirits. As horse racing did back in the early twentieth century, and other historically tough times in the United States, people have found...

I stayed up to watch The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and was glad to see Leno interview Borel. The interview touched on Borels days at the bush tracks and has some fun insight into how Borel got started in racing. In addition to this being found on Hulu. NBC has an entire Hulu.com channel devoted to the...

A lot of media has covered the Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I) this year. Therefore a lot of images and video has been created across the web about the wonderful event and here are a few morsels you should taste. Here is a red carpet interview by Alex (Stable Boy) with the Lonely Island...

Should it really be a surprise that Mine That Bird won the Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I)? Mine That Bird's Grandsire, Grindstone, won the 1996 Kentucky Derby. Mine That Bird raced in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile, and his connections mentioned some good points in their post Kentucky Derby...

If one of my favorite bands of all time is The Police, then why can't one of my favorite sweets of all time win...Chocolate Candy? Truthfully I expect Pioneerof the Nile or Quality Road to win the derby. Photo: S. Dorman Caption: Giacomo Many of you have negative thoughts on closers in the race with...