(Originally published in the January 26, 2013 issue of The Blood-Horse magazine . Feel free to share your own thoughts and opinions at the bottom of the column. ) By Eric Mitchell - @BH_EMitchell on Twitter A filly named Glorious Dancer caused two significant changes in the life of horseplayer Michael...

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At the end of last year, the President signed into law the high profile tax bill that extended the current income tax rates and many other tax benefits that were expiring at the end of 2010. Two of the most important benefits for horse owners are the continuation of generous bonus depreciation and a...

(Originally published in the April 2, 2011 issue of The Blood-Horse magazine . Feel free to share your own thoughts and opinions at the bottom of the column. ) In Tom LaMarra’s online story “ Horsemen’s Groups Assess NTRA Membership Dues ,” Arkansas Horsemen’s Benevolent and Protective Association president...

(Originally published in the April 2, 2011 issue of The Blood-Horse magazine . Feel free to share your own thoughts and opinions at the bottom of the column. ) By Eric Mitchell - @EJMitchellKy on Twitter The National Thoroughbred Racing Association is caught in a vicious cycle. Racetracks’ and horsemen...

At Aqueduct recently, it was suggested by Jim Gluckson of the NTRA/Breeders' Cup that I reprint a column I wrote several years ago on Jim French. He reminded me that this is the 40th anniversary of his remarkable and unprecedented Triple Crown campaign. With the majority of top Derby contenders having...

The NTRA’s Safety and Integrity Alliance has just published a new version of its Code of Standards . Why should you care? What difference does the Code make? For that matter, what difference is the Alliance making? These are all questions I hear from time to time and they deserve straight-forward answers...

I have heard both directly and indirectly from a number of you in response to the consumer research reported in my blog last week . I noted in that blog that in 2009, polling conducted by the NTRA’s long-time polling consultants (who we share with Institute of Politics at Harvard University's Kennedy...

I am flying home from the 12th annual Daily Racing Form/NTRA National Handicapping Championship which concluded Saturday night at the Red Rock Casino, Resort & Spa in Las Vegas, Nevada. I am banging out this blog on my I-Phone while the experience is still fresh in my memory. This year's event was...