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The Conscience of Thoroughbred Racing
How many ways does racing want to reach into bettors’ pockets? The catalyst for this question is a fairly recent pitch on automated betting machines.
The 3-year-old championship is slipping away from Maximum Security. Even a victory in the Cigar Mile or Clark Handicap might not be enough to vault
Three groups determine the Eclipse championships: The National Turf Writers and Broadcasters, the National Thoroughbred Racing Association and the Daily Racing Form. Maybe this year
A trio of familiar entities will be missing from Santa Anita when it inaugurates a new season Friday. Two are addition by subtraction. The other
Bad keeps getting worse. The $12 million Dubai World Cup and its lucrative supporting card has already strip-mined American winter racing of many of its
A couple of recent news item should be sending a chill throughout the racing world. New Jersey announced that sports wagering in the state surpassed
LAS VEGAS – Heading home after a month of horse-playing and other decadent activities at Saratoga and Las Vegas with lots of thoughts, opinions, questions and
LAS VEGAS–Shug McGaughey has never been a fan of West Coast racing. This is true even when the Breeders’ Cup is at Santa Anita or
LAS VEGAS–A very few races transcend the quality of their field. No matter who runs, it is a special event, a happening. The Triple Crown
The lunacy continues unabated. The most picturesque event in racing has been put on the shelf in the latest response to the deaths of 30
SARATOGA SPRINGS – Thank you, Saratoga. I needed that. Just as horses get soured on racing, so do humans. In this case, me. I surely
SARATOGA SPRINGS–Saratoga puts the lie to so much of what has been roiling racing this year. All you have to do is breathe in the
In recognition of the adage, “Everybody talks about the weather but nobody does anything about it,” let’s get back to talking about horse racing. The
This year’s Haskell isn’t the classic some past renewals have been. renewals. This isn’t a knock when you consider the centerpiece of Monmouth’s summer has
Compilation photo by HRI staff By Tom Jicha The earliest opening and longest meeting in Saratoga history could not have come soon enough. The onslaught
