Undercover Boss – Churchill Downs edition
Video promo for CBS “Undercover Boss” – Churchill Downs COO Other tracks may be hosting Kentucky Derby prep races. On this coming Sunday night, the CBS show “Undercover Boss” will take us to Churchill...
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The color no one in racing likes to see
Horses head for the track at Keeneland/Photo by Rhonda Lane No doubt – horse racing is a colorful sport. Except there’s one color no one likes to see at the track. Even if you’re a Kentuckian who...
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Dosage profiles and tea leaves in the 2010 Belmont Stakes
Photo by rterry126/iStockphoto I am not a handicapper, nor do I play one on TV. But I can’t resist nosing around with some of the dosage profiles of this year’s Belmont contenders. Dosage has fallen...
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Zenyatta: the view from Heartbreak Hill
Photo by webphotographeer/iStockphoto Every couple of years or so, America falls in love with a horse. Usually, it’s a racing thoroughbred whose name and image spread throughout the land. A few...
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Make racing cool again – get Lady Gaga to the track
I have mixed emotions about “Luck” HBO’s new series featuring horse racing. The drama will be great. The action scenes will rock. But do y’all really think it’ll get families and young people to the...
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Twitter Replay: “Watching” a Horse Race on Twitter
What I read about a few minutes earlier but couldn’t see until someone posted a link to the race. If you can’t see the above embedded video of Frankel in the Queen Anne Stakes at Royal Ascot, click...
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Important heads-up, not just the 2015 Breeders Cup
Thank you, NBC Sports, for the image. I hope NBC Sports doesn’t come after me for using a screenshot I took during its previous racing coverage. It depicts where and when to watch coverage of the 2015...
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A survey horse racing fans want to take
Morning works at Saratoga Racecourse. Photo by Rhonda Lane Want some input on how horse racing is conducted, regulated, and promoted? Take the survey from ARCI, aka Racing Commissioners International....
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May cultural and societal forces be with you, Pegasus World Cup
A pony wins hearts and minds — as well as a prime spot in the memory banks of young fans AND their parents. On the NYRA tour of the Saratoga backstretch. Move over, Dubai World Cup, with your paltry...
View ArticleHarness racing from the starter’s car
The Lexington Herald-Leader has some wicked cool video shot from the car that starts harness races at The Red Mile. I don’t know how long the link will be available for free, so click the hyperlink...
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Retirement of Thoroughbred Race Horse Artic Storm Cat
Artic Storm Cat, New York’s popular white thoroughbred racehorse who often upstaged everyone at Gary Contessa’s Saratoga stable, retired to a new career. His rare white–as listed on his registration...
View ArticleHidden Dark, Ferdinand’s daughter, passes at Old Friends
I don’t see any reference to Hidden Dark’s passing in such horse racing media such as the Blood Horse or The Paulick Report. Granted, 1995 Florida Derby and Travers Stakes champion Thunder Gulch passed...
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Cat on a Horse Blog with Justify
Congratulations to American Triple Crown winner Justify and all his connections, especially jockey Mike Smith! Justifiably CHAMPIONS! Anyway, a lot of mention was made on TV yesterday of “where were...
View ArticleUpdates a-go-go
It’s been a while. I apologize. I wasn’t sure how to write this post because it’s been so long. Like that phone call to an old friend you know you need to/want to make, but you just don’t know how to...
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