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Outcrosses
"The truth of the matter, it appears to me, is that there is very little difference between the overall results of inbreeding (within five generations) and the overall results of NOT inbreeding (ditto)."
horseracing  pedigrees  breeding 
2 days ago by jnchapel
WPT launches Congie Black and Gold Fund
"Why did we form the fund and why now? Here’s our take - we can evaluate and analyze the horse retirement situation this country until the cows come home, but the bottom line is that individual owners have to step up and take the vast majority of the responsibility for the retirement of horses that carry their colors. In a fragmented industry, I don’t see this issue being solved on a national basis any time soon, but that doesn’t diminish owners’ responsibility to their equine athletes."
horseracing  racehorse-retirement  west-point  aftercare  ottbs 
4 days ago by jnchapel
Aqueduct: NYRA institutes new safety guidelines
"First, NYRA will begin enforcing a house rule that will allow P.J. Campo, the director of racing, Anthony Verderosa, the chief examining vet, the right to refuse entry of a horse with which 'they have any nature of concern.'" Also: http://www.nyra.com/aqueduct/stories/Feb172012.shtml
horseracing  new-york  equine-safety 
4 days ago by jnchapel
Little to no progress on Salix-free juvenile races
"The American Graded Stakes Committee hoped to take a leadership role on race-day medication when it announced last year that it would not award graded status to any stakes races for two-year-olds (or two-year-old fillies) that allows race-day medication, specifically the diuretic furosemide (Salix, also called Lasix). Less than six months remain until the first scheduled graded stakes for juveniles is run and not only has no regulatory body taken action, but the issue has not advanced beyond the committee level of any racing commission."
horseracing  drugs-in-racing  lasix  regulations  juvenile-races 
5 days ago by jnchapel
Pie eaters cheer, the Black Caviar has been served
"... occasionally a champion comes along and reminds us all that racing is a magnificent endeavour. That it is, in the purest terms, a sport.... Black Caviar always looks in control. That acceleration. There's something machine-like about it. To the jockey, it must feel like revving a Porsche against a field of Kombi vans. The owners must feel as coldly assured of a win as the bean counters upstairs."
horseracing  international  australia  distaffers  black-caviar 
8 days ago by jnchapel
Not betting a dime, a ‘voucher vulture’ cleans up at the slots
"Mr. Bemsel has not given up stooping. After a loop through the racino, he has enough cash to hit the betting window in the track and then scour the floor and trash for winning tickets. Slipping deftly through crowds of cheering and swearing horseplayers, he can read slips on the ground and tell immediately if they are winners. For face-down slips, he has developed a nimble, soccer-style flip move using both feet — so he barely has to stoop at all."
horseracing  racinos  new-york  wagering  stooping 
9 days ago by jnchapel
Aftercare no longer an afterthought
"The leaders of Thoroughbred racing finally may be getting the message. What has been shouted from the rooftops for the last two decades by impassioned individuals and private rescue and retirement organizations is now manifested in what is being called the Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance, a coming together of nearly every major racing group in an effort to address the need to provide for horses after their racing and breeding days are past."
horseracing  racehorse-retirement  aftercare  ottbs 
11 days ago by jnchapel
New racing technology could offer vast amounts of data to handicappers
"As a handicapper and speed-figure maker, I want racing to have precise data and I want Trakus to succeed. So I offer a modest proposal. The company should formulate a report that allows users to log in to, say, the Gulfstream Web site and see the key Trakus measurements in the previous starts of every horse on the Gulfstream card. It should invite users’ feedback — letting thousands of eyeballs look for errors that might otherwise go undetected. The company needs to be less focused on developing whizbang graphics and more concerned about giving the best, most accurate data to handicappers."
horseracing  data  trakus 
13 days ago by jnchapel
Unrelated to controversy, Churchill already had amicably ended Komen tie-in to Oaks Day
"Although it has not been publicly announced, the Kentucky Oaks fundraising partnership with Susan G. Komen for the Cure concluded in 2011 after a rewarding three-year run. We believe the partnership was good for both parties, and it generated $336,592 for breast cancer research and outreach during those three years. The recent issue regarding Komen for the Cure had absolutely no impact on our relationship with the organization."
horseracing  churchill-downs  kentucky-oaks  komen 
17 days ago by jnchapel
An eye on the big picture
"John Ridley has overseen myriad aspects of racing in Hong Kong for the past 18 years, from maintaining the grass on the tracks to managing multimillion-dollar grandstand redevelopments. Now, the Jockey Club's racing operations director is the logistical mastermind behind what could be the biggest challenge in more than 125 years of racing in Hong Kong - extending the Jockey Club's operations to the mainland."
horseracing  international  hong-kong  china 
21 days ago by jnchapel
Appetite for Black Caviar goes global
"News of the mighty mare's 17th consecutive win last Friday night has been broadcast by media outlets across the United Kingdom, America and Europe - giving her amazing story, and Australian racing, priceless global exposure."
horseracing  international  australia  black-caviar  distaffers 
24 days ago by jnchapel
Champion racemares like Rachel Alexandra make important producers
"... the lesson from these big, beautiful, and brilliant performers is that, just as they dominated on the racetrack, the top racemares succeed more often than the norm in their role as mothers to the next generation of racing stars."
horseracing  breeding  pedigrees  horse-of-the-year  distaffers 
26 days ago by jnchapel
From far back in the pack to the lead in ‘War Horse’
"Before he went Hollywood, the thoroughbred gelding Finders Key accounted for only torn-up mutuel tickets at Los Alamitos Race Course.... Winless in four $2,500 claiming races, he was beaten by a combined 30 lengths, never finishing higher than fifth."
horseracing  hollywood  war-horse  finders-key 
27 days ago by jnchapel
So where’d you get that racehorse?
"I think it needs to be easier to communicate between race trainers and sport trainers. I think racing trainers should have an idea of what sports their horses can go into after they’re done racing. I think sport trainers should have easy access to trainers so that they can develop a working relationship. So that they can network with one another. So that they can do the best by each and every horse."
horseracing  sport-horses  aftercare  ottbs 
27 days ago by jnchapel
Everything's coming up Rosie
"Rosie Napravnik is a good bet to become the first woman ever to win the Kentucky Derby. It's going to happen, and probably soon, given the trends in racing and the sport's awakening to gender's competitive insignificance, that a woman rides a horse into the Churchill Downs winner's circle and then gracefully accepts into her arms the famed blanket of roses."
horseracing  jockeys  women-in-racing  rosie-napravnik 
4 weeks ago by jnchapel
Handicapping insights: New York claiming races
"When handicapping these races, you almost have to ignore the suspiciousness of the dropdown and just look at it in the above financial terms. A horse taking a big drop in claiming price is not necessarily a "fire sale" or is a horse that has physical ailments that the owner has decided can't be competitive at the present claiming level and needs to be dropped. My rule is to not read anything into the dropdown and just take it for what it is."
horseracing  new-york  claiming  handicapping 
4 weeks ago by jnchapel
Eyeing a four-peat
"What makes a female Horse of the Year four-peat most intriguing is that it’s entirely possible."
horseracing  distaffers  eclipse-awards  horse-of-the-year 
4 weeks ago by jnchapel
Show jumping’s wake-up call
George Morris: "Somehow, we need to tap into the thousands of Thoroughbred breeders in the United States and show them that there is big money to be made beyond racing."
horseracing  show-jumping  racehorse-retirement  ottbs 
7 weeks ago by jnchapel
NY panel issues plan for retired racehorses
"The task force recommends that all New York racetracks and Resorts World Casino New York City at Aqueduct give one-half of 1% of VLT commissions to retirement efforts. Based on 2010 commissions and projections at the Aqueduct VLT casino, the percentage could produce more than $3.1 million a year, the task force report said. In addition, the group calls for all racetracks and horsemen in the state to contribute one-half of 1% of purses, which would generate another $1.1 million based on 2010 levels. Other sources would bring the total to more than $5 million a year." (Link with Retired Racehorse post on connecting with sport horse enthusiasts.)
horseracing  racehorse-retirement  new-york  aftercare 
8 weeks ago by jnchapel
Keeneland, Martin Collins dissolve Polytrack company partnership
"Julie Balog, a spokesperson for Keeneland, said that the dissolution was 'solely the result of market conditions in the United States and in no way reflects diminished confidence in the company’s products or expertise.' Balog said that Keeneland has no plans to replace its synthetic surface." (See DRF interview with Keeneland president from October re: partnership.)
horseracing  business-of-racing  synthetic-surfaces  keeneland  polytrack 
10 weeks ago by jnchapel
Jerardi: Top Beyer speed figures a thing of the past
"What I found out was the Beyer Figures by the top stakes horses were relatively similar from 1992 to 2005. And then it all started to slow down. With a few exceptions that don't last long (Uncle Mo), the best horses just keep getting slower on the Beyer scale."
horseracing  speed-figures  handicapping  trends 
10 weeks ago by jnchapel
Horse racing draws line at licensing Chechen leader
Re: Kentucky and New York rejecting Kadyrov's applications for an owner's license: "'Short of the State Department drastically changing its tune on Mr. Kadyrov,' said one New York racing official who refused to be identified by name, 'it’s safe to assume he will not be racing horses in New York State.'"
horseracing  international  licensing  owners 
12 weeks ago by jnchapel
There are records and then there are records
"Beyond the coincidence of the numbers involved, the only thing any records Citation and Rapid Redux would have in common is the fact that they were established in a counter-clockwise direction."
horseracing  racing-history  great-horses  records  citation 
12 weeks ago by jnchapel
Dutrow's career is far from dead
"But until a final verdict is rendered on the appeal -- and that could be months from now -- it seems as if it will be business as usual this winter for Dutrow, which can be best described as making a mockery of the system. In a controversial career that has seen him survive more than 60 violations, he’s once again getting a laugh that may or not be his last by winning races at an astonishing rate while the game’s regulators try to banish him."
horseracing  trainers  new-york  rick-dutrow 
november 2011 by jnchapel
Cut the Cup
"The Breeders' Cup has become a monster devouring the traditions of a unique sport."
horseracing  breeders-cup 
november 2011 by jnchapel
Godolphin's U.S. runners to no longer be trained by Suroor, Mettee
"In addition, the opening of Meydan racecourse in Dubai likely has changed Godolphin’s need for United States-based dirt runners, since Meydan has a synthetic Tapeta surface."
horseracing  international  dubai  godolphin 
november 2011 by jnchapel
Success of Breeders' Cup shows importance of focusing on best action
"This year, though, the shift to the American way of doing things feels more significant than ever. British racing seems to stagger from one crisis to another, with the levy apparently in freefall and the new whip rules tying the sport up in knots. Yet here in Kentucky, as ever when the Breeders' Cup comes around, everything just seems to work." Always interesting to get a different perspective.
horseracing  international 
october 2011 by jnchapel
Goodbye Lasix, and good riddance
"The tide of drugs administered to American racehorses has crested and will soon be falling away altogether. The removal of anabolic steroids has already improved safety while allowing female racehorses to run with the ranks of males. The further flow of drugs into the veins and joints of horses will gradually ebb. Trainers will have to rely on knowledge, finesse, athletic development, horsemanship, nutrition, behavior, husbandry and their jockey to win a horse race, sort of like horse racing was always intended to be. Imagine that."
horseracing  lasix  drugs-in-racing 
october 2011 by jnchapel
Steer clear of the iceberg
"Still, Dutrow soon could find it nearly impossible to get a job training horses anywhere but on a carousel. And if that's the case, if his appeal fails, well, racing won't miss him. Racing will be better off without him. And that's the reason for the conga line. Beyond that, however, I find reasons for alarm. Whether the recent ruling implies it or some observers simply infer it, there seems to be a popular assumption that Dutrow is, to borrow a limp old metaphor, just the tip of some sinister iceberg threatening to destroy the sport. Cheating is rampant, illicit drugs are everywhere, trust nobody -- or so goes the iceberg assumption."
horseracing  trainers  new-york  rick-dutrow 
october 2011 by jnchapel
As 10-year ban hangs over Rick Dutrow, opinions vary about controversial horse trainer
"He has a lack of respect for some people," Anthony says. "Rick also had a lack of respect for authority."
horseracing  trainers  new-york  rick-dutrow 
october 2011 by jnchapel
BHA must think again after Ascot showpiece
"In its current slot, Champions Day is deliberately set up to discourage the proper exploration of a champion's limits." (Discussion of moving event to September, other changes.)
horseracing  international  champions-day 
october 2011 by jnchapel
Keeneland DRF archive: 117 years of racing stats put to pasture at the track
"Keeneland already has 200,000 Daily Racing Form pages online. It sounds like a lot until you add up the pages that remain. 'We think there's 11 million," Ryder says. "And it's still publishing.'"
horseracing  media  archives  daily-racing-form  keeneland 
october 2011 by jnchapel
Dutrow ruling sends a message
"The bigger picture is what does this mean for the industry as a whole? In Kentucky and New York, you now have two racing jurisdictions that have done what used to be unthinkable, not only standing up to a high-profile trainer, but delivering the type of severe punishment that fits the crime. An important precedent has been set and others are sure to follow."
horseracing  trainers  new-york  rick-dutrow 
october 2011 by jnchapel
Dutrow career in tatters after ten year ban
"The career of controversial trainer Rick Dutrow is in tatters after he was banned for ten years in New York, where his string is based, and fined $50,000 for persistent breaking of the rules."
horseracing  trainers  new-york  rick-dutrow 
october 2011 by jnchapel
Dutrow's license revoked for 10 years
“Let this be a lesson to other people in the business,” said board chairman John Sabini ... Dutrow “has repeatedly violated rules in jurisdictions across the country and a license is a privilege and not a right.”
horseracing  trainers  new-york  rick-dutrow 
october 2011 by jnchapel
Shades of gray
A history of gray thoroughbreds and how the color survived. "We have now reached the wild frontier of the pre-Stud Book era, when a riot of exotic colors like palomino, dun, and buckskin were well attested, alongside our more familiar hues. Gray was on its way to becoming a 'museum' color too. But the thin gray line was preserved, thanks to the otherwise obscure Master Robert, whose gray posterity held on, one generation at a time, until bursting forth anew with The Tetrarch and his tribe. The vicissitudes of genetics, bad advice, sterility, and U-boats could not prevent it."
horseracing  breeding  pedigrees  grays 
october 2011 by jnchapel
Dr. J. David Richardson weighs in on Lasix
"I think both sides have too much of a strident attitude, and that's not good for the game.... You would think the earth would fall through if we try to ban Lasix. There was a time we didn't have it, so what has changed? I know there are plenty of places to go on that, but I think in the end the notion of a higher standard that is in line with other countries is not a bad thing. Let's remember, we are talking only about 2-year-olds in graded stakes, nothing more."
horseracing  drugs-in-racing  lasix 
september 2011 by jnchapel
Havre de Grace, Blind Luck part of another golden era for female runners
horseracing  distaffers  great-horses  racing-history 
september 2011 by jnchapel
Why does a broken leg mean the end for a horse?
horseracing  equine-safety  equine-health  racehorse-injuries 
september 2011 by jnchapel
Lasix battle lines drawn between TOBA, horsemen
"The pursuit of the ban has increasingly angered some horsemen, who contend the results of the Jockey Club study that were announced two years ago provided conclusive scientific support to allow furosemide on race day. Citing other studies that have said up to 80 percent of horses will show some evidence of bleeding in the lungs after strenuous exercise, the president of the New York Thoroughbred Horsemen’s Association, Rick Violette, has begun characterizing the effort to ban furosemide as 'borderline animal cruelty,' a loaded term that has come to symbolize the hardening position of horsemen. Violette said New York horsemen were prepared to file a lawsuit that would prevent New York from enforcing a ban on furosemide, a suit that could tie up the effort for years."
horseracing  drugs-in-racing  lasix  new-york 
september 2011 by jnchapel
Cecil talks Frankel
"There is always a bit of pressure with a horse of his caliber. You are nervous about this, that and the other. I am very happy to have him and he is a challenge. I do the best I can with him. Frankel is a very hot-blooded horse. We have cameras on him and can see what he is up to in our bedroom.... He is always biting himself. He sweats between his back legs in the paddock before a race, and with a lot of horses that is a bad sign, but it is only because he is quite hot-blooded."
horseracing  international  frankel  from delicious
september 2011 by jnchapel
Race-day horse drug debate hits sales ring
"Sheikh Mohammed’s breeding operation breeds 'a lot of horses in Kentucky that run in Europe without medication, and they run very, very successfully,' including Discourse, a top filly in Europe by the sheikh’s stallion Street Cry. 'They’re all top 2-year-olds in Europe, and they all run medication free, so I don’t know why they need it in America when you don’t need it in Europe.'"
horseracing  auctions  sales  keeneland  garc  drugs-in-racing  lasix  from delicious
september 2011 by jnchapel
Keeneland yearling sale surpasses 2010 total
"According to Keeneland, 1,631 yearlings have been sold for a total of $198,638,200, surpassing total gross receipts in 2010 of $198,254,900 for 3,059 yearlings sold during a 14-day sale. Cumulative through Sept. 19, the average price was $121,789 compared to $99,973 in 2010 and the median price of $75,000 outpaced the $60,000 figure of last year."
horseracing  auctions  sales  keeneland  from delicious
september 2011 by jnchapel
Making the most of the NTRA's pending demise
"That is not to say some of the NTRA’s programs are not worth saving when the inevitable curtain falls on the organization. The NTRA operates a lean but effective communications and media office, and it’s vital for that to continue in some form. The NTRA also has done a good job protecting horse racing’s interests in Washington, D.C., working in conjunction with the American Horse Council. Its group purchasing and sponsorship division, NTRA Advantage, was far more successful when NTRA and Breeders’ Cup worked together, but even in its current form should be maintained and given a chance to grow. In recognition of that, a small committee ... has been formed to see what should and can be salvaged from the anticipated NTRA wreckage."
horseracing  ntra  jockey-club  from delicious
september 2011 by jnchapel
Yearling market roars through book three
"This year there has been a little pent-up enthusiasm; the buyers are anxious to buy.... People have been sitting on money for a while, plus we have unusual tax incentives that expire at the end of this year. That pushes a guy into that mood as well ... and there’s a lot of thanks for that. It’s encouraging for the breeders. It’s been three years since they’ve had any smiles on their faces."
horseracing  auctions  sales  keeneland  from delicious
september 2011 by jnchapel
As expected, 2011 foal crop numbers down
"The continued down-sizing was expected, as 2011 marks the sixth straight season foal numbers will fall. The 2005 foal crop was up 1% compared to 2004, reaching 38,361, but numbers have dropped each year since, down to a projected 27,000 live foals for this year. The Jockey Club expects the numbers to continue to fall in 2012.... In figures released Thursday, the Jockey Club said 23,558 live foals had been reported through September 7. That figure, believed to be about 85% complete as more reports are expected, is down 13.8% compared with last year at this time when 27,233 reports had been received."
horseracing  breeders-cup  jockey-club  foal-numbers  garc  from delicious
september 2011 by jnchapel
How much cheating?
"... the extraordinarily low number of positive tests does seem to me to reinforce the impression that I get hanging out on the backstretch of NYRA tracks; most horsemen are serious about their craft and honest, following the rules as best they can."
horseracing  drugs-in-racing  from delicious
september 2011 by jnchapel
Serious problems in California must be addressed
"Suspicions about illegal drugs are rampant not only in California, where the California Horse Racing Board seems to lack the spine to conduct serious and probing investigations. Realistically, such suspicions exist at every track in America and little is being done anywhere to deal with them. This, despite many forward moves against steroids and the on-going conversations about Lasix and Bute. That 'other drugs' are in play continues to make a mockery of the game. Fact is, the insidious nature of illegal drug use for racing purposes is what is negatively impacting the sport more than anything we read or write about."
horseracing  california  drugs-in-racing  from delicious
september 2011 by jnchapel
Trainer McLaughlin runs drug free
Darley and Shadwell juveniles from McLaughlin's barn are running without Lasix: "With the Breeders' Cup banning the use of Lasix (also known as Salix) in the 2012 2-year-old events at the World Championships, and with the American Graded Stakes Committee announcing that it will deny graded status to any 2-year-old stakes race in which horses can run on the diuretic in 2012, the trainer made the call."
horseracing  international  trainers  drugs-in-racing  lasix  from delicious
september 2011 by jnchapel
Shooting the breeze with ... jockey Patrick Valenzuela
"It's been an amazing ride for the last year. I've been putting my best foot forward and it has paid off."
horseracing  california  del-mar  jockeys  pval  from delicious
september 2011 by jnchapel
After all these years, Lasix is ‘a polarizing topic’ in horse racing again
"The only sensible way to ban Lasix is to prohibit its use in all American races, but that will not happen, because the rules are made on a state-by-state basis, and pro-medication horsemen have more clout on the state level than do the nation’s elite owners and breeders. Industry leaders concerned about medications have plenty of other work to do: The performance of many so-called supertrainers suggests that illegal drug use is rampant, and it continues to corrode public confidence in the game. But the battle over Lasix was decided long ago, and it’s too late to overturn the results."
horseracing  drugs-in-racing  lasix  from delicious
september 2011 by jnchapel
Tammi Piermarini overcomes harrowing times to join elite ranks of jockeys
"... the Amesbury native knows first-hand that life can become derailed when least expected. Having established herself as a solid journeyman rider in a talented jockey colony that included Carl Gambardella and Rudy Baez in the late ’80s while riding under her maiden name as Tammi Campbell, she seemed destined to become a star. However, a recurring case of viral meningitis interrupted that rise to stardom on several occasions while triggering a decade of more debilitating problems that nearly took her life.
horseracing  suffolk-downs  jockeys  tammi-piermarini  women-in-racing  from delicious
august 2011 by jnchapel
Twenty years later, jockey Patrick Valenzuela wins his second Pacific Classic
"The first thing Patrick Valenzuela did when he left the winner’s circle Sunday after going wire-to-wire to take the 21st TVG Pacific Classic with Acclamation was pay tribute to the man who started the $1 million race for Del Mar.... The second thing Valenzuela did was thank everyone who gave him one final chance to salvage a career that was sidetracked dozens of times because of drug and alcohol abuse. He lost years off his career, serving more than a dozen suspensions or dealing with license revocations."
horseracing  california  jockeys  pval  from delicious
august 2011 by jnchapel
Piermarini gets win #2000 on Sugar Trade
“I’ve been blessed this year. This is the best decade of my life.”
horseracing  suffolk-downs  jockeys  tammi-piermarini  women-in-racing  from delicious
august 2011 by jnchapel
Next two weeks could put Ward on the rise
"This far-flung operation makes Ward perhaps the first realization of the global American trainer. Like the world itself, 'racing’s getting smaller,' he says. Ward became the first American to win a race at Royal Ascot, when he pulled it off with Strike the Tiger in 2009, and this, more than anything else, propelled him on this international course. At Royal Ascot last June, the Telegraph dubbed Ward 'the mad genius from America' in one of its headlines."
horseracing  trainers  international  from delicious
august 2011 by jnchapel
Groups draw line in the sand on Salix ban
"Industry officials acknowledge next year could be messy. The rhetoric war is under way, though it’s hard to gauge the level of support of the anti-Salix and pro-Salix camps."
horseracing  drugs-in-racing  lasix  from delicious
august 2011 by jnchapel
She’s enjoying the ride [Piermarini reaches win #2000]
"Piermarini, 44, originally from Salisbury, began her racing career at Suffolk in 1985 as an apprentice jockey. Over the course of 26 years, three pregnancies, repeated bouts of debilitating spinal meningitis, and upward of $17 million in purse winnings, she diligently has carved out one of the sport’s more impressive careers for a woman. Not that she really considers 'for a woman' to be a necessary qualifier in the overall discussion of her time in the saddle, because she now has exactly 14,206 races and, oh, the odd dustup in the jocks room with some of her brothers is ample evidence that she considers her sport a level playing field."
horseracing  suffolk-downs  jockeys  women-in-racing  tammi-piermarini  from delicious
august 2011 by jnchapel
For Pletcher, managing a training empire is all in a day’s work
"The scoreboard of late has been in Pletcher’s favor. He currently is the top trainer in North America with nearly $12 million in purse earnings. His 26 victories here, at the most competitive and prestigious meet of the summer, top the standings, and he is two victories out of first place at Monmouth. To spend a day with him is to appreciate up close an extraordinary feat of choreography, in which high-tech wizardry is as necessary as plain old horse sense, and where gallows humor, straight talk and a little Spanish all must be deftly employed. Over the course of a single day -- Aug. 13 -- Pletcher touched 100 horses and oversaw the training of another hundred working at tracks up and down the East Coast."
horseracing  trainers  todd-pletcher  from delicious
august 2011 by jnchapel
Slots racetracks: Who are the top performers?
"Racetracks that received subsidies from slot machines in 2010 generated on average only two-fifths of the betting that non-subsidized tracks generated even though they distributed nearly equivalent levels of average daily purses, according to unofficial statistics assembled by DRF."
horseracing  wagering  handle  slots  from delicious
august 2011 by jnchapel
NYRA, Breeders' Cup working toward 2013 deal
"Hayward said he didn’t want to reveal details of NYRA’s bid, but he did say the association is committed to making capital improvements at Belmont, something that will be much easier for NYRA when the under-construction video lottery terminal casino at Aqueduct begins operating."
horseracing  breeders-cup  new-york  nyra  from delicious
august 2011 by jnchapel
Jockey Club: All aboard the common sense train
"Never mind that $2 million a year in marketing expenditures, additional consulting work by McKinsey, and technical support by The Jockey Club’s various for-profit companies is a drop in the bucket for an industry that generates roughly $12 billion a year in betting turnover. This is a start. At least someone is doing something."
horseracing  jockey-club  from delicious
august 2011 by jnchapel
'Medication-free' horse racing called goal
Janney said there are “significant challenges” but “many people in this sport have grown weary of the pace of change.” He said horse racing “doesn’t need federal intervention to set the right course.”
horseracing  drugs-in-racing  jockey-club  from delicious
august 2011 by jnchapel
Sanan: Breeders’ Cup can’t make enough money at Belmont
"If it was at Belmont, purses would have to be cut from $26 million to $15 million to break even."
horseracing  breeders-cup  new-york  from delicious
august 2011 by jnchapel
Pletcher not happy with Breeders’ Cup back in LA
"Repole’s Breeders’ Cup (I bet he loves the sound of that) could keep some New York horsemen home. It might keep Pletcher home. 'I’m all for it if he wants to put up the money,' Pletcher said and he was serious. 'If there was an equivalent race, why would I ship to California if I had an equivalent option in New York. I am all for having (Breeders’ Cup) in California, just not every year ...'"
horseracing  breeders-cup  trainers  from delicious
august 2011 by jnchapel
The road to greatness for Frankel
"If Frankel can slam one of the 'big guns' over ten furlongs next year, then there's every chance he'll achieve a rating in excess of 145, thereby earning the title of Timeform's greatest ever racehorse."
horseracing  international  great-horses  frankel  from delicious
august 2011 by jnchapel
Rick Violette on training, state of racing
"The way we campaign horses has changed. We don’t run as frequently as we used to. The ‘bounce factor’ is a real deal. If you ignore it you get your butt kicked. I actually think that’s been one of the biggest reasons in the downward spiral in starts per year for a horse. We simply give them more time between races. Every time we lead them over there these days we expect an ‘A’ effort. And then when they give you an ‘A’ effort they need more time to recover. It’s as simple as that. I mean, with a lot of trainers, if their horse is not 4-to-1 or less, they’re out. They don’t run."
horseracing  trainers  breeders-cup  drugs-in-racing  lasix  new-york  from delicious
august 2011 by jnchapel
Lower takeout on exotics likely for California
"This is the thing that makes the most sense. It gives the players what they have been looking for."
horseracing  california  wagering  takeout  from delicious
august 2011 by jnchapel
AGSC seeks to ban furosemide in 2-year-old stakes
"The step by the committee was criticized by Rick Violette, the executive director of the horsemen’s group in New York, where 17 graded stakes for 2-year-olds are scheduled for 2011. Violette said that the horsemen would oppose any effort to roll back the rules, citing scientific studies that have demonstrated that furosemide is effective in mitigating the severity and frequency of bleeding. Violette also said that horsemen would go so far as to ask for a restraining order if the policy were to be enforced next year."
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august 2011 by jnchapel
No salix in graded stakes for 2YOs in 2012
"The policy will be evaluated at the end of next year, when a decision will be made whether to continue it or expand it to other graded stakes.... The move dovetails with action taken by Breeders’ Cup to ban race-day drugs for 2-year-old races in the 2012 World Championships."
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august 2011 by jnchapel
Repole sounds off
"If I have top horses like Mo, Thirsty, and Overdriven running next year, I am going to have to rethink my decision to go over there. It's just not fair. They don't hold the Super Bowl at the same venue three out of five years. It's a joke. I wouldn't be surprised if some of the top East Coast trainers and owners didn't go out there next year. Actually, if NYRA decided to run some big races on the same weekend as the Breeders' Cup, I would encourage other horsmen to stay close to home." Also: "As an owner who regularly spends up to $4 million on horses per year, what am I supposed to do if one of these horses bleeds after his first start ... ?"
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august 2011 by jnchapel
How speed figures evolved into a tool for insiders
"... things have changed in racing, just as they have changed in other sports. The sabermetrics movement, defined by objective analysis, especially statistics, shunned the insider perspective in baseball and has altered the way the sport is run. In professional basketball, 'stat geeks' use mathematical formulas in an attempt to assess a player’s contribution in more meaningful ways than a scoring average or a scout’s eye-test. Many teams have bought in, and most have advanced stats experts on payroll. Over the years, a similar shift has occurred in racing. Class still counts, and horsemen still train horses, but speed figures have wormed their way into every nook of the racing world."
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august 2011 by jnchapel
New claiming rule in California stirs debate
"Despite the infrequency of incidents that would trigger the rule, the change has ruffled the feathers of horsemen in California and put horsemen in other states on notice of changes to come. By and large, horsemen said that they do not object to the spirit of the rule. What rankles them, the horsemen said, is that the California rule contains a significant loophole and could lead to the adoption of other exceptions that would hold horsemen responsible for any injury a horse suffers in a race, chilling horsemen’s willingness to enter horses in claiming races, which comprise approximately 60 percent of all races run ... Arthur said the rule was not written as an indictment of trainers at large, but he said there were some horsemen in California who had reputations for entering unsound horses in races. The rule was approved to make those horsemen think twice."
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july 2011 by jnchapel
Should medication be eliminated?
"Blanket, across-the-board elimination of Lasix, however, would bring about irreversible pari-mutuel Armageddon -- a problem more insidious and ultimately debilitating than any posed by the use of Lasix."
horseracing  drugs-in-racing  lasix  from delicious
july 2011 by jnchapel
Equine racing challenges grow as foal numbers drop
"While Jockey Club officials will begin to assess totals submitted by stallion owners this month, the estimated foal crop this year is 27,000 -- a 10 percent drop over the prior year and the lowest number since 1973, says Club spokesman John Cooney. The registered foal crop has steadily decreased since 2007, now approximately one-fifth its size then."
horseracing  veterinarians  business-of-racing  garc  from delicious
july 2011 by jnchapel
Frankel takes the breath away as Cecil acclaims 'best I've seen'
"Canford Cliffs, the big, dappled colt who ostensibly represented the biggest challenge yet to Frankel's immaculate record, looked relaxed and imposing. But Frankel just took the breath away, brawny but fluid. His physique is increasingly pugilistic ... his overall demeanour was so insouciant that it was easy to accept Cecil's theory that Frankel is outgrowing the reckless exuberance of his younger days."
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july 2011 by jnchapel
Hannon relishes stopping Frankel
"The only thing that would worry me is that he didn't come down the hill particularly well last year, but he's a more mature horse now, so I don't think it'll be a problem. It's going to be a hell of a race. If there are any weaknesses in our fellow, I haven't found them. And Frankel is rated the best in the world. But one of them has to get beat."
horseracing  international  frankel 
july 2011 by jnchapel
Breeders' Cup may be even more influential after saying no to drugs
"After a quarter of a century, it might have been assumed that the Breeders' Cup was the finished article but this is evidence that it is still growing and developing. If so, then the sooner Ascot can shift its new Champions Day to a permanent slot in mid-September, the more chance it will stand of making it a success."
horseracing  drugs-in-racing  lasix  breeders-cup  international 
july 2011 by jnchapel
Hollywood Park mandates harassment seminar after incident
"Some Hollywood Park racing officials, jockeys and valets had to attend a 'mandatory' sexual harassment seminar earlier this month after an incident involving jockey Chantal Sutherland, Southern California racing steward Tom Ward said."
horseracing  women-in-racing  jockeys  california 
july 2011 by jnchapel
Breeders' Cup shows chops with drug ban
"This is no doubt the beginning of the end of Lasix use in U.S. racing. Since serious talk of banning the drug and getting in line with the rest of the world's medication policies began it was apparent that a lot of people were waiting for someone or some organization to lead the charge and take the first step, a first step that would no doubt lead to a domino effect. It will now be a lot easier for others to follow the Breeders' Cup's lead and also ban race-day medications. At least in top level races, these drugs are about to be a thing of the past."
horseracing  drugs-in-racing  lasix  breeders-cup 
july 2011 by jnchapel
Lasix-free Breeders' Cup races may prompt wider action
"In addition to invigorating efforts for an industry-wide ban, the Breeders’ Cup decision may sap momentum for a compromise that is being sought by horsemen to allow raceday use of the drug but restrict the injections to state veterinarians rather than private veterinarians and ban the use of so-called adjunct bleeder medications, which are legal in only three states. Horsemen were hopeful that the compromise could be reached as part of the larger discussion being led by the medication consortium, but the prospect of more aggressive efforts to ban the drug outright on raceday will probably move compromise talks to the backburner."
horseracing  drugs-in-racing  lasix  breeders-cup 
july 2011 by jnchapel
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