May 11th, 2011 (No Comments)
NH Repeals Tax on Gambling Winnings http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/62988/nh-repeals-tax-on-gambling-winnings Posted via email from Michael Pizzolla On ValueCapping™, Horse Racing, And Technology
May 11th, 2011 (No Comments)
Back to work for Animal Kingdom http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/05/11/2212416/back-to-work-for-animal-kingdom.html Posted via email from Michael Pizzolla On ValueCapping™, Horse Racing, And Technology
May 11th, 2011 (No Comments)
Horse Trainer Last start Animal Kingdom Graham Motion 1st – Kentucky Derby Astrology Steve Asmussen 2nd – Jerome Concealed Identity Dean Gaudet 1st – Tesio Dance City Todd Pletcher 3rd – Arkansas Derby Dialed In Nick Zito 8th – Kentucky Derby Flashpoint Wesley Ward 4th – Florida Derby King Congie Tom Albertrani 3rd – Blue […]
May 11th, 2011 (No Comments)
New perspectives: An inspiring Derby experience – Thoroughbred Times http://www.thoroughbredtimes.com/national-news/2011/05/10/new-persepectives-an-inspiring-derby-experience.aspx by Carrie Brogden For years, I have heard that horse racing is a dying sport. I am told that unlike me, people have no interest in horse racing, and that we are in the throes of extinction. Yes, we are facing consolidation in the sport today, but […]
May 11th, 2011 (No Comments)
Record-busting Kentucky Derby no cure-all for ailing horse industry | The Courier-Journal | courier-journal.com http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20110510/DERBYFUN/305100066/Record-busting-Kentucky-Derby-no-cure-all-ailing-horse-industry?odyssey=tab%7Ctopnews%7Ctext%7CHome When 163,628 people flooded Churchill Downs for the 100th running of the Kentucky Derby almost 40 years ago, many horse-racing enthusiasts thought it was a record that might never be broken — particularly after the track added a turf course […]
May 11th, 2011 (No Comments)
Michael Baze found dead in car at Churchill Downs | Mail Online http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1385819/Michael-Baze-dead-car-Churchill-Downs.html The horse racing world was in shock today after a leading jockey who rode this year’s Kentucky Derby runner-up Nehro to its maiden win earlier this year was mysteriously found dead in his car. Michael Baze, 24, was discovered slumped inside his […]
May 10th, 2011 (No Comments)
Pimlico owners consider Sunday Preakness – Thoroughbred Times http://www.thoroughbredtimes.com/national-news/2011/05/09/preakness-stakes-sunday.aspx The owners of Pimlico Race Course may not move the Preakness Stakes (G1) to a later weekend anytime soon, but they will at least kick around the possibility of moving the classic from Saturday to Sunday in 2012. Mike Rogers, who works closely with Frank Stronach […]
May 10th, 2011 (No Comments)
Vegas bookie: Future of horse racing faces tough odds – 05-09-2011 http://www.covers.com/articles/articles.aspx?theArt=233223 The liveliness and excitement that pervades sportsbooks cannot be replicated anywhere except Churchill Downs itself and inevitably prompts the question: how can a sport perceived to be in the twilight of its popularity create such a galvanizing effect across our city on the […]
May 9th, 2011 (No Comments)
How this writer could call any colt a ‘foregone conclusion’ in the Belmont is beyond me! Could a Triple Crown champion finally emerge? – Horse Racing – MiamiHerald.com http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/05/09/2208712/could-a-triple-crown-champion.html Secretariat, Seattle Slew, Affirmed…Animal Kingdom? That phrase sounds eerily similar to Sesame Street’s “one of these things is not like the others.” However, if Animal Kingdom […]
May 9th, 2011 (No Comments)
Apple Stores receive more visitors than Major League Baseball stadiums http://www.tuaw.com/2011/05/09/apple-stores-receive-more-visitors-than-major-league-baseball-st/ Apple Stores receive more visitors than Major League Baseball stadiums The old saying “as American as baseball and apple pie” may have to be amended to include Apple and its retail stores. According to an article by Philip Elmer-DeWitt, Apple may be more popular […]
