May 16th, 2011 (No Comments)
Preakness Becoming a Race to the Bottom – Patch.com http://arbutus.patch.com/articles/preakness-becoming-a-race-to-the-bottom (via Instapaper) Posted via email from Michael Pizzolla On ValueCapping™, Horse Racing, And Technology
May 15th, 2011 (No Comments)
Private ownership may of race tracks may become more prevalent.: Racing opens amid new hope | The Asbury Park Press | APP.com http://www.app.com/article/20110515/NJNEWS/305150027/Racing-opens-amid-new-hope Gov. Chris Christie on Thursday approved landmark deals that will turn the state-owned Monmouth Park and Meadowlands Racetrack over to private management. If the deal is endorsed by the local horsemen’s association, […]
May 15th, 2011 (No Comments)
Sway Away Works; Santiva to Skip Preakness http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/63028/sway-away-works-santiva-to-skip-preakness Sway Away, with $111,500 in graded stakes earnings, did not get to run in the Kentucky Derby (gr. I) because of insufficient graded stakes money. He is owned by Batman Stable, Philip Lebherz, Cindy Olsen, Janet Sharp and Glen Wallace. “Being 21st on the money list for […]
May 14th, 2011 (No Comments)
Santa Anita Park Announces Inaugural Autumn Meet – Patch.com http://arcadia.patch.com/articles/santa-anita-park-announces-inaugural-autumn-meet Arcadia race fans got good news Friday when Santa Anita Park officials announced that live racing will return in late September as part of the race track’s inaugural Santa Anita Autumn Meet. The meet, which still must be approved by the California Horse Racing Board, […]
May 14th, 2011 (No Comments)
Racing’s Drug Problem: More Complicated Than It Looks – New York Times (blog) http://therail.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/05/14/racings-drug-problem-more-complicated-than-it-looks/ As always at Triple Crown time, the thoughts of some in the racing world turn to drugs. Over the past several months, a number of important horse racing groups have joined in a call for the elimination of all race-day medications, […]
May 14th, 2011 (No Comments)
HORSE RACING: Racing Hall of Fame announces 2011 inductees – The Saratogian http://saratogian.com/articles/2011/05/14/sports/doc4dcd555678359160386800.txt Female Thoroughbreds Open Mind, Safely Kept and Sky Beauty and trainer Jerry Hollendorfer will be inducted into the National Museum of Racing’s Hall of Fame this summer Posted via email from Michael Pizzolla On ValueCapping™, Horse Racing, And Technology
May 14th, 2011 (No Comments)
Racetrack deal a photo finish – Asbury Park Press http://www.app.com/article/20110514/NJNEWS/305140012/Racetrack-deal-a-photo-finish TRENTON — It was an extraordinary showdown at the highest level of New Jersey government. Big-money deal-makers, government lawyers and horse racing industry leaders gathered for 10 hours of sleeves-rolled-up negotiations Thursday before Gov. Chris Christie gave his blessing to the deal that will flip […]
May 13th, 2011 (No Comments)
Could this be the future? The Sport of Kings in video-game-like machines in comedy clubs and 7-11s? Horse racing kiosks: Horse racing games come to the Peninsula – dailypress.com http://www.dailypress.com/news/newport-news/dp-nws-horsetrack-machines-20110513,0,3816196.story NEWPORT NEWS — Corry Cole smiled wryly as he watched a live horse race in Pennsylvania on a device similar to a desktop computer, while […]
May 13th, 2011 (No Comments)
NJ Track Leases Approved, But Issues Remain http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/63013/nj-track-leases-approved-but-issues-remain New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has signed off on lease agreements for Monmouth Park and Meadowlands effective June 1, but pressing issues remain. Christie, a Republican, made the announcement May 12 after a meeting with the lessees—Morris Bailey for Monmouth and Jeff Gural for Meadowlands. The governor […]
May 12th, 2011 (No Comments)
Dialed In Running for Huge Preakness Payday | BloodHorse.com http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/63008/dialed-in-running-for-huge-preakness-payday Dialed In has a chance to become The Six Million Dollar Horse. A win in the $1 million Preakness Stakes (gr. I) on May 21 at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore would net Dialed In a $5.5 million bonus, in addition to the $600,000 winner’s […]
