Value Tech Blog

Derby winner Animal Kingdom a go for Belmont
http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/05/27/2238588/derby-winner-animal-kingdom-a.html

NEW YORK — The rematch is almost set.

With Kentucky Derby winner Animal Kingdom a go for the Belmont Stakes in two weeks, attention shifts to whether Preakness winner Shackleford will run in the final leg of the Triple Crown.

For now, Shackleford’s trainer Dale Romans isn’t committing, but said Friday the colt will be shipped from Churchill Downs to Belmont Park next week and that’s when the decision will be made.

Posted via email from Michael Pizzolla On ValueCapping™, Horse Racing, And Technology

Blagojevich Denies Pressuring Racetrack Owner for Money – Chicago News Cooperative
http://www.chicagonewscoop.org/blagojevich-denies-pressuring-racetrack-owner-for-money/

Posted via email from Michael Pizzolla On ValueCapping™, Horse Racing, And Technology

Amen, Mr. Baffert, amen!

HORSE RACING: Baffert believes Derby fields are too big – San Gabriel Valley Tribune
http://www.sgvtribune.com/sports/ci_18149778

Now that we’ve gone 33 years since the last Triple Crown winner, it’s time to ask some serious questions. What’s it going to take for a 3-year-old to step up and become the first horse since Affirmed in 1978 to sweep the Kentucky Derby, Preakness and Belmont Stakes?

Shorten the distances? A little more time between the three races?

Not if you ask Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert, who’s won nine Triple Crown races, including three Derbies. He thinks everything is fine, except one major factor. Baffert believes the Derby needs to be limited to 14 horses, not the 20 that are currently allowed to enter the starting gate.

Posted via email from Michael Pizzolla On ValueCapping™, Horse Racing, And Technology

Not great news for the thoroughbred industry:

Pimlico handle takes big drop – Thoroughbred Times
http://www.thoroughbredtimes.com/national-news/2011/05/26/pimlico-handle-takes-big-drop.aspx

Average daily wagering on the Pimlico Race Course spring meeting fell 22% compared with last year.

This year’s spring meet featured an average of $4.87-million in daily handle compared with $6.26-million last year.

Posted via email from Michael Pizzolla On ValueCapping™, Horse Racing, And Technology

Pimlico handle takes big drop – Thoroughbred Times
http://www.thoroughbredtimes.com/national-news/2011/05/26/pimlico-handle-takes-big-drop.aspx

Average daily wagering on the Pimlico Race Course spring meeting fell 22% compared with last year.

This year’s spring meet featured an average of $4.87-million in daily handle compared with $6.26-million last year.

Posted via email from Michael Pizzolla On ValueCapping™, Horse Racing, And Technology

NY May Launch ‘I Love NY Racing’ Program
http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/63242/ny-may-launch-i-love-ny-racing-program

Posted via email from Michael Pizzolla On ValueCapping™, Horse Racing, And Technology

Sad, sad, sad.

Breaking News: Yavapai Downs won’t open for 2011 – Prescott Daily Courier
http://www.dcourier.com/main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=1&ArticleID=94189

For the first time in 99 years, horses won’t be racing this year in the Prescott area. Yavapai Downs horse racetrack operators told the Arizona Racing Commission Wednesday afternoon that they will not conduct a summer meet in Prescott Valley. They hope to reopen the track in 2012

Posted via email from Michael Pizzolla On ValueCapping™, Horse Racing, And Technology

Del Mar getting positive indicators for 2011
http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/05/25/2234802/del-mar-getting-positive-indicators.html

Posted via email from Michael Pizzolla On ValueCapping™, Horse Racing, And Technology

Developer backs out of Santa Anita mall project
http://www.thoroughbredtimes.com/national-news/2011/05/25/developer-backs-out-of-santa-anita-mall-project.aspx

Developer Rick Caruso has backed out of a stalled plan to build an outdoor mall in the Santa Anita Park parking lot.

The project announced in 2004 has faced repeated obstacles, including opposition from the adjacent Westfield Santa Anita mall and the bankruptcy of Santa Anita’s former parent company, Magna Entertainment Corp., which nullified Caruso’s agreement to partner in the development.

(via Instapaper)

Posted via email from Michael Pizzolla On ValueCapping™, Horse Racing, And Technology

I don’t know about the ‘latest craze’ thing, but it’s always good to se a low takeout bet  

HORSE RACING: Del Mar close to adding Pick 5 betting – North County Times
http://www.nctimes.com/sports/article_71065587-ca73-5960-8ae4-744375b17061.html

The latest betting craze in horse racing —— the 50-cent Pick 5 and its low takeout —— appears to be coming to the Del Mar Thoroughbred Club this summer.

Track president Craig Fravel said recently that a decision would come in “the next 10 days.”

“It looks like we probably will (add it),” Fravel said, “but we haven’t made a final decision. We’ll analyze the results from Hollywood Park, sit down with the TOC (Thoroughbred Owners of California) and come up with a plan and a final decision.”

Posted via email from Michael Pizzolla On ValueCapping™, Horse Racing, And Technology