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Multi-Billion Dollar Horse Racing Complex Planned in China

Correspondents in China (reporters for the U.K. newspaper, the Telegraph) note that an ambitious 10-year project  aims to create a “Tianjin Horse City” (see photo of the city above) with an international equestrian college, horse-breeding centre, auction base, animal feed factory, racetrack, and 7-star hotel with sweeping, phoenix-shaped grandstand. How is it gonna be financed? Oil [...]

The Future of Racing at Sun Downs, in Washington State, in Doubt

If you’re reading this and you live near Washington state, I have good news…and bad news. First, yes, there will be horse racing at Sun Downs this spring season. The state’s horse racing commission awarded the Kennewick track its usual 10 days of racing — Saturdays and Sundays, April 3 through May 2. So that’s good [...]

Santa Anita Handicap Taken by Misremembered

I loved this race. Did you see it? If not, Misremembered took the Santa Anita Handicap, in Arcadia, Ca. (on Mar. 6)…winning $750,000… by holding off a game Neko Bay by about half a length. Hall of Famer Bob Baffert is 4-year-old Misremembered’s trainer and breeder. Misremembered, ridden by Martin Garcia, ran 1 ¼ miles [...]

Gearing Up for the Triple Crown! Lying in Wait for May 1, at Churchill Downs

It’s a long way from May 1, but from where I sit (and bet), the Kentucky Derby can’t come too soon. And I’ll bet you feel the way I do. So let’s talk Triple Crown. Ain’t been done sine 1978, Affirmed. Other winners include Sir Barton (1919), Gallant Fox (1930), Omaha (1935), War Admiral (1937), [...]

R.I.P. Dick Francis, Jockey and Famous Mystery Writer, Dead at 89

A slight departure from the norm this week, if you’ll bear with me. A legend (literary) passed away this week. Someone who was so closely aligned to the horse racing world that I thought it absolutely appropriate to talk about it in this forum. Dick Francis was indeed  a champion steeplechase jockey for the British [...]

Yahoo! Looks Like We Might See Some Improvements in Wyoming’s Struggling Horse Racing Business

Well, finally. Someone (in the Wyoming legistlature) is waking up. You have an industry. A struggling horse racing industry…and you’re letting it fall apart in this economy when we need every job possible? Not only that…I love to watch horse racing. OK…the Wyoming Senate Revenue Committee struggled early this week  with a bill to improve [...]

Del Mar (California) Track to Stay Synthetic; Santa Anita Switching Back to Dirt

The news that the Santa Anita racetrack in Arcadia is going to remove its synthetic racing surface at the end of its current meeting in April and probably (we say “probably”) replace it with a dirt track goes against all safety studies. I thought that since 2006 , all major tracks in Califorina (mandated by [...]

Rachel Alexandra Takes Eclipse Award, Horse of the Year

Yeah. Awesome. But I’m still a bit disappointed. Rachel Alexandra won Horse of the Year, defeating rival horse Zenyatta (I LOVE Zenyatta) for the Eclipse Award. The vote was 130 to 99. I was really looking forward to this award. I thought (and I would have voted for) Zenyatta would win. Neither horse lost last [...]

Too Early to Talk Triple Crown 2010? I Don’t Think So…

Look, for horse racing fanatics like me, it’s never too early to talk triple crown. But the fact is, the early nomination deadline for the 2010 races is Jan. 16. Representatives from the three tracks will be at racing venues across the country signing up potential runners for the classic races, prior to the closing [...]

Turf Sprinter, Mr. Nightlinger, Will Go to Stud in Oklahoma

Before I get into the good news (for Mr. Nightlinger), who do you think should be horse of the year? I’d like to hear what you think? Zenyatta…. another horse? I’ll be anxious to hear what the decision is. Meanwhile, it’s all good news for turf sprinter Mr. Nightlinger, who has now been retired and [...]

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