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Santa Anita bets on “Luck” to win “HBO officials say their programming department has yet to make a final decision as to whether the pilot, which was written by Milch of ‘Deadwood’ fame and directed by Michael Mann, will...
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"It just shows how desperate we are" "Citing a drop in its famed horse auctions (more than 50 percent in 2009 from 2006) and in betting last spring (down 7.8 percent while attendance was down only 1 percent), Keeneland eliminated two stakes...
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Fatalities similar across surfaces Fascinating results from the first year of the TJC equine injury database. "The analysis also showed female horses had a lower fatality rate than intact male horses; that females weren’t at increased risk when they...
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TOBA study: Synthetic stands for safety "Dirt statistics from 2009 had an average of 0.39% CEDNFs per starter, so if the hypothetical meeting was strictly on a dirt track there would be 18 horses that didn’t finish and never raced/worked out again...
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Quality Road – Met Mile – race replay
Beyer speed figure of 114 for Todd Pletcher trainee.
(tags: horseracing belmont quality-road met-mile stakes-races) Could nondescript broodmare become the best of all time?
"Though Hasili was a stakes...
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In advance of a possible post on the Lady Legends race, in which eight retired female jockeys will ride in the fourth race at Pimlico on Friday to benefit the Komen Foundation, I’ve been doing a bit of research on women jockeys in American racing...
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The linemakers of Pimlico
"Twenty minutes later, the serious handicapping began, but distractions arose: A rescue mission developed when track announcer Dave Rodman called, trapped inside the balky Pimlico elevator. Then, J.R. and Brandon briefly...
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Early numbers are in, and they look good
Nice! "NBC Sports’ coverage of the Derby, won by Super Saver, earned the highest overnight rating for the race in 18 years, according to data from the Nielsen Company. The 10.3 overnight rating and 23 share...
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The collapse of complex business models
"… there is one compensating advantage for the people who escape the old system: when the ecosystem stops rewarding complexity, it is the people who figure out how to work simply in the present, rather...
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Congratulations to Dana and Adam on the launch of Hello Race Fans, a new kind of fan education site for racing. I’m a contributor, but even if I were not, I’d recommend checking out the Letter to a New Horseplayer collection (featuring several...
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A closed mind (Re: Dubai World crapshoot)
"Crist's contention the World Cup outcome was a 'crapshoot' is ludicrous on its face. The top three finishers in the race had been separated by one and one-quarter lengths in the primary prep...
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The struggle to publish useful content
"If you wanted to do a print run of brochures, you’d have to make a business case for it. The same should apply to web content."
(tags: content content-strategy web-publishing publishing) Read More...
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The struggle to publish useful content
"If you wanted to do a print run of brochures, you’d have to make a business case for it. The same should apply to web content."
(tags: content content-strategy web-publishing publishing) Publishing lessons...
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Ragozin data suggests June meeting for Rachel Alexandra, Zenyatta
“Rachel was clearly not ready to run…. Yet there’s no reason she can’t return to where she was last year. She just rounded into shape too slowly for this race. I think if they meet...
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Making sense of privacy and publicity
Danah Boyd's SXSW keynote. Contextual integrity, control essential to users. "Just because something is publicly accessible does not mean that people want it to be publicized."
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