Horse Racing Alberta 2021 Annual Report
Horse Racing Alberta 2011 Annual Report
Handle – 2011 – $ 149,403,744 2010 $ 151,747,286
Handle – 2021 -$81,542.017 2020 $86,278,992
Sal says the 2011 report lets one gauge just how brutally the Captain and Tenille and the Undertaker have managed and promoted horse racing in Alberta.
The minions at Horse Racing Alberta may blame Covid for the brutally dismal 2020 and 2021 numbers, but 2018 and 2019 weren’t much better.
Handle – 2019 $99,262,303 2018 $108,029,809
Sal says that horse racing in Alberta’s in a very serious deKlein and the efforts of the minions at Horse Racing Alberta have exacerbated the situation rather than improved racing.
Sal says that if any business in the world was operated the same way that Horse Racing Alberta has operated and continues to be operated, they’d shut their doors in a heartbeat.
America’s Best Racing – Johnson – Buckpasser: The Hall of Fame Racehorse With a Nonchalant Attitude
Bloodhorse – Radio, TV, Streaming Schedule for Busy Week of Racing
Sal says not to expect much press coverage of the Canadian Derby this year
OilersNation – Brownlee – Off The Top of my Head
Horse Racing Nation – Chad Brown is arrested, accused of choking woman at his home
Bloodhorse – Crosby – Brown Arrested on ‘Obstruction of Breathing’ Charge
Sal says it will be very interesting to see how the New York authorities treat a local boy in comparison to how they treated the California bad boy Bob Baffert.
Sal says that one expects the court of public stupidity to convict or acquit Brown based on nothing other than gossip, supposition and their own need to get their own voices heard, but Sal says that the judge’s comments were entirely inappropriate.
Judge Francine Vero said she did not believe Brown’s story, saying, “This court is not in the business of accusing domestic-violence victims.”
The judge should have stuck to the task at hand, made her decision on bail, set a new date and if she was going to say anything about Brown’s lawyers comments told Brown to save it for the trial.
Times Union – Lyons – Two horse grooms arrested on drug charges at Saratoga Race Course
Sal says the continuing soapbox opera As The Backstretch Turns keeps playing the same as it ever was.
Front Office Sports – Penn To Acquire Rest of Barstool Sports
Front Office Sports – Poindexter – Sports Betting Companies Scrutinize Spending Ahead of NFL Season
But if Kenney wants to blame someone for his party’s apparent embrace of Smith’s toxic populism, he ought to look in the mirror. He was the one who introduced this brand of politics to Alberta, after all. He built his reputation and his brand around being forever in conflict with Ottawa, and aggressively contemptuous of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. He proudly talked up his “fight back” strategy, which was far more focused on throwing punches eastward than bringing resources and funding west. He struck a “Fair Deal” panel that travelled across the province amplifying and validating the grievances that some Albertans had against Ottawa, and raised false hopes about changing the equalization program he knew were impossible to deliver. In all of this sowing, he apparently never understood what he would eventually reap.
Canada’s Nation Observer – Fawcett – Jason Kenney’s Frankenstein
Bloodhorse – Wilkin – Nest, Secret Oath Ready to Rumble in the Alabama
Paulick Report – Nevills – Two Weeks To The Travers: Rich Strike, Reed Settle In To Life In Saratoga
TDN – FTHA and 1S/T Racing Partner on Safety Equipment Voucher Program for Exercise Riders
Sports Business Journal – SBJ Unpacks: CFP discusses football breakaway from NCAA
Sal says that thoroughbred Racing in North America will never have a league type structure, but maybe the major tracks could work together for the benefit of racing.
LA Times – Column: LeBron James’ new contract guarantees one thing — more Lakers mediocrity
The Ringer – Devine – LeBron’s New Extension Quells Some Concerns, but Raises Others
Garden and Gun – Copeland – The Popeyes Founder’s Other Fried Chicken
Bloodhorse – Racing Post – Carr – Baaeed Cements Legendary Status in Stunning Style
Horse Racing Nation – Baaeed maintains perfect record, runs away to win Juddmonte
Racing Post – Burn – Baaeed skin condition leads to William Haggas being fined by BHA
TSN – CP – Filly Moira installed as early 5-2 favourite for $1M Queen’s Plate
Edmonton Sun – LILLEY: The full story behind Lisa’s ‘LaFlamme out’ at CTV National
Horse Racing Nation – Ryan – Del Mar 2022: Who are the hot and cold jockeys?
Horse Racing Nation – Macatangay – Saratoga 2022: Nest can dominate Secret Oath in Alabama
Horse Racing Nation – Ward – Derby Alumni: 5 continue preparations for Travers
Racing Post – Prize-money: how Britain has been left trailing by the rest of the world
CBC – Hudson’s Bay to resurrect discount retail chain Zellers
The writing on the wall is only easy to read in hindsight. At the time, it’s all a blur. I approach the wiliest of pop provocateurs, Bill Drummond of the KLF, an act that, at the height of their success in 1992, disbanded and then deleted their entire back catalogue with the sole intent of swiftly disappearing up their own fundament. When I ask him what an artist should do once the spotlight swings elsewhere, he writes me a play – or rather, two, “in case the first one’s shite”, he helpfully explains. The plays reference Prince and 80s hitmaker Nik Kershaw, and the way both leaned on the public’s endless appetite for nostalgia in order to stretch out their careers. Drummond prefers a more flamboyant gesture: the very moment any singer fails to crack the Top 40, they should offer themselves up for sacrifice. “The failed pop singer will be given the choice of a noose hanging from a gallows or a razor-sharp guillotine,” he writes.
Sports Illustrated – Beck – The Special Bond Between Bill Russell and Adam Silver
CTV News – Canadian Derby goes Saturday
Clutch Points – Mistretta – Wayne Gretzky sued for $10 million over alleged weight loss gum lie
Sal says that you have to be able to walk and chew gum at the same time to lose weight.
TSN – Hockey Canada: Summer, increased scrutiny to blame for small crowds at world juniors
Bloodhorse – Eric Mitchell – Escobar Request to Stay Delaware Suspension is Denied
Thoroughbred Racing Commentary – Sandpit: nothing less than a four-legged Robert Redford
TDN – Thornton – HISA Appeal to be Argued Aug. 30; Judge Denies Contempt Motion
Paulick Report – ‘This Is What I Love To Do’: Andie Biancone Pulling Double Duty At Del Mar
Southern Living – Southern Rice Pudding Deserves a Comeback
The Ringer – Baumann – When Will We See the Next American Formula One Driver?
The Ringer – McAtee – The ‘House of the Dragon’ Cheat Sheet
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