Bloodhorse – Franke Vespe – Maryland Step Closer on Pimlico-Centered Racing Plan
Sports Business Journal – Maryland approves $400M plan to rebuild Pimlico
If you wish to forget anything on the spot, make a note that this thing is to be remembered.
Edgar Allan Poe
Bloodhorse – Racing Post – Bill Barber – British Jockey Club Plans to Cut Purse Contribution
TDN – Bill Finley – From Maine to California, These Tracks Are Gone, But Not Forgotten
Bloodhorse – Dick Downey – Baltas Court Petition to Set Aside Suspension Denied
Phil has a question:
Is Baltas using the same lawyers as that fat orange blob slob.
Bloodhorse – Sean Collins – Albertrani Retires After Two Decades of Training
Bloodhorse – Dick Downey – KY Supreme Court to Ponder Liability From a Horse Bite
I’m not afraid of werewolves or vampires or haunted hotels, I’m afraid of what real human beings do to other real human beings.
Walter Jon Williams
The Ringer – Dan Moore – The Long, Sad Story of the Stealing of the Oakland A’s
The Defector – Kelsey McKinney – Big Hot Dog Must Tell The Truth
ESPN – Tim Keown – Athletics to play at minor league park before Vegas residency
Phil has a question:
If they have an Exhibition game could the A’s beat the current tenants.
We run our club like a pawn shop–we buy, we sell, we trade.
Charlie O. Finley
The Athletic – Sean McIndoe – Finding positive thoughts for 11 of the NHL’s non-playoff teams
Bloodhorse – NYRA Announcer Imbriale Retires After 44-Year Career
ESPN – U.S. horse racing deaths up slightly in 2023, per HISA report
The Ringer – Seerat Sohi – Six Questions About the Jontay Porter NBA Gambling Scandal
Bloodhorse – Bob Ehalt – Newest Belmont Park Offers a View to Racing’s Future
ESPN – AP – Missouri voters reject stadium tax for Royals and Chiefs
Front Office Sports – Michael McCarthy – ‘Absurd’ Caitlin Clark Draws Absurd TV Numbers For Iowa-LSU
Bloodhorse – Frank Angst – Keeneland Reduces Daily Double Takeout
Phil has a question:
Will Alberta bettors receive the benefit of this reduction or will Horse Racing Alberta continue to allow the Ontario government to illegally tax Alberta horse race bettors.
Bloodhorse – Turfway Park Meet Sees 17.1% Increase in Handle
The Ringer – All 94 ‘Sex and the City’ Episodes as Taylor Swift Songs
Bloodhorse – Bob Keickhefer – Laurel River Cruises in Dubai World Cup Romp
TDN – Juddmonte Homebred Laurel River Romps in Dubai World Cup
TDN – Alan Carasso – Juddmonte Juggernaut! Laurel River Wins Dubai World Cup By Record Margin
TDN – Bill Finley – HIWU Hits Diodoro With Provisional Suspension
Bloodhorse – Levothyroxine Found in Diodoro Barn at Oaklawn Park
Bloodhorse – Eric Mitchell – NY Court to Weigh Due Process Rights in Pletcher Case
TDN – New York State Bar Association Offers HISA Webinar Apr. 18
Paulick Report – Letter To The Editor: Unity In Horse Racing Seems Like A Pipe Dream
TDN – Walter Toner – Letter to the Editor: CAW ‘Activity Stinks to High Heaven’
If there were no bad people, there would be no good lawyers.
Charles Dickens
Bloodhorse – Racing Post – Stuart Riley – Kabirkhan: From Humble Start to the Dubai World Cup
TDN – The Jockey Club 2024 Fact Book Available
Paulick Report – Kentucky Legislature Introduces Bill To Replace State Horse Racing Commission
The New Yorker – Adam Gopnik – When New York Made Baseball and Baseball Made New York
The Score – Jonathan Soveta – Report: Raptors’ Porter facing NBA probe over prop bets
SportsNet – Porter probe puts spotlight on ‘wild, wild west’ of sports gambling
The Ringer – Five Big Questions About MLB’s Investigation Into Shohei Ohtani and His Interpreter
Phil has a question:
Why has Ohtani learned so little English or Spanish after 5 years in California.
ESPN – Tisha Thompson – Shohei Ohtani, his interpreter and wire transfers: A timeline
Phil has a question:
Does Bowyer’s organization use baseball bats to break kneecaps.
Oh what a tangled web we weave
When first we practice to deceive.
Sir Walter Scott
If this seems vague to you, it’s because at the executive level, the truth isn’t really the point. All the principals are pot-committed to Ohtani as a moneymaker, cultural icon, and active ballplayer. The twist comes with Ohtani’s proximity to the gambling part because MLB needs them both even as they work against each other’s interests.
Defector – Ray Rotto – MLB Has A Gambling Problem Even If Shohei Ohtani Doesn’t
Defector – Kathryn Xu – Shohei Ohtani’s Interpreter Gives Two Different Stories
Oh what a tangled web we weave
When first we practice to deceive.
Sir Walter Scott
Phil has a question:
Could you say that the story was lost in the interpretation.
All gamblers lose regularly, but they rarely discuss it in public. Losing is bad for the image, dude. Nobody buys Hot Tips from Losers. Remember that.
Hunter S. Thompson
Bloodhorse – Jay Hovdey – First Shot Hits Mark in Battle for NorCal Racing
Bloodhorse – Byron King – California Purse Overpayments in Focus as Handle Drops
TDN – Dan Ross – Computer Assisted Wagering: Anatomy Of A Deal
Phil has a question:
Why would a sports bettor ever consider wagering on horse racing when the CAWs have a built in advantage.
Why should handle and slot monies be used to subsidize the rebates to the CAWs.
How long before CAWs kill horse racing.
ESPN – Ryan C. Clark – How a canceled trip to see U2 helped turn around the Predators’ season
Bloodhorse – Byron King – CHRB Grants Northern California Fall Race Dates
TDN – T.D. Thornton – CHRB Unanimously Approves Plan to Make Pleasanton New Center of NorCal Circuit
TDN – Dan Ross – CARF Issues Statement After 1/ST Ultimatum on NorCal Racing Dates
Bloodhorse – Byron King – Fravel: NorCal Racing Could Impact Santa Anita’s Future
Los Angeles Times – John Cherwa – 1/ST Racing threatens to sell or close Santa Anita
Paulick Report – Ray Paulick – Santa Anita’s Future At Risk, Stronach Group Executive Warns CHRB
Not permitted in the measure, though, would be any such wagers on horse racing events or seasons. Horse racing is not a part of New York’s lucrative mobile sports betting program because, chiefly, its wagers are based on a pari-mutuel system as opposed to the fixed odds offered in sports betting.
Bloodhorse – Tom Precious – New York Considers Further Opening Sports Wagers
Paulick Report – New Racetrack In Texas? Penn Entertainment Searching For Site Near Austin
Front Office Sports – Michael McCarthy – Would Stephen A. Smith Make It On Late Night TV?
The Ringer – Lex Pryor – “The Sin Is Greed”: The Making and Unmaking of the Black American Mecca
Bloodhorse – Frank Angst – Maryland Plan Seeks to Take Full Advantage of Preakness
Bloodhorse – Proposed Legislation Would Pave Way for Pimlico Update
TDN – Report: The Stronach Group Agrees To Donate Pimlico To State of Maryland
Bloodhorse – Tampa Bay Downs Outlines Decisions Amid Tote Problems
TDN – Eurton Joins Prime’s National Women’s Soccer League Coverage
SportsNet – Anson Carter-led group wants NHL expansion team for Atlanta area
Phil has a question:
Will the team end up in Ville de Quebec or Saskatoon.
2024 Dubai World Cup likely Fields
The Ringer – Miles Surrey – The Winners and Losers of the 2024 Oscars
Bloodhorse – Joe Perez – AmTote, Roberts: Communications Outage Caused Tote Woes
Bloodhorse – Payouts, Refunds Announced for Tampa Bay Derby Fiasco
Paulick Report – Tampa Bay Downs GM Calls For Investigation Into Tote Malfunction
Phil has a question:
What does it say when angry gamblers are the ones most concerned with the state of communications in North America.
TDN – Bill Finley – Chicago Bears Reverse Course, Will Not Build Stadium On Arlington Property
HISA has become a dictatorship. They are the judge, jury and executioner. Whether with open eyes or out of ignorance, they have let their enforcement arm throw common sense and fairness out the window.
How is it that the NBA, NFL and MLB all have a players’ union and have representation in the rule and penalty policies of their leagues and horsemen have no representation in HISA policy? And don’t tell me we have real representation through HISA’s horsemen’s advisory group.
Bloodhorse – Frank Angst – After Winning Court Case, Hansen Eyes Racing Return
Bloodhorse – Peter Denk – Grade 1 Winner Hit the Road Sold to South Africa
Bloodhorse – Byron King – Oaklawn, Arkansas Groups Embrace Finding Common Ground
Sorts Illustrated – Conor Orr – Russell Wilson’s Broncos Breakup Was Inevitable
The godsend of off-track wagering has now turned on racing and is devouring it. In the early days, most off-track bets were being made at receiving tracks and the money stayed in the sport. That ship sailed with computers and mobile phones. Today ADW’s and robots are taking the most bets. What they pay the host tracks is so low they have enough margin to give up to 10% to whales. The money is bleeding out of host tracks and purses.
The first step for any business in trouble: Stop the bleeding.
TDN – Fred Pope – Letter to the Editor: First, Stop the Bleeding
If you find yourself in a hole, the first thing to do is stop digging.
Cowboy Wisdom
Bloodhorse – Dick Downey – Court: HHR Gaming Operating Unlawfully in Louisiana
TDN – Brian Malloy – Letter to the Editor: Agent for Positive Change
TDN – Letter to the Editor: Carrie Brogden
We may be too deep in the hole with the public already for it to work, but inaction will only hasten the sport’s end. And I don’t think that end is as far away as I’d once believed.
Paulick Report – Voss: I’m Skeptical Racing Is Ready To Light Things Up; Prove Me Wrong
If you find yourself in a hole, the first thing to do is stop digging.
Cowboy Wisdom
Phil has a question:
Do the sheep in the influencers’ flocks realize that the influencers are getting paid for flogging their influence.
Thoroughbred Racing Commentary – Ramiro Restrepo: I wish US racing had a central body of governance
Phil M Stockmen
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