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Bloodhorse – Byron King – Wagering Drops in Third Quarter After 11% Sept. Decline

Phil has a question:

Does the start of college and NFL football have anything to do with the decline.

How long can horse racing survive with wagering declining and purses increasing.


New York Times – John Branch – What Does College Football Have to Do With College?

Phil has an answer:

Other than being played in “College” stadiums and being named after Colleges not a damn thing.

Nostalgia isn’t what it used to be. 

Peter De Vries


The Ringer – Extremely Accurate Predictions for the Rest of the 2024 MLB Playoffs

The Bitter Southerner – Jim Barger Jr. – Unwavering

The Ringer – Nora Princiotti – What Does Edgar Allan Poe Mean to Davante Adams? Merely This and Nothing More.

There are four questions of value in life, Don Octavio. What is sacred? Of what is the spirit made? What is worth living for and what is worth dying for? The answer to each is the same. Only love.

Lord Byron

Have You Ever Really Loved A Woman

Horse Race Insider – John Pricci – PARADE OF GRADE 1 BREEDERS’ CUP WIN-AND-YOU’RE-IN EVENTS FOLLOW ON HUGE WEEKEND

It isn’t necessary to imagine the world ending in fire or ice. There are two other possibilities: one is paperwork, and the other is nostalgia. 

Frank Zappa

TDN – Alan Carasso – Saturday Preview: Fall Stars Weekend Rolls On in Lexington

Paulick Report – Weekend Lineup Presented By Sky Racing World: Win And You’re In Extravaganza

The Conversation – Ramona Allagia – Oasis reunion: How to stop your sibling feud from becoming a lifelong estrangement

Nostalgia is a seductive liar. 

George Ball

Street Fighting Man

The Ringer – Hannah Keyser – The Phillies Were the Hunters. Now They’re the Hunted.

The initial ruling by the stewards was that Ceballos had violated racing rules by using the crop on Alotaluck 11 times, which would be five times over the limit. But in overturning that ruling, administrative law judge D. Michael Chappell determined that seven of those strikes should not have counted as they were administered to prevent the horse from lugging out, which meant they fell under a safety exception.

Bloodhorse – Frank Angst – FTC Overturns HISA Ruling Against Jockey Ceballos

The most powerful force in American politics is not anger, it’s nostalgia.

Pete Hamill


ESPN – Dan Hajducky and Zuan Thai – Who owns Ohtani 50/50 home run ball? Legal experts weigh in

The future belongs to crowds.

Don DeLillo


Bloodhorse – Byron King – Qualifying Time: 20 ‘Win and You’re In’ Stakes Oct. 4-6

TDN – Breeders’ Cup Classic Scheduled Mid-Card As Post Times and Wagering Menu Released

Paulick Report – NYRA To Host Special Future Stars Pick 5 This Saturday

Front Office Sports – David Rumsey – NHL Drawing Larger TV Audiences Thanks to ESPN, TNT Deals

TDN – CHRB Issues EIA Advisory at Los Alamitos, Seven Positive Horses Euthanized

Paulick Report – Frankel’s Half-Brother Kikkuli Searching For Grade 1 Breakthrough In Coolmore Turf Mile

Bloodhorse – Sean Collins – Immersive Leads Spinaway Rematch in Alcibiades

Horse Race Insider – John Pricci – EYE ON BREEDERS’ CUP: KEENELAND OFFERS AN ALL-GRADED PICK 3 ON OPENING DAY

Bloodhorse – Bob Ehalt – At a Glance Look at Champagne Stakes Field

TDN – Fair Grounds Ups Purses for Two Derby Points Races

Bloodhorse – Racing Post – Aisling Crowe – Numbers Decline at Opening Book 2 Session of Goffs Orby

The Score – Ben Wrixon – Alonso sends Mets to NLDS with go-ahead 3-run HR in 9th

Phil has a question:

Why didn’t the Brewers change pitchers.


Front Office Sports – A.J. Perez – Imprisoned Ex-Jaguars Employee Sues FanDuel for $250 Million

CBS News – AP – Ex-Jaguars employee who stole from team sues FanDuel for $250 million for “exploiting” his gambling addiction


The Score – Bryan McWilliam – Tigers stun Astros to make 1st ALDS since 2014

Bloodhorse – Byron King – A Full Flight: 19 Japanese Horses Aimed at Breeders Cup

Bloodhorse – Hopeful Winner Chancer McPatrick Heads Champagne

Thoroughbred Racing Commentary – Nicholas Godfrey – What’s been happening: latest Arc news, Auguste Rodin plans, Dornoch, Big Brown and more …

The Ringer – Miles Surrey and – Meghan Schuster – The Definitive Ranking of Clowns

Los Angeles Times – Stephanie Breijo – One of L.A.’s best pizzerias expands to Chinatown, and it’s a tribute to the Dodgers

Paulick Report – ‘Unethical Treatment’: US Equestrian Making Rule Changes To Address Cruelty, Abuse

Paulick Report – Andrew Cohen – Keeping Pace: Horse Racing Regulation In Parallel Universes

CBC – Thomas Daigle and Grant LaFleche – 3 more women accuse billionaire Frank Stronach of sex assault, bringing total to 13

Bloodhorse – Joe Perez – Former Turfway Owner Recalls Pete Rose’s Love of Racing

The Globe and Mail – Cathal Kelly – Pete Rose unashamedly ushered in the realpolitik era of sports

Sports Illustrated – Tom Verducci – Pete Rose’s Competitiveness Drove His Rise in the Record Books—and His Downfall

The Ringer – Rob Harvilla – ‘60 Songs That Explain the ’90s: The 2000s’: “Mr. Brightside,” the Killers

TDN – Forever Young Returns A Winner in Japan Dirt Classic

Bloodhorse – Bob Ehalt – Fierceness Training Forwardly for BC Classic

Paulick Report – Ellis Starr – Equibase Analysis: Chancer McPatrick Seeks Second Grade 1 In Champagne

National Post – Chris Knight – The most common cure for alcohol hangover is most likely a lie

Garden and Gun – Emily Daily – Florida’s World Equestrian Center Shelters 1,200 Horses During Hurricane Helene

Southern Living – Megan Overdeep – Mules Navigating North Carolina’s Impassable Roads To Bring Supplies To Communities Cut Off By Hurricane Helene

Gold Dust Woman

Sports Illustrated – Gilberto Manzano – NFL Fact or Fiction: The Raiders Need to Trade Davante Adams Immediately

Phil has a question:

After Pierce’s stupid like of an Adams trade rumour how much was Adams trade value to the Raiders diminished.


Phil M Stockmen

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