Paulick Report – Light Up Racing To Shutter After Breeders’ Cup; What We Learned
TDN – Light Up Racing To Shut Down; Here’s What We Learned
Racing has become more show time; we’ve got to have something new to create interest in the sport.
Richard Petty
Phil has a question:
Could it be we’re flogging a dead horse.
The Clock Ticked Hastings Race Course Off
Phil has is question:
Is it best for racing fans to just watch and enjoy what is left while it’s left.
CAW and Racing in the Algorithm Age
Bloodhorse – NYRA Plans Events for Aqueduct Closing Weekend
We shall not cease from exploration, and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time.
T. S. Eliot
Phil’s reprising:
Hard to believe that XII years have crossed the finish line since the call to the post at Hollywood Park was replaced by the Last Post.
Phil never realized until he watched that replay that the winner of the 2009 Canadian Derby, Tommy Danzigger, raced in the last race that took place at Hollywood Park. Not only did he race in the last race at Hollywood Park he has the unique distinction of being the last horse to cross the Hollywood Park finish line in an official race as he finished 12th of 12. Of the 4 thoroughbred tracks that Tommy Danzigger raced at 2 are now shuttered.
Phil is updating:
Of the 4 thoroughbred tracks that Tommy Danzigger raced at 3 are now shuttered.
The gain to the winner is always less than the loss to the loser.
Ian Fleming
However, to behold the scope of the new Hollywood Park development is to understand why Thoroughbred racing is armed only with a dull knife in a high calibre gunfight for even a small share of the sports economy. SoFi Stadium, ugly as it is, will be crammed to the gills on Feb. 13 for the Super Bowl, monopolizing both social and traditional media, while the name of Hollywood Park, when summoned, will mean something altogether different from its origin story.
Bloodhorse – Jay Hovdey – Hollywood Park History Buried Under Super Site
Phil M. Stockmen