Breaking from the Gate

As I have mentioned before, I’m a big fan of Larry Winget, and he’s convinced me of the benefits of continuing to learn by reading (or listening to) the wisdom of successful people. Partly because of that, I’m a business book hound. It seems like I have a copy of some book relating to business, [...]

The final leg of the 2010 Triple Crown is finally here, as a field of 12 will go postward in the 142nd running of the Belmont Stakes. Much like the Kentucky Derby, the Belmont (on paper at least) sets up perfectly for one horse, who of course also isn’t really the best horse in the [...]

For some reason I don’t completely understand, I’m not all that excited about the Preakness this year. After all, Calvin Borel has told the world that he’s winning the Triple Crown this year, so we all should just head to the window and play Super Saver. Handicapping done. Or not. This group of three year [...]

Well, last year was a bust, as one of my throw outs came home the winner. As the old saying goes, if at first you don’t succeed, try, try, again. Unfortunately for many, the likely best three year old at this point in the year isn’t running. Eskendereya is out with an injury. It also [...]

An interesting story came out yesterday on AOL’s new Daily Finance website which dealt with ‘High Speed’ trading in the stock market. The parallels to what is called ‘computer robotic wagering’ in pari-mutuel wagering were easy to see, and some on Wall Street use the same arguments that those in the racing business use to [...]

Zenyatta takes the Classic with as an impressive a move as I’ve seen in a long time. Rachel just fell over in her stall … Let’s just hope the voters do the right thing and reward the filly that showed up for the big dance.

I want everyone to know that I am a fan of Larry Winget. For those of you that don’t know who he is, I’d like to call him a motivational speaker, but he’d probably give me a tongue lashing for calling him that, so I’ll instead use his own title to describe him … The [...]

Many moons ago on one of my websites far, far, away, I used to handicap the major stakes races each weekend. I haven’t done it for a few years, but figured since this year’s Kentucky Derby looks to be a wide open affair maybe it was time to jump back in. If the track is [...]

I woke up this morning to my normal routine. A little breakfast coupled with ‘Mike and Mike in the Morning’ on ESPN2. As would be expected now that baseball is in full swing, there was quite a bit of discussion going on about the games. I admit that I am not much of a baseball [...]

There seems to be a big push (at least among horseplayers) to eliminate race day medications in horse racing. If they can’t be eliminated, then most people in the industry think there needs to be significant reforms on the medication front, as things appear to be getting a little out of control. I wrote a [...]