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Women in Racing: The Up and Coming Edition

In the era of gigantic marketing expenditures in pursuit of the young people, it’s good to know that we already have some. AND, what’s most notable to me, is the ever-growing legion of young women who step-up to put their opinions, thoughts and work out there.

Fun with Names: Twitter Edition

I don’t know about you, but I’ve been enjoying the names of a few of this evening’s winners. Mr Num Num (Northern Afleet – Missy Monarch) wins an allowance at Hawthorne. http://t.co/cZT1D7B7OF — BH Race Results (@BH_RaceResults) November 23, 2013 Twitter Pie wins an allowance optional claiming at Golden Gate Fields. http://t.co/LJaBHney7j — BH Race Results (@BH_RaceResults) November 23, 2013…

Breeders’ Cup Positive Trends

It’s not all doom and gloom around here you know. I’m not ALWAYS being mean (or condescending!). In fact, despite not getting my winning exacta in in the Classic I’m in a good mood. Count me as one of the people who found this year’s Breeders’ Cup to be highly enjoyable despite a few unfortunate turns of events. So, here…

And now for the sad news…

A few weeks ago we mentioned that Take Control, the son of A.P. Indy and Azeri formerly named Vallenzeri, was back from outer space and entered in the Grade 1 Awesome Again Stakes at Santa Anita. We mentioned it primarily because no one else seemed to be. He ran last in that race and broke down while training this morning…

Women in Racing

Do things like this… My love for the Ortiz Brothers pays off . Thank u racing gods pic.twitter.com/qTlY05jgLk — kelly carll (@kellycarll) October 17, 2013

Imaginary Racing API – Real World Example

All this talk about releasing data could use an example, no? I’ve got one! In our many “what-if” discussions about racing, Jessica Chapel and I refer to the “imaginary racing API” (as seen here!). The discussion usually goes something like this: “Hey, wouldn’t it be great if we could make something to do XYZ?” “That sounds great! Now if we…

Release the Data: Chorus Edition

You may or may not have seen the Release the Data post by Dan at @thorotrends, an open letter to Equibase imploring them to essentially offer historical data for free. Paulick jumped aboard the #releasethedata train by usurping Thorotrend’s traffic posting something about it at Paulick Report. The original post, while welcome, well-reasoned and appropriately addressed to Equibase, if not…

… and Take Control.

What does a $7.7-million buy-back son of two Horses of the Year have to do get a little attention around here? Like me, you may have been surprised to notice Take Control, the son of A.P. Indy and Azeri, entered in the Awesome Again Stakes at Santa Anita as he hasn’t raced since last July. What kind of injury did…

2008 Called, Again…

This time to say “you’re welcome!” Just when you’re not thinking about something that you’d wish would happen, BAM, the Breeders’ Cup announces that it’s reverting back to the name Distaff! For those of you who don’t remember 2008, hop in the TIME MASHEEN with me and let’s explore: Breeders’ Cup Announces name change, two day format THE INTERNET GOES…