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He Does Respond

POSTED: June 18, 2026

Everett Dobson personally replied to a prominent owner who called him a fraud. He has not replied to Past The Wire. The difference tells you...

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6,000 Frames Per Second. $179 Million In The Bank. No Excuses Left.

POSTED: June 16, 2026

Who Got The Photo? Britain upgraded every racecourse. Churchill Downs already has the same system. The rest of American racing is still asleep — and...

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The Registry Knows Where They Came From

POSTED: June 16, 2026

The Jockey Club has every tool it needs to stop this. It knows that. So do we. Twenty-four Thoroughbred broodmares arrived at TH Livestock in...

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The Leak, The Noise, and The Number Nobody Wants to Say Out Loud

POSTED: June 15, 2026

The horse racing internet had itself a moment last week. Screenshots of what appeared to be past performances with veterinary treatment records embedded chronologically into...

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Hold Us To It

POSTED: June 14, 2026

Everett Dobson asked the industry to hold him accountable. We did. Here is what happened. On June 3, 2026, The Jockey Club's new Chair published...

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Late to the Wake, But Not Empty-Handed: Fred Sahadi, Cardiff Stud, and the Daughter Who Carries the Brand

POSTED: June 13, 2026

I'll be honest about how this one starts, because anything else would be a lie, and lying isn't something I do in this space. I...

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The Sport of Kings Just Showed Horse Racing How a King Behaves

POSTED: June 12, 2026

Pierre Gasly crossed the finish line third at Monaco. Then two five-second penalties for pit lane speeding dropped him to seventh, and a driver who...

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Three Times and Counting: Is HISA Constitutional

POSTED: June 11, 2026

The Fifth Circuit just ruled against HISA's enforcement powers again. The only address that matters now is One First Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. The Fifth...

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Badasses Don’t Torture Animals and Ignore Federal Felonies

POSTED: June 10, 2026

Megyn Kelly called Mike Repole a big man and Irad Ortiz a hero. She had sixty seconds and one question that would have made both...

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