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Churchill Downs Inc.’s Annual Report:

POSTED: May 1, 2020

Can Racetrack Financials Tell Us Anything at All? A decade ago, the three largest US racetrack companies – Churchill Downs, Inc., the New York Racing...

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Designated Hitters' Colt 'My Friends Beer' Gets Big League At Bat

POSTED: May 1, 2020

My Friends Beer Photo Credit: Coady Photography When the Coronavirus hit and racing shut down in Maryland under governor's orders, Designated Hitters Racing, LLC (DHR),...

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The Horse; Herd Dynamics In-Foal

POSTED: April 28, 2020

Evaluating Foals One of the most frequent questions we get asked at THT Bloodstock is; “Can you get much herd dynamic information by evaluating a...

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The Incomparable, The Invincible, The Unbeatable, Cigar

POSTED: April 27, 2020

Photo Credit: Flickr/Jean/Creative Commons License Born 30 years ago, he set records like no other horse. The great Cigar is one of only two Maryland-breds...

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Unbridled Joy: The Horse Who Gave Us a Moment to Remember

POSTED: April 27, 2020

Keeneland Library Morgan Collection- Dell Hancock Sitting on a bookshelf in my office is a reproduction of one of my middle school art projects. As...

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Where's Werribee Racing Club?

POSTED: April 25, 2020

Photo: Spendthrift Australia Park at Werribee. Werribee Racing Club, known as Spendthrift Australia Park at Werribee, is in Victoria, Australia, located in the heartland of...

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Silky Sullivan: The Ultimate Closer

POSTED: April 24, 2020

Silky Sullivan with Bill Shoemaker up winning the 1958 Santa Anita Derby Photo Credit: Keeneland Library Thoroughbred Times Collection Last week, you read about Malicious,...

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Decision-making at the track: Handicapping using the right side of the brain.

POSTED: April 21, 2020

In prominent racing countries, the days in which professional punters were profitable using Scientific Betting Strategies are long gone. Nowadays, bettors are so well informed...

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Seabiscuit and Ligaroti- The Del Mar Match Race

POSTED: April 20, 2020

Nothing draws more people to the racetrack than a rivalry. In a sport that's a game of “my horse is better than yours”, rivalries and...

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