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The 18-Month Mandate: Why Racing’s Leadership is Incapable of Saving the Ship

POSTED: February 22, 2026

We spend a lot of time in horse racing and in life talking about "moves." We look at who is ahead, who is behind, and...

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The CAW Litigation: A Cold Front Hits the Plaintiffs as Discovery Goes Dark

POSTED: February 22, 2026

The high-stakes legal battle over Computer Assisted Wagering (CAW) just hit a significant procedural wall, and if you are rooting for the plaintiffs, the view...

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An Open Letter to the Board of Stewards: Closing the Integrity Gaps in The American Stud Book

POSTED: February 21, 2026

Let's take a look at THE RULES I recently had an exchange with Lisa Lazarus the CEO of HISA in which she basically advised that...

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Pedigrees, Power, and "Artificial" Intelligence: Why John Stewart is Racing’s Newest Confused Defender

POSTED: February 20, 2026

In the high-stakes world of Thoroughbred racing, there is a fine line between being a "disruptor" and being "disoriented." Recently, John Stewart (Resolute Racing) took...

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True Bias. False Bias. And the Difference Between Being Sharp… and Being Loud

POSTED: February 18, 2026

One of the most abused, misunderstood, and lazily thrown around terms in modern horse racing is track bias. Everybody’s got one. Everybody sees one. Very...

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The High-Stakes Standoff: Is Churchill Downs Betting Against Federal Oversight?

POSTED: February 18, 2026

The fragile peace in American Thoroughbred racing has officially fractured. In a move that signals the end of bureaucratic patience, the Horseracing Integrity and Safety...

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The Keeper of the Gates: Has The Jockey Club Failed the American Thoroughbred?

POSTED: February 17, 2026

What we're gonna do right here is go back "The Jimmy Castor Bunch" When you slice and dice through all the recent criticisms of The...

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The Great Divide: Industry Fluff vs. The Gambler’s Reality

POSTED: February 16, 2026

More Appearance of a Controlled Narrative I have always said we have two groups who put money into the game as most take it out:...

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The Gilded Insularity: Why the "Inner Circle" Can No Longer Ignore the Noise

POSTED: February 16, 2026

There is a beautiful, protected inner circle in Thoroughbred racing—a space that is gilded, powerful, and meticulously insulated. To those within it, the walls feel...

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