JC / Railbird

Blood-Horse

What Some Say

Steve Haskin, on March 18:

Some say Rachel did not look like the Rachel of last year following a six-month layoff and no workouts in the first five of those months.

Haskin, three days before:

When a horse doesn’t work for five months, it’s usually more than the weather that is to blame. It was obvious watching Rachel on Saturday that this was not the same filly we saw last year, at least not right now.

Posted in Racing on March 19, 2010 / Tagged Blood-Horse, Media, Post-Race Analysis, Rachel Alexandra, Steve Haskin

Sounds Familiar

I wonder where the Blood-Horse got this idea?

In the issue of June 7, 1980, The Blood-Horse began a news section titled “Dispatches.” Beginning in this issue that section of the magazine has been renamed “The Wire” and will contain shorter news items, but more analysis and commentary.

It reminds me of a web site …

Posted in Media on March 2, 2010 / Tagged Blood-Horse

It’s Frank Speaking

… but it’s hardly frank talk in a Blood-Horse interview with Frank Stronach on the Magna bankruptcy and what it might mean for the racing industry. The transcription interview, begins with this illuminating exchange:

The Blood-Horse: Can you give us any insight into the Magna bankruptcy?

Stronach: “The horse community really has got to get together. There are so many flaws in the thing. We’ve got to correct it or otherwise racing will have a hard time.”

Read on, and learn that there are a few things (unstated) that Stronach would do differently and that his heart really, really is in the right place.

Posted in Media on March 17, 2009 / Tagged Blood-Horse, Frank Stronach, Magna