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Needed: Independent Agency

“Racing is at a crossroads on many fronts these days. The New York Racing Association has its back up against the wall. The National Thoroughbred Racing Association is in a leadership transition. The Thoroughbred Championship Tour is trying to get off the ground. Purses face erosion from off-shore betting schemes. But the single greatest problem facing the game — how to restore integrity to the race itself — is not receiving the attention it so desperately requires.” What racing needs, writes Barry Irwin, is an independent agency like the United States Anti-Doping Agency. (Blood-Horse)

Posted in Miscellany on October 28, 2004

Ticket to Travel

Major races give mutuel clerks an excuse to travel. (Dallas Morning News)

Posted in Miscellany on October 28, 2004

Headlines: October 28

– Post-draw strategy unfolds (BH)
– Post 12 not pleasant or perfect (NYT)
– Ouija gets luck of the draw (Guar.)
– At odds with oddsmaker (Globe)
– A word on Mr. O’Brien: Great (WP)
– Birdstone has plenty riding on Classic (LAT)
– Kitten ready to roar (ESPN)
– Several vying for Horse of the Year (TT)
– BC another step up for Bejarano (CJ)
– Racing’s eyes are on Texas (CJ)
– BC chat with Steven Crist tonight (DRF)
– Tote problems plague Aqueduct (NYDN)
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Posted in Miscellany on October 28, 2004