Damn Lies, Statistics, and the Anatomy of a Stakes Winner!

I read the Thoroughbred Daily News (TDN) with interest this week because international bloodstock writer Sid Fernando had a blockbuster column on Jan. 1 questioning the record keeping at equineline.com, owned by The Jockey Club Information Systems, Inc.(TJCIS). This column was followed on Jan. 6 in TDN by TJCIS’s Carl Hamilton’s “clarification,” which said that … Continue reading Damn Lies, Statistics, and the Anatomy of a Stakes Winner!

OVERDOSE UPDATE!

Regarding my blog on the Hungarian-based colt Overdose, it turns out that he wasn’t actually entered in a race against competition at Kincsem Park in Budapest on New Year ‘s Eve. Instead, he was the headliner to the day’s events, and he was galloped on the turf track between cart races so that appreciative fans … Continue reading OVERDOSE UPDATE!