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@SIDFERNANDO (18 October 2011 - Issue Number: Issue 22)

What horse racing can look forward to in 2011

Globally, this game was not much better off in 2010 from 2009. The racing and breeding industries continued to grapple with the same-old-same-old malaise that came with the world economic meltdown of late 2008, so, instead of looking back at the Top 10 of what was what in 2010, here’s a look forward to what may be a watershed year for horse racing around the world: 2011.

Sid Fernando (European Trainer - issue 33 - Spring 2011)

Is it time to change the way stakes are scheduled?

Graded stakes scheduling across the country has become farcical in recent years, says Sid Fernando, with too many races for the same types of horses clustered together to make them meaningful events in their own right, on many levels.

By Sid Fernando

First Published (20 April 2011 - Issue Number: Issue 20)

Rescinding claims - is it time to change the rules?

Last October, during a regular meeting of the California Horse Racing Board (CHRB) at then-CHRB chairman John Harris’s Harris Ranch Inn and Restaurant in Coalinga, California, commissioner Bo Derek, the actress and horsewoman, brought up an agenda item that sooner or later will likely have national ramifications. The issues: should long-held claiming rules be changed to void claims when a claimed horse doesn’t finish (DNF) a race or tests positive for prohibited substances?

By Sid Fernando

First Published (21 July 2010 - Issue Number: 17 )