This magazine has examined the correlation between slots revenue and a healthy racing industry. Slots are not enough without a strong breeding incentive program to produce long-term results, and marketing innovations to keep the racetrack as patron-friendly as a modern casino. What happens when one of those three legs is missing?
Read MoreCatching cheaters is like playing Whac-A-Mole. Regulators smack one here, and another turns up there.
Read MoreThe stride of the thoroughbred has been a subject of fascination for horseman since the early days of its breeding.
Read MoreThe stride of the thoroughbred has been a subject of fascination for horseman since the early days of its breeding.
Read More There’s no such thing as not being able to find a job with horses” is an assurance Tim Capps shares frequently with students in the Equine Industry Program (EIP) at the University of Louisville (U of L). That the job may not be one a student wants to find shouldn’t be of immediate concern, according to Capps, who is the program director. “Even with an entry level job, you’re going to bring something to the table that the average person doing the job on a farm or racetrack doesn’t have.
KEN SNYDER (February 1st 2012 - Issue 23)
