Op/Ed

Opinion and perspective articles.

The Influence of Dinny Phipps

Ogden Mills (Dinny) Phipps, in his position at The Jockey Club, has a degree of power, but what he really...

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Two headlines in early April regarding Churchill Downs: * In Louisville Business First (based on a report by WFPL-FM), that...

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Reading that Keeneland had again expressed interest in hosting the Breeders' Cup, the idea for a column was born. The...

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I've read about all I care to read in the last week since the latest NY Times assault appeared. Probably...

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There is a country song, “What Part of No Don't You Understand.” Some of us have come to identify with...

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Stand up before you read this column. If you think Scott Blasi is the only trainer in America who has...

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Over the past few seasons, as racing has contracted, much discussion has taken place among the game's stakeholders as to...

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This morning I viewed with revulsion the video posted by PETA. The cold hard fact is that it is a...

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It has been a year since the New York Times published its article and the PETA video which painted then-Hall of Fame...

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Almost a year ago, the National Basketball Association (NBA) unveiled a new website, stats.nba.com, where they did something novel to...

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I have been a member of the Kentucky Thoroughbred Association & Kentucky Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders (KTA/KTOB) for several years....

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I am asking the many of you celebrating the on-going unraveling of the synthetic surface era to pause for a...

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