Thoroughbred Racing Weekend Advance
By ROBERT KIECKHEFER UPI Racing Writer This weekend: Four big graded stakes at Gulfstream Park and Black Caviar stretching out to 7 furlongs in Australia in quest of her 18th straight win.
New racing technology could offer vast amounts of data to handicappers
MIAMI — In no sport is data more important than in thoroughbred racing, because billions of dollars in wagers are based on information about horses’ past performances. Yet the industry’s data-gathering is a product of the Stone Age. Read full article >>
Beyer: Trakus's great data should be available to all handicappers
In no sport is data more important than in Thoroughbred racing, because billions of dollars in wagers are based on information about horses’ past performances. Yet the industry’s data-gathering is a product of the Stone Age.
Dustin Hoffman's horse-racing drama under fire
TV bosses behind Dustin Hoffman's new thoroughbred racing drama Luck have come under fire from animal rights activists after two horses were put down due to injuries sustained on set.
Trakus's greart data should be available to all handicappers
In no sport is data more important than in Thoroughbred racing, because billions of dollars in wagers are based on information about horses’ past performances. Yet the industry’s data-gathering is a product of the Stone Age.
UPI Thoroughbred Racing Roundup
By ROBERT KIECKHEFER UPI Racing Writer Wrap-up of thoroughbred stakes action.
Hoffman series under attack over horse deaths
TV bosses behind Dustin Hoffman's new thoroughbred racing drama Luck have come under fire from animal rights activists after two horses were put down due to injuries sustained on set.
Source of thoroughbred 'speed gene' found
DUBLIN, Ireland, Jan. 24 (UPI) -- A "speed gene" present in all thoroughbred racing horses has been traced to a single British mare that lived about 300 years ago, researchers say.
Racing industry groups launch Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance
A group of industry organizations has launched a non-profit company that will serve as an accrediting body for so-called “aftercare organizations” that provide homes for horses that have been retired from racing, the organizations announced Thursday.