Entitlement
Huffs TOBA president Dan Metzger of a sponsorship deal between Derby jockeys and NetJets in an odd Blood-Horse article partially sourced by “They”: “You can’t exclude owners — they own the horses, and...
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Jess Jackson, RIP
At the Eclipse Awards, January 2010. It was announced today that owner Jess Jackson, 81, has died. Since last summer, it had been apparent that Jackson was not well. He missed seeing Rachel Alexandra...
View ArticleLasix, An Expensive Habit
Arthur Hancock in the May 18 issue of TDN: As owners, we are paying a minimum of $100 million a year just for the use of Lasix alone, not counting the money we spend for “jugs” to revive the horses...
View ArticleSturm und Derby
Is there anyone who isn’t upset with Churchill Downs this Kentucky Derby week? Well, Steve Asmussen was smiling while paddock schooling Kentucky Oaks morning-line favorite Untapable and Derby contender...
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