The last vestige
In an email conversation earlier today (email is the new Twitter), I evoked the blogging scene of 2008, citing the current lack of independent voices who feel free to call out industry players and entities. The bloggers of yore who, for better or worse, would routinely call BS have either moved on or are in partnerships and projects where making…
Freshness was not a factor
While perusing the Preakness PPs last week something jumped out at me. It was the amount of lines per each entrant… they were kind of long! Govenor Charlie was the only Preakness entrant with the lightly raced profile of three races and Departing was next with five. Here, see for yourself. In a conversation with the Railbird (where I mentioned…
2013 Kentucky Derby Race Sequence
2013 Kentucky Derby Race Sequence Experience an interactive turn-by-turn slideshow of the 2013 Kentucky Derby. Here’s something I don’t get a chance to say too often, especially about anything web-related for horse racing… this interactive by Blood-Horse is very well done! If you haven’t already spend some time with it (i.e., obsessed over your picks trips), I highly recommend it.
Low Hanging Fruit?
To me this seems like trying to recruit burger-eaters at Shake Shack (or In-N-Out!). The ABRV arrived at Keeneland! http://t.co/AazxbS6bgT #Americasbestracing #ABRlive — Keeneland Racing (@keenelandracing) April 10, 2013
Fug the Santa Anita Derby!
I love the @fuggirls. If you like fashion and making fun of things (or even just making fun things) then the @fuggirls are for you. Heather Cocks and Jessica Morgan have turned their sharp, and often acerbic wit into a media empire by skewering the bounty of stupid celebrity fashion. Their tagline “Fugly is the new Pretty” sums up their…
Women in Racing: The International Edition
Jessica Chapel brought this to my attention earlier today: Great British Racing to female jockey: “Please pose with very few clothes on so the sport can gain attention via your body.” Classy. April 4, 2013 Sound familiar? At least our friends from across the pond are wearing something! And in other news, Jessica is blogging again! Please tell her to…
Women in Racing: The Bigfoot Edition
On Twitter today it was discovered that, in some cases, it’s hard to believe that up to 20% of ADW account holders are women. @pullthepocket You had me at 20% of online ADW clients are female. That’s shocking. Where does one find such a statistic? April 2, 2013 In case it’s not apparent why a woman may choose to wager…
Behold Women in Racing
Lest you think all my recent Twitter crabbing has been happening in a vacuum, I bring you several examples from just this week where women are specifically and only being portrayed as decoration in racing: Showgirls at Turfway Park for the Spiral: Here’s a better shot. Geisha girls in the winner’s circle at Santa Anita Park: And America’s Best Racing…
And if it does work…
After getting a chance to play with a Surface tablet at work today Another day at the office http://t.co/3cwLi4WMNa — dana-byerly.html (@superterrific) March 21, 2013 I thought a little more about something else I tweeted today. Will the land of bus tours and beauty queens ever do such a thing? Doubt it. http://t.co/oJjhN3pM7V — dana-byerly.html (@superterrific) March 21, 2013 Namely,…
Not that this would be an issue for me
All day it’s been impossible to see the win price because the result board is showing part of the American Flag where the numbers should be — Jerry Bossert (@JBossertNYDN) March 20, 2013