Fred Pope is back. As if he ever left. Pope, a determined Lexington, Ky., advertising executive,…
Category: Commentary
Trainer feeling sting of being shut out
The name Lou Pena will ring few bells on the Thoroughbred side of aisle, but the…
Young man presents sage document
Ed Martin, the president of Racing Commissioners International, has made some wise moves in the last…
New Jersey/Ontario case a critical one
Bad news, good news – and the bad first, because it really is bad. If it…
Support for blood-booster research heartening
My last offering – on author Andrew Cohen and his raising the issue of the French…
A little money would go long way toward catching those using illegal drugs
The story should have driven racing’s Richter scale past the 9.0 mark. It was an earthquake,…
Thoroughbred publicist tries to get ink for Zenyatta of harness racing
Harness racing, with at least one huge story to tell as summer arrives, has turned to…
Bitless bridles could be gift to horses
Illegal medication and what to do about it is buzzing again, with the arrival of hot…
Racing needs to find a way back to the front page
was thinking of Kent Hollingsworth, one of the most thoughtful – and thought-provoking – turf writers…
Making better horses out of thin air?
The Examiner is a newspaper that covers news centered around Allentown, New Jersey’s hotbed of horse…