If you’ve been following this site over the past week, you know we’ve been all over the situation in Maryland. All three network affiliates in Baltimore have covered our position – with, crucially, our information and even more important, our…
Hill Sixteen fell at the Grand National (England) today and is dead. It was the second kill of the day, with Dark Raven going down earlier, and the third of the annual three-day event (Envoye Special Thursday). Last year, four…
Bruno Mars is scheduled to play the Preakness after-race party in Baltimore May 20. We have created an action asking Bruno to reconsider. I have also sent a letter to his manager (in the hope that it will be forwarded…
At University College Cork in Ireland, the Students’ Union has voted to ban advertising for “student [horse] race days” because, primarily, it “promotes animal abuse.” While students will still be able to patronize racing, the Union will no longer promote,…
Wednesday, I, Nicole, and a host of smart, dedicated, and passionate HW volunteers went to the NYS Capitol in Albany for a press conference and lobby day on Governor Hochul’s proposed $455M loan to the New York Racing Association to…
Follows are some of the heartening comments and emails I have received. Progress. “Hi Patrick – I have been reading your Horseracing Wrongs blog for well over a year, but I do not post comments. I greatly appreciate the work…
The following letter appeared yesterday in both the East Bay Times and The San Jose Mercury News. It illustrates, yet again, how much the younger generations get it. I’m a recent 18-year-old. I’ve lived near Golden Gate Fields my whole…
Tuesday, Prop 26, a sports-betting measure that would have provided a massive subsidy to California horseracing, went down in flames – rejected by some 70% of voters. This was a huge victory, especially with the record-setting amount of money spent…
The century-and-a-half-old Melbourne Cup in Australia is one of international racing’s biggest days. It is, they say, “the race that stops the nation.” Not so much in recent years, however. In 2019 (the last pre-covid year), attendance was 81,408, down…
From our executive director, Nicole Arciello: I am thrilled to announce that last night the Board of Selectmen in Hardwick, Massachusetts, voted against the horseracing-facility proposal that would have brought Thoroughbred racing back to the state! This is the third…
