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By Wandering Eyes · Posted
During the first episode of the BloodHorse Monday podcast, trainer Ron Moquett said a decision on running Speed King in the Rebel is still undecided. The ultimate goal is the $1.5 million Arkansas Derby at Oaklawn Park March 29.View the full article -
None of that is necessary. No point in changing something that isn't broken. Just keep applying common sense as has been. Mandatory disqualifications would just end up with situations where such an outcome would be unfair. e.g. someone accidentally drops a leg when winning by a margin. The victorian stipes used a sledgehammer to crack a walnut and left the perception of fairness and balance squashed for many. but hey,it will all be sorted on on appeal i guess,but perceptions will remain. I'll move on now from this topic. All those chickens that are dieing or being put down because of the bird flu, in the usa, is something that interests me.Quite an amazing story that our media seem to be ignorining.Every time i turn on our tv news,its always about how bad the coalition governement are treating the maoris and also a story about how bad something donald trump has done.No wonder people don't watch them like they used to. In the usa its being reported 17 million chickens died or were put down because of it in just a couple of months. That bird flu seems to be sending panic around many parts of the world. A lot of the talk about vaccinations to protect the chickens,although i recently read the vaccine they are considering doesn't work on the stain of bird flu killing everything.I read about one big egg laying company who has 6 million chickens who is seeing ten thousand die every day as they try and implement putting down so many of their chikens. The ceo of that company saying what they are doing to halt the spread isn't working anymore. Apparently some of the big companies changed things about 10 years ago ,when they had an outbreak,like busing in workers,workers showering before and after work on sitye,all vehicles coming onto the site of the factories being washed and disinfected. If i was a chicken or bird living in otago,i would be feeling a little bit concerned about my and my neighbouring featherr friends welfare. coincidencwe they put down all those laying chikens at that big pultry farm and then not that far down the road,as the crow flies,they have had all thsoe birds die of what they say is botulism. -
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The Thoroughbred Owners of California recognized the state's leading owners by earnings, by number of total wins, and number of stakes wins for 2024. Reddam Racing, for the fourth consecutive year, is California's top owner by earnings.View the full article -
By Wandering Eyes · Posted
Lou Hodges, Jr., a second-generation photographer who has captured horse racing images at the Fair Grounds since 1976, has announced his retirement. Hodges, Jr., who took over the family business in 1978, will now hand the reins over to his daughter, Amanda Weir Hodges. “Fair Grounds has been lucky to have Lou Hodges,” Senior Director of Racing Jason Boulet said. “Our racetrack, our horses, and our horsemen have come to life through the fantastic photos he has taken. We are very grateful for everything he and his family has given us, and we are fortunate to have his highly-respected daughter Amanda take over. Although Lou is retiring, his photos will always be here to tell Fair Grounds' story.” Hodges, Jr. spent plenty of his childhood at the racetrack with his father. “He would go out early in the mornings to deliver pictures to the trainers,” Hodges, Jr. said. “So I would go with him through the barn area and that's where I learned a lot about his relationship to the horsemen. He would walk into the barn to deliver pictures and everybody would always get excited. It was really something. He had a lot of friends on the racetrack. People really respected him.” Hodges, Jr. also worked as the track photographer at Rockingham Pak, Washington Park, Arlington Park and Louisiana Downs, and remarked on how the photography business has evolved down the years. “The technology changes always came along at the right time for me,” Hodges Jr. said. “More than anything that's what kept me really interested. It allowed me to always try to think of a new way to do a picture, some new angles, something different to shoot.” With so many years on the job, Hodges, Jr. has a sufficient number of stories to tell. “Washington Park, that was my first racetrack fire,” Hodges, Jr said. “They had not run Thoroughbred racing there for a number of years, but they decided to bring it back, and on Jan. 1 as we rode into town, the temperature dropped below freezing, then below zero. On Feb. 5, we had left to go back to our apartment and the track caught fire. All the fire hoses had frozen up and they just watched it burn down–there was nothing they could do.” “Then eight years later there was Arlington,” Hodges, Jr. said. “Eight years after that Fair Grounds burned down. So I've seen enough racetrack fires. When we got back to racing at Fair Grounds and were using tents, Pat Day was in the post parade and he saw me standing there and said 'Just being around you I feel like I should have a fire extinguisher.'” Hodges, Jr.'s daughter joined the operation in 2015. “Amanda's undergraduate degree from Ole Miss is in Art Education,” Lou said. “She came along with different ways of looking at things. Her computer skills with photoshop are outstanding. I was very fortunate that she decided to come into the business, it made life a lot easier.” “My father is still going to come out for the big race days,” Amanda said. “We joke that he is like the Rolling Stones. Will he ever really officially retire? Who knows.” This past Sunday, Fair Grounds celebrated Lou Hodges Jr.'s retirement, and the fourth race was run in his honor. The post Fair Grounds’ Photographer Lou Hodges, Jr. Announces Retirement appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article -
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