Mike Riggi

i really want the industry to hear this. racing fans, gamblers, owners, horsemen, casual fans, once a year track goers bc it's an event etc... the track talent around the country is PHENOMENAL. but it is overkill. you can only tell people 300 ways a horse can win or lose so many times a day. play music. entertain folks. 45 minutes between races analyzing how every horse can win or lose is literally painful. the nba plays music during games. the nfl has halftime shows. the nhl plays music every faceoff. arenas play videos to entertain fans. racing needs to adapt to grow.

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"The goal right now is the Haskell." @FanDuelAnthony walked with Preakness Stakes winning trainer Chad Summers to talk about Napoleon Solo's victory and future plans.

Pure bliss for the Summers family cheering on @CSummersRacing & Napolean Solo as he charges to the front to win @PreaknessStakes! @jockeypacolopez aboard for Gold Square Racing.

"I Love Giraffes by a looooong neck" Some things write themselves, right on @DaveRodman?

Chad Brown on Emerging Market, who worked this morning at Saratoga: "He’s on target for the Belmont. I’m very happy with him. He lost a shoe in the Derby and took a couple days to get himself organized with that foot, but he’s doing well.” (via NYRA notes)

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"Brant moving horses from Brown to other trainers" @DRFGrening has the details. drf.com/news/brant-mov…

Danon Bourbon: The 3-year-old colt who put up a strong fight to finish fifth in the Kentucky Derby, has been found to have a fracture in his knee. Trainer Ikezoe stated, the fracture in his knee was discovered after the Kentucky Derby. After returning to Japan, he underwent further X-rays and completed quarantine at the Japan Racing School. He will now proceed to the Shadai Clinic in Hokkaido for surgery to remove the bone fragments. The timing of his return is undecided, as it depends on the results of the surgery and subsequent rehabilitation, but we believe he will focus on resting for the remainder of the year. @KentuckyDerby @ChurchillDowns

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@HorseToWatch Very hard to race a horse back with the Lasix rules and no injections within 14 days. These weren’t the same rules years ago. Now we need to modernize the Triple crown and space the races out, it’s what’s best for the horse.

It is pretty surprising that no one else from the Derby has jumped into this depleted field at the last second. A bunch of horses sitting on the sidelines could be favored in a $2 million Grade 1, and all their connections are just saying, “No, thanks!”

SOVEREIGNTY is back in Saratoga! He was out galloping on the Oklahoma Training Track this morning.

Growth Equity a 93 Beyer for Peter Pan victory

@MarkAntone23 💪💪

Will take it 😀 A $25 pick 3 Race 8 6,7/3/3 would have paid $558 -$50 =$508.00 Nice to be back playing NY

Arizona Territory looks like a budding turf star for Chad Brown. Wow that was quite the kick.

@AngryYankee1 Yes, if they don’t expand the meet, I can see racing July 4th weekend at Saratoga for good. We shall see

@RiggiMike Right. We should be back to the way it was though once Belmont opens, no? 6/7 weeks. Mid-late July thru Labor Day. It’s perfect.

@AngryYankee1 Yeah I feel like it’s gotten worse recently with the addition of Belmont week, extra days etc. The entire meet has been diluted, and by that last week..

@AngryYankee1 Travers last Saturday in August, which should also close the meet….the last week at Saratoga is dumb and empty

@barshoelife There was certainly cinema in yesterdays finale

fridays are for the ponies!!! we got cinema in the finale at baq today...

"It was terrifying when I first became an agent on my own." The hustle never stops for jockey agent Jose Santos Jr. With 10 riders under his wing across the country, we got the inside scoop on what happens behind the scenes.