Working past the wire

I have ignored racing news for the past week or so; I find detoxing every now and then to be a good thing...

I missed a few posts on the Paulick Report, so this might be old news, but I found this one, regarding the stewards and the RCI, interesting. BTW, how does whipping a horse, on the head, after a race, only draw $500?

The lack of comments on his post leads me to believe; 1) few people read it, 2) few people care, 3)this is old news.

I too find the idea, a comprehensive database of steward rulings too expensive to collate, to be absurd.

From the standpoint of communicating to the public, there is no greater role for RCI to play than to be a clearinghouse of current and past information from all of its members. That means all rulings from stewards and racing commissions against licensees should be easily accessed at the RCI website, and in a perfect world those rulings would be completely searchable. That’s not the case yet, because RCI is yet another one of those cash-strapped racing organizations that has a bigger mission budget.”

I think if one were to give an intern a Horsehat and a 100 card, DRF PP package, one could put something together right quick.

Derby preps are in full swing and the TBA is well represented in the Paulick Derby Index (for reasons that defy comprehension, yours truly snuck past the quality control board). Good racing this weekend and the TBA has free PP's so go ahead and stick it to "The Man".

Why is Ernie Munick not Director of Marketing over at the NTRA? (ht to TDH)