Two weeks ago, on August 21, my article on Horse Racing Business was titled “If I Owned Rachel Alexandra or Zenyatta.” This was posted eight days before Rachel Alexandra was caught late in the Personal Ensign Stakes at Saratoga in which she finished a game second. Jess Jackson now has three reasonable options for his popular [...]

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Reproduced by permission from The Blood-Horse The vast majority of businesses in the Thoroughbred racing and breeding industry are privately held and many are family-owned. Most are classified by the U. S. government as “small.” Unlike big public companies with deep pockets, small firms normally cannot afford to employ the most sought-after executives or to [...]

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