Thanks for reading Handride for the last 5 years. I'm going to "disconnect" from the internet blogging world for a while. I think I've done all I've set out to do, and whether those things catch-on or stick doesn't really matter as I had a pretty...

I wrote an editorial piece that appears today in the Thoroughbred Times. It came about after some Twitter discussion with long time standings curmudgeon Ed Derosa. See, he's finally starting to come around to standings, and if he is... well maybe...

The season of horse racing is for the most part over so let's see how the standings fared this year. 2yo Filly - She Be Wild (320) Beautician (275) Blind Luck (200) I think we've nailed the winner of the Eclipse, the hard part is the 2nd and 3rd place...

Joe Drape just wrote Here is one vote to make Santa Anita Park the permanent home of the Breeders’ Cup... The European success, however, can largely be attributed to a more level playing field He said the same thing last year with the "level...

I'm looking at a scrap of paper: R7 - 7/11/1,2,3,5 That is a $4 pick three that would have returned $1700, I didn't bet it, I was too busy pissing my money away on some other lousy bets. I was flat on the day after Friday, but Saturday I just...