I take offense to your assertion that Churchill "cut corners" by hiring me. Did you actually read any of my blog? If so, what part do you take issue with?

And I was paid well for my work, thank you very much.

When it comes to guaranteed pools I look at em Like I would a guaranteed pool in Poker like an online tourney

It lets you know how much is going to be in it while it could also be more.

So take it with a grain of salt I say.

Why would you take offense? Is it not true that a journalist would've cost them more? It's a shame that they cut corners and didn't hire freelance journalists to report or "blog" on their website for the biggest race of the meet. It's an insult to racing fans to hire an amateur to report news.

It's a fact that their el cheap-o ways resulted in a significant error with your blogging. This wouldn't have happened if they would've hired a professional.


I'm not insulting you. You're an amateur and amateurs make mistakes. Churchill are professionals and it is inexcusable that they made one.

There is your mistake!!!! I was NOT hired to report news. I was hired to give my thoughts, observations, and analysis on the Derby and the Derby Trail. Period. Churchill employs numerous journalists during Derby Week and the rest of the spring to report news. And those journalists did just that. I was not one of them. I was a blogger. Bloggers aren't reporters. Bloggers don't claim to be reporters. At least I don't. A blogger is someone whose writing inspires conversation among others, and my blog did that.

I am getting the feeling that you never read the Hard Spun blog entry in question. If you had, it would have been clear to you what I did. A clocker told me something about Hard Spun, and that little tidbit influenced my wagering strategy. Therefore, since it was my blog, it was fair game. I never misrepresented anything. I never made any false claims. The info happened to be subject to interpretation and was probably inaccurate, but that was not my fault. Was it poor judgment to write what I wrote on the official Derby website? Yes. That's why it was removed. But to say that I was hired to report news is totally inaccurate.

So what were you reporting? Gossip? Recipes? The definition of news is new information of any kind. You weren't doing this?

Churchill made a mistake hiring bloggers. The idea of a blogger reporting gossip and info for a major race is ridiculous. They should've just sold out completely and hired Perez Hilton to blog on what the trainers and backside workers were wearing everyday.

Good day to you.

I think your constant use of the word "reporting" proves my point: You don't know what a blog is, and you probably didn't read mine at all.

The blogs on KentuckyDerby.com this year were immensely popular and helped make this year's version of the website the most visited ever. So, respectfully, I think the vast majority of visitors to the website would disagree with you.

From wikipedia:

Blogs provide commentary or news on a particular subject such as food, politics, or local news; some function as more personal online diaries. A typical blog combines text, images, and links to other blogs, web pages, and other media related to its topic. The ability for readers to leave comments in an interactive format is an important part of many blogs. Most blogs are primarily textual, although some focus on art (artlog), photographs (photoblog), sketchblog, videos (vlog), music (MP3 blog), or audio (podcasting), and are part of a wider network of social media.


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Since you aren't a journalist you cannot report..so what bloggers do is provide. Want me to edit my previous posts, Mr. Semantics?

No, I think you've pretty much proven my point.

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4. Common talk; rumor or gossip:

Technically a blogger can report, smuggy.

Bottom line is you're a failure that delves into semantics to prove a point.

When you tried to get people on here to wire you money for that pick 6 play I knew you were nothing but trouble.