what do you read?

[ShadowRoll]

First horse racing magazine I subscribed to was American Turf Monthly. I'm sorry, I know it's a sponsor of At the Races, but it just wasn't doing it for me. Lots of technical articles promoting obscure angles with questionable research (e.g., maiden claimers dropping down who have raced twice in the past month on the east coast with a jockey switch and at least three prior workouts of 4 furlongs or more will win (1 out of 7) 14% of the time). And their so-called horses to watch lists (in their ad on the show, I think Steve says something like "a steady source of long-shot winners and exotic fillers") never produced any winners for me, though I wasted a lot of time going through those lists.

Switched to HorsePlayer Magazine, mostly because of the glossy format with nice pictures. Liked that mag a lot. Readable articles, some funny columns ("the nose knows"), a regular feature showing how the pros handicap a race, and the goofiest picture of Randy Moss ever taken (don't get me wrong, I like the guy, but this picture shows him kind of glassy-eyed while spastically trying to perform the Vulcan salute from Star Trek -- still laugh every time I see it). Only problem was that this mag only comes out every other month --too long a wait for me.

So now I subscribe to The Bloodhorse (dramatic how they incorporate "the" into the name -- like some kind of periodical royalty) and get my weekly fix of reading. Also subscribe to Mid-Atlantic Thoroughbred, an excellent, excellent publication, fantastic writing, but with, obviously, regional appeal only. I miss, however, the handicapping articles.

What do you read?

[GBBob]

Originally Posted by ShadowRoll

First horse racing magazine I subscribed to was American Turf Monthly. I'm sorry, I know it's a sponsor of At the Races, but it just wasn't doing it for me. Lots of technical articles promoting obscure angles with questionable research (e.g., maiden claimers dropping down who have raced twice in the past month on the east coast with a jockey switch and at least three prior workouts of 4 furlongs or more will win (1 out of 7) 14% of the time). And their so-called horses to watch lists (in their ad on the show, I think Steve says something like "a steady source of long-shot winners and exotic fillers") never produced any winners for me, though I wasted a lot of time going through those lists.

Switched to HorsePlayer Magazine, mostly because of the glossy format with nice pictures. Liked that mag a lot. Readable articles, some funny columns ("the nose knows"), a regular feature showing how the pros handicap a race, and the goofiest picture of Randy Moss ever taken (don't get me wrong, I like the guy, but this picture shows him kind of glassy-eyed while spastically trying to perform the Vulcan salute from Star Trek -- still laugh every time I see it). Only problem was that this mag only comes out every other month --too long a wait for me.

So now I subscribe to The Bloodhorse (dramatic how they incorporate "the" into the name -- like some kind of periodical royalty) and get my weekly fix of reading. Also subscribe to Mid-Atlantic Thoroughbred, an excellent, excellent publication, fantastic writing, but with, obviously, regional appeal only. I miss, however, the handicapping articles.

What do you read?

Bloodhorse....always get funny looks on the plane from non-horse people who see the title and nothing else. Probably think I'm some sicko meat purveyor

[Sightseek]

I get the Blood-Horse too although I always felt the TDN that came along with it was the best part. I'm not overly fond of this new "Blood-Horse NOW" but it looks like subscribers will still get the TDN for free until their subscripton runs out.

[Danzig]

i get bloodhorse, as well as checking other sites on line, such as thoroughbred times, drf, etc.

but yeah, the bloodhorse is my 'fix'. love getting it...usually flip thru it, and then go back and read from cover to cover.

speaking of which...a co-worker asked me about racing, and i was off! would love to convert others to the sport.

hope i didn't bore him too much. i like to tell people about storm cats and ap indys stud fees...usually piques their interest....

[ALostTexan]

I get Thoroughbred Daily News, which is nice because you get the daily email newsletter. Problem is that the magazine is always a week behind, so the next one that I will get on Monday or so of next week will have The Whitney coverage, for example.

Is The Bloodhorse any more timlier (if that is a word)?

[ShadowRoll]

Originally Posted by ALostTexan

I get Thoroughbred Daily News, which is nice because you get the daily email newsletter. Problem is that the magazine is always a week behind, so the next one that I will get on Monday or so of next week will have The Whitney coverage, for example.

Is The Bloodhorse any more timlier (if that is a word)?

No timlier, but it also comes with a plethora of daily email news letters. And then there's the website, which is pretty timely. The magazine covers many topics more in depth, but the raw "news" items I usually see at the website in much the same form as, and prior to receiving, the mag.

Of course, there's so many websites nowadays, it's hard not to be up to date.

http://au.altavista.com/news/cats?q=&nc=8&sc=308
http://www.equidaily.com/
http://www.tsnhorse.com/cgi-bin/edit...ll_edition.cgi
http://www.drf.com/
http://www.ntra.com/
http://www.bloodhorse.com/index.asp
http://www.thoroughbredtimes.com/default.aspx
http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/horse/index

[largo1]

Great topic, I've been thinking about subscribing to a racing rag. Seems like The Bloodhorse is the one most people are naming. When I was a kid in middle school *many* years ago, our school library used to get "Maryland Horse". I checked out *all* of them, and never brought back most of them.(Shhhhhhhh, I think they've lost my trail!!) That was a great mag, just beautiful, with so many photos. I hope Bloodhorse is on the same lines.

Suzanne