the career maiden – #36

In 2016 and 2017, I wrote a newsletter called The Career Maiden. In May of 2017, I resurrected it today. … More

looking back, and looking forward, on Blinkers Off’s fourth birthday

Four years ago today, I started a blog to keep me on top of horse racing through the course of … More

For the first few weeks of the NTRA three-year-old poll, Classic Empire sat atop. The first ballot came before the … More

Three-year-old horses get to go to the Kentucky Derby if they’re good enough. I don’t know what three-year-old blogs get … More

Today, I am launching a Patreon campaign to support Blinkers Off. I started Blinkers Off in January of 2014 as … More

If you are reading this, thank you. If you have read Blinkers Off, Chicago Railbird, Picks and Ponderings, or any … More

Matt Dinerman asked me today if I had thought of making a specific Twitter account for following the Curlin babies. … More

Last year, I was just starting to write a few things about horse racing. My Twitter account had become mostly … More

A new year has rolled around, and Curlin’s first crop is now five. In a few months, a new crop … More

Recently, I had a reader let me know that Blinkers Off was difficult to read due to the white-on-black colour … More

I’ve been thinking about starting a horse racing blog for a while now, and I’m finally doing it. Why is … More