Hoof Beats June 2024

Features

Recipe for Success
Managing older stallions means accommodating their quirks with excellent care
by Kimberly A. Rinker

Back to Basics
Can making wagering on harness racing easier be more attractive to the casual bettor?
by Tim Bojarski

Info Age
Making the game more attractive—and accessible—to seasoned players through data
by Ed DeRosa

Profile: Robert Cleary
Uncorked
Best yet to come for globetrotting Irish expat
by Rich Fisher

Life After Racing
Sterling Example
Retired trotter Fork brings joy to both his longtime owner and his ‘adoptive’ young rider
by Megan Rider

Horse Care
The Long Haul
Tips and tricks for long-distance travel by trailer
by Hope Ellis-Ashburn

Betcha Didn’t Know
1952: A Very Good Year
Illinois Colt Stakes, Gotham among seasonal highlights
by Kimberly A. Rinker

Treasurer’s Report

Director’s Chair
by Joe Faraldo
Caveat Emptor
Is HISA in practice actually helping horse racing?

Under Wraps
by Tim Bojarski
Leveling the Field
Can the option of a second tier prove more equitable?

Food for Thought
by Tom LaMarra
Racing Renaissance
Examining Ohio’s recent reemergence as a harness hotbed

Through the Binoculars

Starting Lines

In Memoriam

Horsemen’s Shop

Advertisers’ Index

Photo Finish