Money and the message
Jeremy Plonk, Special to ESPN.comYou want to cut 30 percent out of your post-race testing budget? Run 30 percent fewer races and make sure the 70 percent you keep are held to the highest standards possible.
Story | Conversation | December 03, 2009Three to be thankful for
Jeremy Plonk, Special to ESPN.comThanksgiving means much more than getting out a nail punch from the tool shed and expanding your leather belt by a notch. It's a time to reflect and appreciate as much as anything; and those of us who work in, and enjoy, the horse racing industry truly have been blessed in 2009.
Story | Conversation | November 23, 2009Change hits the Derby trail
Jeremy Plonk, Special to ESPN.comFor me, the annual end of the Breeders' Cup season marks the beginning of the Triple Crown pursuit.
Story | Conversation | November 18, 2009Cup memories begin and end with Z
Jeremy Plonk, Special to ESPN.comAfter 48 hours of reflection, I tried to put the monstrous mare's victory into personal perspective.
Story | Conversation | November 10, 2009Who's in your saddle?
Jeremy Plonk, Special to ESPN.comI'm not old enough or dumb enough to use words like "ever," but jockeys will play a bigger role in Friday and Saturday's Breeders' Cup World Championships than perhaps any major racing stage of the past few decades.
Story | Conversation | November 02, 2009The Ambassadors of Dirt
Jeremy Plonk, Special to ESPN.comWhile it might not sound like much of an upper-level cabinet post, the Ambassadors of Dirt at the 2009 Breeders' Cup World Championships will be the most highly scrutinized politicos in this dog-and-pony show.
Story | Conversation | October 28, 2009Study shows no turf edge on synthetics
Jeremy Plonk, Special to ESPN.comIt's time to separate the facts and the friction.
Story | Conversation | October 21, 2009It's the surface, stupid
Jeremy Plonk, Special to ESPN.comIf everyone is going to get upset over how skewed last year's results were in a one-year sample, then we should never wish for another Breeders' Cup on a fast dirt track again either.
Story | Conversation | October 14, 200924 races, 24 more cases
Jeremy Plonk, Special to ESPN.comThis weekend features no less than 24 races to watch, from all corners of America.
Story | October 08, 2009The Challenge: 18 races, 18 cases
Jeremy Plonk, Special to ESPN.comFrom New York City to Paris, and Los Angeles to Newmarket, we span the globe in search of racing's best. We even make a pit stop in Anderson, Ind.
Story | September 30, 2009Not so Favre-lous
Jeremy Plonk, Special to ESPN.comPlease don't bring Lava Man back to the races. Horse racing doesn't need Brett Favre with a saddle.
Story | September 24, 2009Back and better than ever?
Jeremy Plonk, Special to ESPN.comIt's one of the remarkable weekends in post-Breeders' Cup history, yet no one really is talking about it.
Story | Conversation | September 18, 2009Rachel in 2010
Jeremy Plonk, Special to ESPN.comIt already sounds like a political campaign, doesn't it? "Rachel in 2010" is a sure-fire winner.
Story | Conversation | September 09, 2009Can virtual become reality?
Jeremy Plonk, Special to ESPN.comHorses aren't machines; this much we've learned. Not all get pumped up by a 22-pound heart like Secretariat.
Story | September 07, 2009Racing's legendary ladies
Jeremy Plonk, Special to ESPN.comIt's not easy being great, with all apologies to noted philosopher Kermit the Frog.
Story | Conversation | September 02, 2009TOP SEARCHES IN NOVEMBER
Bowl Projections tops ESPN.com searches in November. Did "jeremy plonk" make the list?