New angles
In the Final Strides is a new addition to my blog here at good ol’ RTATS. On this page, I will be developing a horse racing blog that, hopefully, will grow and get better as time goes on.
What inspired this?
Jay Cronley at ESPN on the horse racing page did. Cronley has got to be one of the
worst writers currently collecting a paycheck on this planet. For years now, I’ve felt like I could come to the table with more consistent and interesting content than Cronley, and I’m setting up
In the Final Strides to prove that, mostly to myself.
I have this area of my blog to write about anything, but I really feel that if I can commit myself to keeping up with racing at a much more involved level than I currently have, I can be informative, opinionated, and hopefully continue to be honest and funny at the same time.
I really believe that there is an “old guard” of writers for horse racing (concentrated at the DRF, mostly), and that while they are very well connected and good at what they do, this sport needs youth. Young people at the track, at the windows, and at the media outlets (while few and far between) that choose to carry coverage of horse racing.
In a perfect world, I’d like to be somewhat like ESPN’s “The Sports Guy” as far as being entertaining through analysis, but obviously thoroughbred-centric in my approach. This goal is far from being realized, but I’m hoping that over time I can provide interesting content, good commentary, and a little bit of entertainment value along the way.