Who Do You Like? Handicappers’ Derby Selections for Forbes.com

On Saturday at about 6:30 pm, 20 horses will line up to run for the roses in the Grade I, $2 million Kentucky Derby presented by Yum! Brands. Post positions and morning line odds were announced yesterday, and with the publication last night of past performances, handicappers began putting the final phase of making selections…

“The racing world is too small to ruffle too many feathers.” Why women talk–and don’t–about their experiences about racing

Whenever I write about women and racing, I can count on getting at least two reactions. One is the private messages, texts, and phone calls from women, the ones in which women share their experiences (“but please don’t write this … I want to keep working in the industry”) about unequal pay, about harassment, about…

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Who Do You Like? Handicappers’ Derby Selections for Forbes.com

“The racing world is too small to ruffle too many feathers.” Why women talk–and don’t–about their experiences about racing