Perry Wayne Ouzts has won more than 7,000 races since he began his career as a professional jockey in 1973, earning his first win in March of that year at Beulah Park. He ranks seventh all time among North American jockeys by victories with 7,081 behind five U.S. Racing Hall of Famers and one member of the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame.
Month: June 2020
Horse Racing Tips Saturday 27th June
Bet to win.
Redcar 1.05 Northern Queen – win bet.
Newcastle 4.40 Juniors Dream – win bet.
Betting Operators Unite to form WOTA
Pari Mutuel/Tote operators offering betting on horse racing around the world have united to form the World Tote Association (WoTA). Comprised of 20 operators, members, which represent €20 billion in turnover, will advocate and promote:
• A percentage of revenues going toward supporting beneficiaries, including the horseracing sector
• Optimization of technology and operations to ensure members can exchange best practice and develop mutually beneficial work streams collaboratively
• Leading standards for social responsibility that make safer betting and protection of customers a priority
• National and global pools utilizing technology to ensure an engaging and positive customer experience
WoTA combines members of the European Pari Mutuel Association (EPMA) and the Asian African Tote Association (AATA), which will share their support and resources to the new Association.
Paul Cross, General Manager International at Tabcorp and Richard Cheung, Executive Director, Customer and International Business Development at The Hong Kong Jockey Club are co-chairing WoTA for the first two years. Hans Lord Skarploth, CEO of ATG will act as the Vice Chairman and Keith Johnson, President of AmTote of Stronach Group, will serve as treasurer.
The newly elected Board will present its priorities July 15.
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Diversity in Racing: Tim Wickes
TIM WICKES
I have three sons and one daughter, and I would like to think that it will be as easy for her as it will be for them, but I know it won’t be.
In this industry, Linda Rice is the unicorn of trainers as the most decorated female trainer in history. Julie Krone was the unicorn of her generation as a jockey, and the same goes for Georgeanne Hale as the first woman to serve as a racing secretary at a major North American racetrack.
I’m embarrassed by this- by the fact that there’s so little representation of females and minorities at racing’s highest level. By the fact that a woman is a unicorn if she makes these accomplishments.
Diversity and inclusion are, frankly, bullshit words. Because really, they’re what people say to make themselves feel better. I would say that a lot of our lack of diversity is, to some extent, a reflection of our owners and breeders.
It all comes down to who you pick. At my little farm in Pennsylvania, both my veterinarian and farrier are women. I try not to have too many racehorses, but I’ve never had a woman trainer. The next time I have a racehorse, I think I need to make more of an effort to find a female trainer. I think that’s an extra effort I have to make, to say ‘look, it’s time.’
Do I need to do better? Absolutely. I need to do better in seeing these issues and in pointing them out. I need to make sure that I’m walking the walk.
When I was a kid at the racetrack, at least half of the grooms were African American. And now, almost none of them ever made it up the ranks to be trainers. That needs to change. It’s obnoxious that we think these guys aren’t qualified. They’re all incredible horsemen who work so hard, and they have no shot. There have been guys training a long time who have never promoted a Hispanic groom to a higher position of assistant trainer.
If you have a trainer that you have been doing business with for a long time and you are loyal to him, then maybe use your clout as a good paying customer, and ask why their grooms are never promoted to assistant trainers. How come their assistant trainers always come from some other pool?
How can they become trainers if they can’t be assistant trainers? Enough of putting that glass ceiling for those guys at the groom level.
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