Really don\'t have a problem with Smith\'s ride.  Personally I think her connections did her a disservice keeping her in CA as long as they did.  With 2-3 weeks in a stall at Churchill and a few works over the track does she settle in better and deal with the kick back etc?

When Equibase drove the format change for results files from HTML to PDF it broke all my collection and parsing scripts but as you say, it\'s their data and they are intent on controlling it.

As far as I can tell from the suit, the only complaint against Brisnet is that they contacted Ed and told him he couldn\'t resell their data - a policy clearly stated on their service agreements.  Certainly Equibase and The Jockey Club are merciless in establishing themselves as the sole owner/provider of horse racing data and that brings in all sorts of questions and problems for handicappers, but they are within their rights to limit resale of their data.

As for the Jockey Club and/or Equibase hacking into his business computers to place trojans and viruses, I find it surprising that they would do so from an IP address clearly traceable to their corporate entities and that these business computers would operate on the Internet without adequate virus protection.  Hopefully if these were targeted, malicious attacks from TJC or Equibase authorities have gathered enough evidence to step in and perhaps seize computers at those offices that contain \"stolen information and trade secrets, removed files from Ed Bain's computers...\"

I think a lot of the Internet money goes in \'batch mode\' rather than as it\'s actually wagered which dumps a ton of money all at once.  I finally gave up playing TP for this reason after betting a horse at 9/2 going in the gate, 7/2 as the gate opens and 5/2 going into the stretch.  Don\'t know if this would make a horse jump 7.5 points in one flash, but it could make several hundred wagers look like one huge one.

Look at track photos of top horses from the 50\'s, 60\'s and 70\'s.  Some of the older horses look like *yearlings* today.  Horses are getting bigger faster and stronger and probably not through \'evolution\'.