Bobby Fluke

Rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints. Est.1990 - forever a Student of The Game

[Repole Stable @RepoleStable]

🚨🚨 BREAKING NEWS 🚨🚨

I’ve owned racehorses for 20 years
Today is one of the most embarrassing, disgusting and saddest days I’ve ever experienced in this sport.

I’m going on the record: there is real validity to the rumors and allegations surrounding Marshall Gramm, @hisa_us and the @jockeyclub.

That “racing insider” Swift is breaking this news on X is one of the biggest, embarrassing, public relations debacles I’ve ever seen in my life. Shame on HISA and the jockey Club.

That he has incredible sources both inside HISA and the Jockey Club tells you all you need to know about this circus we call horse racing.

And if even half of what is being discussed is true, this could become one of the biggest scandals in horse racing history.

If Marshall did something wrong, punish him.

But don’t make the mistake of pretending this is just about Marshall.

THIS IS ABOUT THE SYSTEM.

If HISA’s Mickey Mouse technology made confidential horse information this easy to access, then every owner in America should be asking:
Who else got in???
How many times???
What did they see???
And what did they do with it???

Owners were forced to trust HISA with confidential information about our horses.

Apparently, maybe we were the idiots for trusting them.

And of course, right in the middle of everything again is The Jockey Club. The same Jockey Club that has controlled racing’s data, controlled the power structure and told everybody for years that HISA was going to save the sport.

They took their victory lap.
They handed out awards.

They told owners and horseplayers how great everything was.

How’s that victory lap looking today???

Horse racing has a massive insider problem. Sales. Wagering. Data. Conflicts. Access. Power.

And somehow the same small group of people is always sitting at the same tables, sitting on the same boards and protecting the same system.

Meanwhile, who gets screwed???

THE HORSE OWNERS AND THE HORSEPLAYERS.

The people putting up the money. The people actually funding this sport.

Pat Cummings and I know Marshall. We like Marshall.

If he screwed up, we are pissed at him.

But friendship doesn’t come before integrity.

Nobody gets protected. Nobody gets a pass.

HISA needs to immediately disclose exactly what happened, how long it happened, who had access and whether anyone else accessed the same information.

And there needs to be a completely independent third-party investigation of HISA, The Jockey Club and everyone involved.

Not an investigation by their friends.
Not an investigation by their lawyers.
Not another bullshit press release.

A REAL investigation.

Every Jockey Club Steward should either demand it or resign.

Everett Dobson wanted the job as Chairman. Well, congratulations.

This is the job.

This is the moment where you either clean this mess up or become part of it.
And every Jockey Club member should take a long look in the mirror.

By continuing to stand behind this leadership, you are putting your name behind this system.

Owners should remember that.
Horseplayers should remember that.
Track operators should remember that.

I think HISA has completely lost the trust of the industry.

And I believe this could ultimately be the beginning of the end for HISA as we know it.

Class actions from horse owners???
Horseplayers???
Track operators???

I wouldn’t be surprised by any of it. Something is very fucking rotten in horse racing.

I love this sport too much to shut up.
I’ve spent 20 years fighting for it.
And I’m done watching the same insiders protect each other while the people funding this game get treated like suckers.

FULL TRANSPARENCY.
FULL ACCOUNTABILITY.
NO MORE BULLSHIT.

[PGA Tour @PGATour]

On Wednesday afternoon, 18-year-old Blades Brown completed the final round @KornFerryTour @BahamasKFTour at The Abaco Club.

On Thursday morning, he teed it up on TOUR @TheAmExGolf, roughly 2,500 miles west ... and he carded a bogey-free 67 ✈️ 😮

[Babz @BabzOnTheMic]

Cardi B fully invested into the Patriots right now. This is the hype and energy that’ll make me run through a brick wall 😤

[Andy Asaro @racetrackandy]

ANOTHER Fantastic must read CAW article by Jon Stettin. Go @jonathanstettin @UA_RTIP

Simplicity, Transparency, and Level Pools https://t.co/9ssS6DBWAb

[Dave Portnoy @stoolpresidente]

But the owners of the track can set up sophisticated algorithms and get special feeds to bet hundreds of thousands of dollars each race. Make it make sense. #caws

[Dave Portnoy @stoolpresidente]

If you own a track you shouldn’t be allowed to own or partner with any CAW. You should not give them any info or advantages that other gamblers don’t receive. I’m not sure it’s illegal yet, but there is no doubt it’s dirty, unethical and morally corrupt and ruining the sport

[Samantha Decker (she/her) 📷 @sdeckerphoto]

Fall colors at the Spa, 2022.

[Jockeys'Guild @JockeysGuild]

Hall of Famer and Co-Chairman John Velazquez speaks with @MaggieWolfndale on the recent suspension of jockey Paco Lopez.

#JockeysGuild

[Paul Matties Jr @PaulMattiesJr]

I really don't care how or who is making these things happen. I want to point out that the pari mutuel system in its current form is broken and allowing a group of people to make a mockery of horse racing at the same time killing your base fans on a daily basis is ridiculous.

[Paul Matties Jr @PaulMattiesJr]

In Finger Lakes 5th, the even money favorite at the OFF (3:10.21) lost his jockey at the break. He subsequently closed at 2-1. Every exacta probable with him on top increased their odds on the final flash.

[Bobby Fluke @GoFlukeOff]

The true #Odysseus ... crawling his way back from the bottom, love to see @RSantana_Jr riding better than ever at the SPA #redemptiontour

[Tony Zhou @ZhouTony]

Horse Racing Twitter acting like cutting off CRWs in the win pool is meaningless completely misses the point.

This is the only pool most recreational players can actually beat. Why fight to give CRWs less edge in exotics when they already own those pools? Let the sharks eat each other—protect the part of the game that’s still winnable.

You want to die on the hill of ‘fairer’ exotics? Be my guest. Most players are broke by Leg 3. The win pool is where recreational players still have hope.

[Del Mar Racetrack @DelMarRacing]

DMTC will close CAW players access to win pools at two minutes to post beginning Thursday, July 31.

Statement ➡️ https://t.co/Sx6ApNA1ky

[Paul Matties Jr @PaulMattiesJr]

Normalizing the skipping of the Preakness will ultimately ruin the Triple Crown, which will be yet another dagger to the whole thing. Since nobody else does it, I will always try to protect horse racing from ruin. People who have benefited from racing should be more aware of this

[Jstewartrr @jstewartrr]

PUCA watching BAEZA get third in the @KentuckyDerby

A mare like no other.

Yes, we humanize our horses …. because @resracingky farm they are human.

[Andrew Hawkins @AndrewNJHawkins]

Happy retirement to Trevor Denman. Not just the voice of so many memorable moments in American racing, but the only racecaller to be immortalised in The Simpsons… 🎙️

[𝕰𝖒𝕲 @Emilio2763]

This is the Greatest Thing You’ll See Today…

[Nick Luck @nickluck]

Following reports that Gulfstream Park's future may be at risk, I spoke to 1/ST Racing President, Aidan Butler, at length about the potential closure:

Listen to the full interview here 🎧⬇️

[Samantha Decker (she/her) 📷 @sdeckerphoto]

The Spa in winter, 2024.

[Rob Friedman @PitchingNinja]

When Roger Clemens vs. Pedro Martinez turned into...

MURDER Ball. 👀☠️