J.N. Campbell's Archives

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The Post Position Argument: We Need a Modernist's Eye - March 20, 2020

Harmony and Dissonance: The Fate of Two Horses - Feb. 20, 2020

Searching for Bona Fides: Stronach’s 1/ST Platform - Jan. 28, 2020

Beauty Generation’s Ghosts of the Past and Specters of the Future - Jan. 21, 2020

Dropping a Pin at the Quarter Pole: Equibase’s GPS Play - Jan. 14, 2020

The Exhaustion of Basic Illusions: The New Horse Racing - Jan. 7, 2020

A Crucible of Greed: Santa Anita's Breeders' Cup Moment - Oct. 31, 2019

The Bridge to Nowhere: The Integrity of a Horse Act - Aug. 13, 2019

Where Do All the Horses Go?: The Life and Death of Those That Run - Aug. 5, 2019

The Wisdom of Oz: A Horse Racing Allegory - July 29, 2019

Free Past Performances For All!: Why Horse Racing Should Democratize Data - July 21, 2019

In the Arena: The Good Name of Jerry Hollendorfer - July 12, 2019

Pull Together America: An Example of Horse Racing’s Future in Britain - July 5, 2019

Has Santa Anita Lost the Right to Host the Breeders’ Cup? - June 27, 2019

The Day the Horse Stood Still: A Poem from Royal Ascot - June 20, 2019

“War and Peace” in 2019: The Russian Novel that is Horse Racing - June 13, 2019

Horse Racing Revelations: Fair Labor and the Accountability of Chad Brown - June 5, 2019

Pede Will Be Missed: A Jockey Colony Mourns - May 29, 2019

A Perspective from Bodexpress: The Phenomenon of the Riderless Horse - May 22, 2019

Derby, Derby, Derby: The Preakness as Middle Child - May 16, 2019

The Past is Prologue: Convergences Create a Different Kentucky Derby - May 8, 2019

The End of Noble Instincts: A Different Kentucky Derby - May 2, 2019

The Way of the Pigeon: Crackpots, Synanthropes and the Future of the Thoroughbred - April 24, 2019

Thoroughbred Thoughts: Where is the Roger Goodell of Horse Racing? - April 18, 2019

Horse Racing Reflections: How Keeneland Built the Boutique Track - April 11, 2019

Vision Obscura: A Critique of The Jockey Club’s View - April 6, 2019

An International Sui Generis: Dubai’s World Cup - March 28, 2019

International Agonistes: How Horse Racing is Coming Back to Mainland China - March 21, 2019

Stewardship, Mr. Ritvo: An Open Letter the Stronach Group’s Tim Ritvo - March 16, 2019

Threshold at Santa Anita: A World Where One Is One Too Many - March 9, 2019

The Nineteen Horses: Quagmire at the American Racetrack - March 2, 2019

A Different Kind of Horse Roundup: Spring’s Notable Horse Racing Events - Feb. 22, 2019

What the Hook Can Do: The Laws of Attracting Fans to Horse Racing - Feb. 15, 2019

How They Became Thoroughly Bred: A Review of PBS’ Equus Documentary - Feb. 7, 2019

And They’re Off! Entering the Kentucky Derby Travail - Feb. 1, 2019

Preserving Railbird Ornithology at the Horse Racing Track - Jan. 25, 2019

Racing Like Knicks Go: The 70-1 Long Shot in All of Us - Jan. 16, 2019

Horse Racing: The House that Oaklawn Will Build - Jan. 9, 2019

Horse Racing: The Top 5 Stories of 2018 and Predictions for 2019 - Dec. 31, 2018

Santa Anita Shortcomings: Goosed by a Wonder Wager - Dec. 25, 2018

Horse Racing Evolutions: The Rise of Trainer Brad Cox - Dec. 15, 2018

Playing the Ponies: The Allure of the Future Wager - Dec. 5, 2018

The Curious Case of Gary Stevens - Nov. 30, 2018

Loading Nationalism Part 2: Unfolding a Democratic Horse Race - Nov. 23, 2018

Loading Nationalism Part 1: The System and Horse Racing’s Correlation - Nov. 12, 2018

Breeders’ Cup Pay Dirt: Enabling the Lion and the Unicorn to Win - Nov. 7, 2018

From the Clouds: A Personal Essay and Remembrance During Breeders’ Cup Week - Oct. 30, 2018

Breeders’ Cup Belie: World Championships Without the World? - Oct. 23, 2018

Expanding the Purple Reign: The Breeders’ Cup 2018 Preview - Oct. 18, 2018

Publish or Perish: The Handicapper and the Cult of Personality in Horse Racing - Oct. 9, 2018

Playing the Ponies and the Pure Poetry of the Fall Meet at Keeneland - Oct. 2, 2018

Horse Racing Reflections Part 2: The Lasix Problem in American Racing - Sept. 25, 2018

Horse Racing Reflections Part 1: To Blood Test or Not to Blood Test? - Sept. 19, 2018

The Story that NBC Missed Part 2: Trainer Jonathan Thomas - Sept. 7, 2018

The Story that NBC Missed Part 1: Catholic Boy - Aug. 30, 2018

Dreaming of Del Mar Racetrack: Everyone into the Giant Pools - Aug. 23, 2018

How to Become a Great Jockey: Jose Ortiz’s Valleys and Peaks in Horse Racing - Aug. 18, 2018

The Future of Betting on Sport: The Billion Dollar America Parlay - Aug. 7, 2018

The Fleeting Career of Justify, One of Horse Racing’s True Legends - July 31, 2018