How many people, on a world scale, do you think are interested in thoroughbred racing? If Googling through Blogspot (the platform this blog's built on) is anything to go by, we're very much in a tiny minority.
There are literally hundreds of thousands of blogs built on Blogspot. When I searched for bloggers who listed thoroughbred racing as one of their interests in their profiles, there were just 37, split 33 based in USA and 4 based in Australia.
When I searched for craps there were 89 results! Leave that to your imagination.
When I searched for horse racing it came up with 774 devotees. When I searched for just horses there were 12,000 bloggers identified. Thousands of Velvet Browns and Thelwell pony owners amongst that lot.
Beer came up with 11,900, which I thought was surprisingly low, crocheting 6,800, scrapbooking 31,400, golf 33,400 and fishing 33,500.
Thoroughbred breeding came up with just 2 - and I'm one of them. The other guy's blog is all about cricket. I thought talking to myself was a sign of old age.
I might try sex next - there's got to be a first time - and see how many are interested in that. For the sake of the future of humanity, I hope more than thoroughbred breeding!
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Looks like it, but actually the Main Man at 'Orange' ... if great coffee, fine food, sumptuous wines, funky atmosphere and fab service are your go, 'Orange' at the Windsor end of Chapel St, Melbourne, is the place. Ask for Anthony and tell him his old man sent you.
SOME RECENT PURCHASES and RECOMMENDATIONS
Thousand Guineas Prelude winner Ortensia, trainer Tony Noonan. Love those nostrils and ears (the filly's).
Fastnet Rock/Rare Insight 2YO colt. Tr J O'Shea
Danzero/Global Dance 2YO colt. Tr G Waterhouse
Canadian 2YO stakeswinner and young broodmare Chelsey's Image (Holy Bull-Lucky Chelsey), in foal to Dylan Thomas (Ire)
Golan/Double Owe 2YO colt, named Double Whisky. Tr C Waller
Redoute's Choice/Volted In 2YO filly. Tr G Waterhouse
Hussonet/Portrayal 2YO filly, named Bolocco Miss. Tr C Waller
Anabaa/Regal Fun 2YO colt. Tr C Waller.
High Chaparral, sire of the Kaapentyne 2YO colt. Tr C Little.
More Than Ready/Rachael's Pride 2YO colt, named Our Corsa. Tr C Waller
Charge Forward/Zerlina 2YO filly, named Passing By. Tr Robert Price
A P Indy's successful sire son Malibu Moon, sire of USA stakeswinner and young broodmare Grant's Moon, booked to Show A Heart.
USA stakeswinner and young broodmare Les Ry Leigh (Broken Vow-Azusa), in foal to Rock Of Gibraltar (Ire)
Hussonet's G1 winning 2YO champion filly La Chiflota
Group winner Rockwood (Rock Of Gibraltar-Foxwood, by Centaine). Tr G Waterhouse
Gr 1 winning mare Absolut Glam (Snowland-Pine Away, by Pine Bluff). Tr D O'Brien.
2 comments:
The Thoroughbred Bloggers Alliance is a group committed to thoroughbred racing and breeding - they are mostly based in the USA:
http://thoroughbredbloggersalliance.blogspot.com/
In Australia Jane Henning has a blog attached to her website: http://www.pedigree-dynamics.com.au/blog/blog.html.
Byron Rogers' site The Pedigree Guru became the longest running blog after Katrina Partridge's Thoroughbred Marketing: An Eye on the Industry blog [http://www.athloneassociates.com/btm/blog.html] shut down in 2006.
There are various race club blogs in existence as well - The Kentucky Derby had one this year and the Dubai Racing Club have one that now goes year round not just during the International Carnival/World Cup.
Good info. I'm familiar with some of these. I presume they're among the 811 (37 + 774) who list 'thoroughbred racing' or 'horse racing' as an interest. But that's still only 12% of those interested in crocheting. Bit of a worry!
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