New Pimlico Analyst
 

Apparently she beat Ryan Fogelsonger, who also applied for the job. I would have thought he would have been a shoe in, since he won so much there. Instead, they went with beauty over the beast. http://www.drf.com/news/pimlico-laur...w-race-analyst

... a terribly presumpteous thing to say.

It's not like she's some bimbo they found at Hooters.

She obviously grew up around racing, writes and has done a little of the on-air thing...

Good for them for giving her a shot. Racing needs this kind of thing.

Did you watch their respective tryouts?

I'm guessing not.

I am applauded that you reference the fine young ladies at Hooters as Bimbo's. My sister works their and I am offended that you lumped(EXCUSE THE PUN) in as a Bimbette. Feel free to retract your disparaging remarks..From a woman no less

There was a monumental dead-rail bias at Presque Isle Downs in the second season of racing. It was a habitual thing, day in and day out...and it went on for weeks.

After weeks, the only jockey left in the room who still failed to recognize it was Fogelsonger. He was taking EVERYTHING to the inside, and no one was close to him. It was a joke.

The fields weren't even that big and post position number 1 had lost over a hundred straight races. Mike Luzzi came in to ride a strong favorite in a stakes race who was lone speed from post #1. He had never even rode the track before, and from simply watching a few replays of races earlier on the card... he sent the horse leaving the gate, took him out to the 4path in an instant, and went wire-to-wire.

Luzzi is no rocket scientist... but from simply watching a few replays, he had a better understanding of what was going on than someone who had been riding the track all along.

Fogelsonger didn't even make it through a full meet here.

Forget 22-year-old ... a 12-year-old girl would make a better analyst than he would. He may have won a lot of races riding in the Mid-Atlantic ... but it doesn't take a lot of thinking to do that.

"her ability to write a blog was significant."

Who couldn't write a blog? (Well maybe the jock)


“I am really excited about the opportunity,” Gaudet said. “Frank is a really good handicapper. One of the things I need to focus on is studying the charts and [Daily Racing Form] Formulator. I am going to enjoy the blogging aspect of the job.

Well there is this...

Me and about half of the horse-loving woman I know have that necklace. :o

Somewhere in Hossy Heaven, Hendrix is shaking his head! :D

Meaning... (?)

I don't see how someone who has been given a chance and then presented herself in this light... how this is a negative.

:tro:

Why yes. Yes, it is. Point taken. :D

I know you know what I meant though and won't insult you by explaining myself.

The analyst formerly known as Katie Mikolay has landed the Keeneland job as well. She has also apparently taken her husbands last name of Gensler.

That is name change #2 for her. Mikolay was a shortened up version of her original last name.

I just don't understand why every track can't hire someone like Andy or Calzone Lord. It always has to be another pretty face on the T.V. screen, telling the public "this horse looks so pretty in the paddock". Give me someone who knows how to bet and give great insight into a race any day. Give us a degenerate gambler who is actually going to push money through the window. Send the Pretty faces to TVG and HRTV.

As long as they actually know what they're talking about ... they can be great in that limited role...and it's useful info to everyone who isn't at the track and isn't strong in that aspect.

Maggie Wolfendale is very good in that role imo. Maybe the new girl at Pimlico will be as well ... but they are probably doing a wise thing by not letting her make the morning line. Keep her to her strengths.

There are a lot of great horse racing TV analysts.

On top of everything else, Blackthroatedwind is an extremely good tv presence. I hope he isn't too offended by you putting his name next to mine.

Jeff Siegal is incredible at HRTV. Randy Moss is excellent for ESPN. Kurt Hoover for SA and Jon White for HRTV are very good. Brad Free is good. TVG has a few that do a good job and a few others who could be useful if they applied themselves. A few different tracks have useful analysts. Monmouth with Brad Thomas ... I've seen guys here like Pat, Travis, and NTamm all do very good jobs. NTamm is very articulate.

As great as a guy like Jeff Siegal is ... tracks want "image" people in that role. The kind of people they think can get attention with looks and sound cool.

I'll likely be cursed out for this, but Maggie's voice kills me. It is better now, but when she was at CLN they could never get the sound right and it was like nails on a chalkboard.

Katie has a really great voice and is a smooth speaker. She has on occasion swapped the odds for the horses # etc., but I would much rather listen to her than anyone else and she doesn't do that pouty face hair-toss thing that Jessica P. did.

Whatever happened to Jessica P? She kinda fell off the planet.

Just asked that question today to a few people who know these things. Word on the street is she's a diva and hard to work with, got the boot because of it.

She's just been busy filming Season 2 of the Timmy Thorton Youtube Reality series.

This years 25 episodes should be fun to watch.

Disagree on both accounts.
Maggie is great with giving an account on how a horse looks and, how it looks compared to previous starts.
So far at KEE Katie has tripped over her words and has seemed really nervous, while adding nothing to what Mike B has already said.

That is the key reason that makes her very helpful in her role. Migliore is very good with this as well.

Even if you can trust that someone is a very good judge at looking at horses in the flesh ... they aren't much help unless they have seen the horse in prior races before and have made, at the very least, a good mental note.

I'm not interested at all in hearing how a horse looks and is behaving before a race ... unless the same person can tell me how the horse has looked and behaved before prior races.