Horse Ownership: The Example of Honor Code

William T. Ziemba

Chapter 21 in Sports Analytics, 2022, pp 353-381 from World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.

Abstract: I was fortunate to have and still co-own the racehorse Honor Code as part of a syndicate organized by Ben Haggin and Bill Farish of Lane’s End stud farm. The group included eight horses of which three like Honor Code had superior breeding. Honor Code was from the last crop of AP Indy out of Storm Cat dam the champion Serena’s Cat. AP Indy was the product of Seattle Slew with dam sire Secretariat and became a great racehorse and stallion. I discuss Honor Code’s career. In Early 2014 on the strength of a brilliant two year old year he was the morning line favorite for the Kentucky Derby. In 2015 he won two major Grade I races, namely the Met Mile and the Whitney. He was named the champion older dirt horse that year.

Keywords: Sports Analytics; Statistical Analysis of Sports Decisions; NFL Football; Thoroughbred Racing; Basketball; Baseball; Hockey; Jai Alai; Optimal Betting Strategies; Mean Reversion Risk; Arbitrage; Decision Strategies by Coaches (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C1 L83 Z2 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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