About this episode
<p>How does Kentucky keep itself atop the thoroughbred industry? Is a champion stallion really worth $200,000 per date? And how many hands can one jockey have? (Part two of a series, “<a href="https://freakonomics.com/the-horse-is-us/">The Horse Is Us.</a>”)</p><p> </p><ul><li><strong>SOURCES:</strong><ul><li><a href="https://emilyjplant.com/about/">Emily Plant</a>, thoroughbred researcher and statistician.</li><li><a href="https://agecon.mgcafe.uky.edu/directory/jill-stowe">Jill Stowe</a>, professor of economics at the University of Kentucky.</li><li><a href="https://taylormadefarm.com/">Mark Taylor</a>, president of Taylor Made Farm.</li><li><a href="https://www.chrb.ca.gov/board_members.html">Oscar Gonzales</a>, vice chair of the California Horse Racing Board.</li><li><a href="https://www.equibase.com/profiles/Results.cfm?type=People&searchType=J&eID=1269&rbt=TB">Richard Migliore</a>, head racing analyst for Fox Sports and New York Racing Association, retired jockey.</li></ul></li></ul><p> </p><ul><li><strong>RESOURCES:</strong><ul><li>"<a href="https://www.npr.org/2025/05/19/nx-s1-5385010/trump-immigration-enforcement-horse-racing">Horse racing industry braces for crackdown on illegal immigration</a>," by Ximena Bustillo <i>(NPR,</i> 2025).</li><li>"<a href="https://elcr.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/EconomicClustersFINAL.pdf">Conceptualizing the Kentucky Horse Industry as an Economic Cluster</a>," by Lori Garkovich <i>(Bluegrass Equine Digest, 2009).</i></li></ul></li></ul><br/> <p>Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See <a href="https://pcm.adswizz.com">pcm.adswizz.com</a> for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.</p>