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☆ Horse Racing’s Loudest Critic Is Favored in Its Biggest Race
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-03 | by ( Joe Drape | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

In the world according to Mike Repole, everyone involved in horse racing is a dummy. Except him, Mike from Queens or the Commish, as some of his followers on X call him. Stuart S. Janney III, chairman of the nonprofit Jockey Club, is clueless and tone deaf and has run the sport into the ground, Repole says. Churchill Downs Inc., which hosts the Kentucky Derby, is cheap: The $3 million purse for America’s most famous race should be much more, and the racetrack treats Repole and other owners badly. Forget about John Stewart, a new owner bringing fresh energy and big money into the game.

Persons: Mike Repole, Mike, Stuart S, Janney III, John Stewart Organizations: Jockey Club, Churchill Downs Inc, Kentucky Derby Locations: Queens, Churchill

☆ Tom Brady is merging his nutrition and apparel brands with training company Nobull
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-30 | by ( Jessica Golden | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Tom Brady will become the No. Seven-time Super Bowl Champion Tom Brady is merging his health and nutrition company, TB12, and his apparel company, Brady, with training brand Nobull. As part of the deal, Brady will become the No. The Boston-based company employs about 100 people across the U.S., U.K. and China, and sells its sneakers and apparel primarily online. Under the merger, the company will continue to operate under the brand name Nobull and aims to become a complete wellness company.

Persons: Tom Brady, Brady, Mike Repole, Nobull, Marcus Wilson, Michael Schaeffer, Repole Organizations: Reebok Locations: Nobull, Boston, U.S, China

ARCADIA, Calif. (AP) — Fierceness won the $2 million Breeders’ Cup Juvenile by 6 1/4 lengths at Santa Anita on Friday, giving trainer Todd Pletcher the early favorite for next year’s Kentucky Derby. Pletcher and owner Mike Repole won the Juvenile last year with Forte. Pletcher earned his 15th Cup victory, while John Velazquez notched his 20th, second all-time among jockeys. Political Cartoons View All 1234 ImagesFive of the seven horses that were scratched from Cup races Friday were for veterinary reasons, while the other two were by order of the stewards. Racing resumes Saturday with nine Cup races, including the $6 million Classic.

Persons: — Fierceness, Todd Pletcher, Mike Repole, Forte, Pletcher, John Velazquez, Fierceness, Bob Baffert, ”, Mike Farrell Organizations: Breeders, Kentucky Derby Locations: ARCADIA, Calif, Santa

☆ Sports drink entrepreneur Mike Repole takes majority stake in sneaker brand Nobull
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-20 | by ( Jessica Golden | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Nobull is a training brand founded in 2015 by former Reebok executives Marcus Wilson and Michael SchaefferNobull is a training brand founded in 2015 by former Reebok executives Marcus Wilson and Michael Schaeffer. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but Repole said it's his biggest investment in a brand to date. Mike Repole's private equity firm will buy a majority stake in the company Nobull, he told CNBC on Thursday. "I think that this brand can really be a life-changing brand for so many people," Repole said. Co-founder Wilson said Repole's history of successful exits is part of what makes him a compelling partner for Nobull.

Persons: Marcus Wilson, Michael Schaeffer Nobull, Michael Schaeffer, Repole, it's, Mike, It's, Vitaminwater, Wilson, who's Organizations: Reebok, CNBC, Impact Capital, NFL, Nobull Locations: Boston, United States, United Kingdom, China, Coke

☆ What to Watch for in the 2023 Kentucky Derby
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-06 | by ( Joe Drape | Melissa Hoppert | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Forte, who was named last year’s 2-year-old champion, has won six of his seven races. So no wonder Forte is the 3-1 morning-line favorite for the 149th running of the Kentucky Derby on Saturday. In 2011, Repole had to scratch another 2-year-old champion, Uncle Mo, the day before America’s greatest race. “I’m 0 for 7 in the Derby,” Repole said. Four other Derby horses were scratched, the first time that many horses were taken out of the field since 2015.

☆ Forte, the Derby Favorite, Is Scratched Hours Before the Race
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-06 | by ( Joe Drape | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Kentucky state veterinarians on Saturday morning scratched Forte, the favorite to win the Kentucky Derby, after examining him and finding him unfit to compete. State veterinarians have reason to be cautious at the 149th running of the race after four horses died in six days at Churchill Downs. Forte was named last year’s 2-year-old champion and had won six of his seven races. He was to be ridden the by the nation’s top jockey, Irad Ortiz Jr.Now only 18 horses will compete in the Derby. In 2011, Forte’s co-owner, Mike Repole, had to scratch another 2-year-old champion, Uncle Mo, the day before the race.

☆ Mage Captures the Derby After an Agonizing Week at Churchill Downs
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-06 | by ( Joe Drape | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The best thing you can say about the 149th running of the Kentucky Derby is that the 18 horses who made it to the starting gate on Saturday survived. That came as a relief after at least seven horses died at Churchill Downs in the past week, two of them on Saturday in races leading up to America’s most famous race. In the past week, seven horses died, one trainer and his horse were kicked off the grounds by regulators under a cloud of suspicion and four other Derby horses were declared out of the race. Forte was trained by a Hall of Famer, Todd Pletcher. He was co-owned by a passionate champion of horse racing, Mike Repole, who by his own estimate has sunk $300 million into buying horses, even as he confessed that he was confounded by the dysfunction that is tolerated in horse racing.

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