{"id":4623,"date":"2008-08-10T11:47:00","date_gmt":"2008-08-10T11:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/projects\/horsesforsources\/why-is-this-blog-called-horses-for-sources\/"},"modified":"2008-08-10T11:47:00","modified_gmt":"2008-08-10T11:47:00","slug":"why-is-this-blog-called-horses-for-sources","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.horsesforsources.com\/why-is-this-blog-called-horses-for-sources\/","title":{"rendered":"Why is this blog called &#8220;Horses for Sources&#8221;?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/fersht.typepad.com\" style=\"FLOAT: right\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Horses for Sources\" class=\"at-xid-6a00d8356fb76c69e200e553db58608833 \" src=\"http:\/\/www.horsesforsources.com\/images\/6a00d8356fb76c69e200e553db58608833-320wi.jpg\" style=\"MARGIN: 0px 0px 5px 5px\" title=\"Horses for Sources\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/fersht.typepad.com\" style=\"FLOAT: right\"><span style=\"FONT-FAMILY: Trebuchet MS; COLOR: #800000\"><\/span><\/a><span style=\"FONT-FAMILY: Trebuchet MS; COLOR: #800000\">I get asked this question from someone nearly everyday, so here is the reason:&#0160; It&#39;s a horse-racing term. Certain horses run better on certain courses.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p><em>HORSES FOR COURSES &#8211; &quot;A mostly British expression urging someone to stick to the thing he knows best, &#39;horses for courses&#39; comes from the horse racing world, where it is widely assumed that some horses race better on certain courses than on others. In 1898 a British writer noted in the first recorded use of the expression: &#39;A familiar phrase on the turf is &#39;horses for courses.&#39;&quot; From the &quot;Encyclopedia of Word and Phrase Origins&quot; by Robert Hendrickson (Facts on File, New York, 1997, Page 339); &quot;A course of action or policy that has been modified slightly from the original to allow for altered circumstances. A horse that runs well on a dry course will run less well on a damp course and vice versa.&quot;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>I always felt this phrase sums up the experiences of both vendors and buyers which have danced around with outsourcing relationships over the years. An outsourcing&#0160;engagement that works well for&#0160;one firm in&#0160;its particular&#0160;circumstances, may not be as successful for another; there is no <em>one-size-fits-all solution<\/em>, when you are dealing with a company&#39;s people, processes and technology.&#0160; It took me about 30 seconds to come up with this goofy name after a few glasses of vino when&#0160;I&#0160;decided it was high-time to get a blog going&#8230;<br \/>&#0160;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I get asked this question from someone nearly everyday, so here is the reason:&#0160; It&#39;s a horse-racing term. 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