Archive for June, 2009

  • Hell No We Won’t Go … Why?

    Posted on June 30, 2009 | 1 Comment
    Someone asked me today if I thought it was cowardly of Zenyatta’s owners to say she won’t run East of the 405 this year. My answer? No. The stated reasoning, from the lips of Jerry Moss himself (per Blood-Horse) makes absolute sense to me: “As...

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  • Scare Me: Stakes Fields are a Teensy-Tinesy Problem

    Posted on June 30, 2009 | No Comments
    Earlier this year, I wrote a piece for The Rail that talked about small fields and bad racing. I still believe that’s a problem and one that cutting racedays without adding some alternative form of gaming really isn’t going to be solved in the short...

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  • PartyLine Politics: I’d rather see the horse run

    Posted on June 25, 2009 | No Comments
    In high school, I took A.P. Political Science and I never remember the textbook saying that officials (local, state, or federal) should tune out all debate they hear and simply vote down party lines. If that were the case, I think government would move a...

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  • Bullseye: Eye of the Leopard in the Queen’s Plate

    Posted on June 24, 2009 | No Comments
    All right, race fans, we need to take a good long look at our neighbors to the north. Canada - and Woodbine in particular - do racing so right. Having spent two days here, I’m hooked. What started Saturday with amazing hospitality from the press...

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  • Slots Vote: Helping to KEEP Horses in KY

    Posted on June 22, 2009 | No Comments
    An email sent to KEEP members late Sunday from executive director Patrick Neely… To see it in your web browser, CLICK HERE Dear Friend: WOW! Minutes after the Kentucky House passed House Bill 2, we asked you to email members of the Senate Appropriations and...

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  • Breaking Hollywood, round 2: $522,957 Carryover

    Posted on June 19, 2009 | No Comments
    I bet it gets to $1 million before the pool closes! We’re getting over yesterday’s debacle: when the first two legs are won by $30+ winners, it’s ok to just shred the ticket and move on. So that’s what we’re doing with today’s Pick 6....

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  • Breaking Hollywood: $125k Pick 6 Carryover

    Posted on June 18, 2009 | No Comments
    A girl’s gotta have goals: let’s try to take down Thursday’s Pick 6 at Hollywood Park! Picks … 2, 5 / 8, 11 / 3, 8 / 3, 8 / 1, 2, 9 / 7, 15 Leg #1: 2:03pP/5:03pE … $50k Allowance for 3&up going...

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  • The ABC’s of HoY: Awards, Ballots, & Cliches

    Posted on June 15, 2009 | No Comments
    Today marked the opening of the voting for the Teen Choice Awards. Why would a blog focused on Thoroughbred racing care? Because I think it’s time to open the Horse of the Year balloting. I know, I know: I can hear the groans now –...

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  • Good to Be Home

    Posted on June 13, 2009 | No Comments
    I very honestly made several stupid wagers last Saturday at the Belmont Stakes and lost $40.40. I very honestly made several smart wagers today at Churchill Downs and won $51.17. Wonder what my home track is? Yeah, not NYRA.

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  • CD 11: G3 Regret (aka So Tough, Why Even Bother?)

    Posted on June 13, 2009 | No Comments
    3yo F’s going 1-1/8 mi. (T) for $150k Picks: Keertana, Prytania, Rena

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