Archive for March, 2010

  • Baffert on the Jersey Shore

    Posted on March 29, 2010 | 2 Comments
    When Monmouth announced their plans to run a shortened meet this year, it was not only a departure from tradition for them but a deliberate move towards a more refined (think EuroAsian) way of racing that attracts thousands to races even on weekdays. And with...

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  • WinStar Derby - what was could be what is again

    Posted on March 28, 2010 | No Comments
    I remember watching one of the first runnings of the Sunland Park Derby several years ago and thinking it was an interesting ungraded Kentucky Derby prep. It was like shipping your horse to Turf Paradise just to get him away from the SoCal powerhouses -...

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  • MythicalMoney: Louisiana Derby

    Posted on March 27, 2010 | No Comments
    If given the choice, I’d rather be sipping coffee and nibbling beignets at Cafe du Monde, than simply daydreaming about it as I handicap the Louisiana Derby. So while my mind wanders, here’s my take on the field… 5:48 pm ET / 4:48 pm CT:...

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  • Expect Sentimentalism from Me

    Posted on March 20, 2010 | No Comments
    To many, the following will probably not be much of a shock: I like Lentenor in today’s Florida Derby - not saying he wins, but he’s going in my Exacta Box. What might surprise, though is the reason: it has zero to do with his...

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  • Why 4500 Slots Stand in the Way of Progress

    Posted on March 14, 2010 | No Comments
    This past Friday, Mum and I rewarded ourselves for a hard week’s work with the deliciousness known as Lunch at Barney’s. We were there later than usual, so the overtly LA-ness that is the lunch crowd of literary agents, movie stars, and celebutants had gone...

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  • 3/6: Big’Cap Day! @ Santa Anita!

    Posted on March 6, 2010 | No Comments
    The National Weather Service is sticking to it’s guns and saying Santa Anita is getting “Showers, mainly after 4pm. High near 60. East southeast wind around 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%.” But now that it’s raining at The Castle (the family house in...

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  • Back to Work Already

    Posted on March 5, 2010 | No Comments
    I’m sure somewhere in a near-year of blogs, I’ve mentioned that I have a dislocated left kneecap. It happened in a ballroom dancing incident the night before the Lane’s End Breeders’ Futurity in October 2003: it’s nothing Tonya Harding, I literally slipped off my own...

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