Apply Even Pressure
What’s that gushing sound? It’s the sound of a bleeding and mortally wounded Triple Crown series. Has anybody at the…
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Showing posts from May, 2007
Einstein Wouldn't Bet on Her
In 1905 Einstein (the human not the horse) was still working in that patent office, Mata Hari who was the Madonna of…
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Buddha Has Left the Building
The slots take per machine is way down at Gulfstream Park, which must mean its summer time in Florida. The snowbirds…
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Triple Crown
Broken Crown
Larry Jones, the colorful cowboy trainer with a never say die attitude is the most pleasant surprise of the Triple Cro…
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Blinded by the Light Off Andy Beyer's Head
ESPN's coverage was much better than NBC's. The minute NBC came on they pissed me off by not spending two minu…
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I Think We Got Nipped~ Carl Nafzger
What looked like certain victory, snatched away. Hey that is horse racing and there is no disgrace in this loss. Stree…
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The Quacks are Running Wild in Albany
The saga over how to reinvent the NYRA franchise just goes on and on. With each passing day the politicians involved l…
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It was just my imagination, running away with me
Remember that reporter from the Miami Herald who wrote that idiotic article alleging Jose Santos was carrying a buzz…
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The Washington Post Done Me Wrong
Now I know why Richard Nixon hated the Washington Post. Well maybe not for the same reason I do. After all Nixon was t…
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The Uneventful Preakness
You don’t have to read the Bug Boys regularly to know that racing in Maryland is almost dead. Maryland My Maryland wil…
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The Irish Invade France
Things are once again relatively quiet stateside this weekend as all eyes turn to the Preakness a week from tomorrow…
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The Sheepshead Bay Sheeplechase
I thought they ran this race at Aqueduct? Looks like Todd Pletcher trains number five !
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Your Average Kentucky Derby Winner
Is there such a thing? For the most part Derby winners are extraordinary horses and for some the exertions of prepar…
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Your Average Coupon-Clipping Horse Player
I made a pilgrimage down to the new Philadelphia Racetrack and Casino about a week ago, enticed by two coupons in the …
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The Green Monkey isn’t the only monkey on Todd’s back
They say it is lonely at the top and I would guess Todd must feel pretty lonely back at the barn this Monday morning…
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Todd, Can We Talk ?
OK so you’re 0 for 19. Yeah maybe there’s something about your training methods that keeps you from getting what every…
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Thank You Street Sense Part II
Thanks to the kind owners of Birdbirdistheword who allowed me to visit with their fine colt back in February I got to s…
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The Juvenile Jinx, Can Street Sense Overcome The Odds?
Is there really a Juvenile Jinx? If you look at the following chart, you will see a graphical representation of the …
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Chasing Barbaro
Has anyone actually seen this documentary yet? I know it was preempted by Alan’s beloved Rangers back on April 29th an…
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Cockney Rebel Wins the 2000 Guineas at 25-1
Two furlongs out Cockney Rebel strikes the front to win the 2000 Guineas by 2 lengths in a huge upset under Olivier Pe…
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2000 Guineas: Diamond Tycoon Has 250 Owners
Here's a great story in the Racing Post about one of the Guineas runners. Over the years, many have competed…
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Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee ~ Teofilo Out of Guineas
5-2 favorite Teofilo was withdrawn from Saturday's 2000 Guineas yesterday. A reoccurance of a knee injury may…
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Will A Solomon Step Forward ?
Here we are with 48 hours to go until the Derby and the impasse between TrackNet and TVG goes on, an appeal by a numbe…
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What If Todd Was A Horse ?
Todd Pletcher’s record in the Kentucky Derby is 14-0-1-1. What if you were asked to handicap a race where strangely th…
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Ray Kerrison's Amnesia
In his column today, Say Goodbye to the Derby as we know it, Ray Kerrison of the New York Post unloads both barrels at…
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