Sal says that if you’re going to do a preview like Phil would have wanted, you better have a wrap.
Sal says he’s not back in the saddle again, but will sometimes suddenly surface and periodically post some salient comments and stories.
Sal will also periodically post Alberta thoroughbred announcements and employment opportunities.
I like nonsense; it wakes up the brain cells.
Dr. Seuss
FiveThirtyEight – Arthur – Cubs Fans Finally Exit Purgatory After One Of Baseball’s Greatest Games
FiveThirtyEight – Paine – Theo Epstein’s Curse-Breakers
NY Times – Pennington – In the Cubs’ New Kingdom, Bliss and Wonder Reign at Every Level
Edmonton Journal – Licence extended for horse racing at Northlands
Horse Racing Alberta – Watts – Hoofprints – November 7th
Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It’s not.
Dr. Seuss
New OTB opened in Cold Lake AB
Best Western / Sawmill
The Horsemen’s Daily – Owner Conference Concludes with Enthusiastic Reviews from Attendees, Sponsors
Racing Future – Mills – The Reins of Transition of The Breeder’s Dream
The horses Germans want to breed
What makes their accomplishments most remarkable is that they have emerged from a country that produces no more than about 850 foals a year, and one in which racing has had to battle to preserve its position in a landscape where sports betting and soccer are pre-eminent.
While much of the rest of the world puts priority on speed, shorter races and precocity, German breeders and owners prefer to focus on producing Thoroughbreds that will prevail over longer tests and are sound enough to remain competitive for years. In large measure, that is the reason for their success.
“The Germans concentrate on one thing, basically — staying races,” observed Daniel Krüger, manager of the German Owners and Breeders Association (Besitzervereinigung) and a key executive for both German Thoroughbred Marketing and Gestut Fahrhof, the breeder of many top runners, including Sabiango and Arlington Million winner Silvano, who went on to be a champion sire in South Africa.
“From seven Group 1 races in Germany, there are five over 12 furlongs; the German Oaks is over 11 furlongs and there is only one over 10 furlongs,” noted Krüger, who also has been associated with American-based Team Valor International.
“So, that shows where our attention goes: to the classic, staying horse. And that is what Germans want to breed. We also give them time as 2-year-olds — we don’t push them or run them too soon — and those are the main reasons I would say Germany is so successful.
Sal says that the 250,000 litres should have been saved and when they catch the culprit(s) make them drink every damn litre with no pee breaks allowed.
NY Times – Asimov – There Are No Wrong Thanksgiving Wines
LA Times – Slideshow: Photos from the 2016 Breeders’ Cup races
NY Times – Drape – Breeders’ Cup: Arrogate’s Win Ends California Chrome’s Perfect Year
This is Horse Racing – Joe Clancy – Arrogate catches California Chrome in Classic
Bloodhorse – Novak – Arrogate Upsets ‘Chrome’ in BC Classic
ESPN – Arrogate runs down California Chrome to win Breeders’ Cup Classic
TDN – Arrogate Up Late in BC Classic
Lady and the Track – Laughter – Classic Empire Holds On to Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Score
Bloodhorse – Wincze-Hughes – Classic Empire Reigns in BC Juvenile
TDN – Classic Empire Staves Off Not This Time in Juvenile
Bloodhorse – Attendance, Handle Up for BC Saturday
Sal says that Phil wouldn’t want Sal to subject the Ennead to an emotionless strumpet with no talent who lacks rhythm, doesn’t understand that the words are supposed to go with the music and has no idea that there’s a difference between singing and screeching when the real thing is still on tape.
Fret not Morgan, Sal says that there must be some Last Place Little League team somewhere who needs a wailer to butcher the American National Anthem.
Bloodhorse – Shulman – Champagne Room Takes Juvenile Fillies
Lady and the Track – Laughter – Champagne Room Pops Winning Cork in Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies
Bloodhorse – Wincze-Hughes – Tourist Upsets Tepin in Breeders’ Cup Mile
TDN – No ‘Reel’-ing In Irish Invader in Turf
Bloodhorse – Balan – Highland Reel Speeds to BC Turf Rout
The Irish Times – O’Connor – Seamus Heffernan aiming to break Breeders’ Cup duck
Bloodhorse – Wincze-Hughes – Queen’s Trust Delivers in Filly & Mare Turf
TDN – Drefong Duels, Keeps Going in Sprint Score
Bloodhorse – Novak – Drefong Gives Baffert Fifth BC Sprint
ESPN – DRF – Drefong gives Bob Baffert fifth Breeders’ Cup Sprint win
Bloodhorse – Angst – Veteran Obviously Scores in Turf Sprint
ESPN – DRF – McGee – Finest City holds off Wavell Avenue in Filly & Mare Sprint
Sal says that if you gotta take a polygraph to win a fishing contest why not one for every politician running for office.
“The more the prevention-through-deterrence paradigm has become strained by proof of its inefficacy,” she writes, “the more object-oriented it has become: more layers of triple fencing, more sophisticated military equipment such as remote sensors and unmanned aircraft.”
In George R. R. Martin’s fantasy epic adapted as the TV series “Game of Thrones,” the 700-foot-high wall of ice — impenetrable, tall, northern — is protected by ancient sorcery. But all walls are built with an element of magical thinking. For what is a wall but wish fulfillment made concrete?
NY Times – Vanderbilt – The Walls in Our Heads
TDN – Finley – Beholder: Why It Pays to Keep Running Them
TDN – Beholder Outbobs Songbird in Distaff
This is Horse Racing – Joe Clancy – Behold Beholder’s moment in Distaff
Bloodhorse – Balan – Beholder Noses Out Songbird in BC Distaff
Bloodhorse – Wincze-Hughes – Songbird Loses Nothing in Defeat
LA Times – Posner – Beholder noses out Songbird in Breeders’ Cup Distaff
NY Times – AP – Breeders’ Cup Distaff Features a First Loss and a Final Win
ESPN – DRF – Free – Beholder by a nose over Songbird in thrilling Breeders’ Cup Distaff
Bloodhorse – Balan – Mandella: Beholder is Unlike Any Other
Bitter Southerner – Bernstein – The Big Old Goofy World of John Prine
Lady and the Track – Laughter – Oscar Performance Shows Winning Ways in Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf
Bloodhorse – Angst – Oscar Performance Golden in Juvenile Turf
ESPN – DRF -Hersh – Oscar Performance takes a bow in Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf
Lady and the Track – Pugh – Tamarkuz Annexes Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile
Bloodhorse – Novak – Tamarkuz Upsets Dirt Mile
ESPN – DRF – Privman – Tamarkuz gets his Grade 1 win in Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile
Bloodhorse – Wincze-Hughes – New Money Honey Cashes Juvenile Fillies Turf
ESPN – DRF – Andersen – New Money Honey takes BC Juvenile Fillies Turf
Bloodhorse – Precious – Records-Based Trainer Ruling Overturned
Near to the Wild Heart of Life
What did Bobby Allen Do Now
Bloodhorse – Mitchell – Conquest Dispersal Has Unique Flavor
Bloodhorse – Phipps Reduction Part of Keeneland Sale
Don’t bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself.
William Faulkner
Bloodhorse – Kiss to Remember Takes Chilukki at Churchill
Globe and Mail – Wente – Why is the U.S. election so close?
It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong.
Voltaire
Questo è per Sal da Phil
Still Crazy After All These Years
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SEAMLESS TRANSITION STARTS TO BE STARTING TO FALL APART!!!!
PETER WATTS comments posted on the HRA website today about thoroughbreds moving to CENTURY DOWNS in the fall 2017 and a extended January February 2017 1 day per week standardbred meet at Northlands Park. For a cash strapped organization the wish lists will erode purse structure and increase friction between HRA/HBPA/ASHA/OPERATORS!!
OSCAR PERFORMANCE WINS JUVENILE TURF , HOW DO YOU RATE TENILE’S ???
TENILE remarks about a SEAMLESS TRANSITION With Northlands Park racing until July 1 2018 when proposed CENTURY MILE is scheduled to open. Is this another case of rose-coloured glasses.
STATE OF FINANCES has no budget, no racing dates/ no government approval of a 3 yr business plan under section 10 (1) HRA ACT, section 7 of HRA’S grant agreement , with NDP government placing horse racing on back burner or camp fire near high level. Will $$$/dates clarity resolved by FEB/2017!
PC CONVENTION in Red Deer with 1100 delegates. has apparent front runner KENNEY with HARPER’S backing, as latest poll has PC’s at 39%, WILDROSE 25%, NDP/LIBERALS at 14% each. I wonder if TENILE was working behind the leadership scenes.
TENILE’S tribute oil painting (12.5K?) is rumoured to be fast tracked from a senior official after NP deal, with a possible generous donation from a horse racing participant?
UPCOMING CONCERT BATTLE- FLORIDA GEORGIA LINE 16,000+ at REXTALL nov 18, versus BOY GEORGE 2000+ at COLISEUM Bov 19, which organization will reap positive cash flow??
GATE CREW FISACO- First no contest in 132 year history of HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB as a maintenance worker placing of a rake at starting gate causes a $27.1 MILLION CANADIAN REFUND (or 2 years of live racing in ALBERTA per HRA”S audited figures) when 8/12 starting barriers don’t open at HAPPY VALLEY RACECOURSE.
CANADIAN RACING ACCOUNTABILITY PARTNERS estimated fiscal budget update for 2017 season has the budget at $38 million/ 2017 from $41.9 million/2016 . $4 million revenue drop due to 10% drop in MOU %, reduction in takeout of betting, reduction in NP slots, but major increase at CENTURY DOWNS slots 12 months versus 9 months.
Could this lead to a reduction of days at present purse structure for thoroughbreds of 70 days from 77 days and harness of 100 days from 114 days, without knowing the SECRET HRA/NORTHLANDS deal with the precedent of STAMPEDE PARK EXIT $$$$ which was a estimated extra $5 million at the expense of the PURSE STRUCTURE for the horse racing participants, HRA UPDATE in FEB/2017??