With the Pegasus distraction behind Sal can now get back to the task at hand – prognosticating and pontificating on the Kentucky Derby Trail which in Sal’s humble opinion obviously starts in earnest with the Holy Bull, Withers and Robert B. Lewis.
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Brisnet – DeRosa – Make Triple Crown Trail Even More Interesting With WinStar Fantasy Derby
If you’re looking to study up before making your selections, Brisnet.com has FREE Ultimate Past Performances available for ALL Triple Crown nominees.
Brisnet – Reilly – Tough choices for WinStar Fantasy Derby Challenge
Brisnet – Hanson’s WinStar Fantasy Derby Dozen
Brisnet – Regional depth key to Scully’s WinStar Fantasy Derby roster
Lady and the Track – Laughter – Champion Classic Empire Returns in Holy Bull
Bloodhorse – Eric Mitchell – Classic Empire Silenced His Sire’s Doubters
This is Horse Racing – Tom Law – Classic path to the Triple Crown
Lady and the Track – Sigmom – Royal Mo, Sheer Flattery Make Stakes Debuts in Robert B. Lewis Stakes
Bloodhorse – Pletcher Ready to Test Battalion Runner on Derby Trail
Bloodhorse – Litfin at Large: Focus on Weekend’s 3-Year-Old Stakes
TwinSpires Blog – Mucciolo’s Sophomore Spotlight
Lady and the Track – Laughter – Pretty City Dancer Takes First Oaks Step in Forward Gal
Bloodhorse – Pegasus Final Time Lowered to a Track Record
Paulick Report – Gulfstream Officially Lowers Time Of Pegasus World Cup After Review
Brisnet – A Day at the Races: Chrome, Chromies, & the World’s Richest Race
National Restaurant News – Stein – A peek at restaurant 2017 Super Bowl ads
Sal says these ads exhibit a dearth of imagination.
Paulick Report – Eighteen Years After His Kentucky Derby, Charismatic ‘Belongs To All Of Us’
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LA Times – James – Budweiser Super Bowl commercial plunges into (uncomfortable) immigration debate
“UNLESS someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It’s not.”
–Dr. Seuss, The Lorax
Southern Living – Classic Children’s Book Quotes Every Adult Needs to Hear Again…and Again
Brisnet – DeRosa – Make Triple Crown Trail Even More Interesting With WinStar Fantasy Derby
If you’re looking to study up before making your selections, Brisnet.com has FREE Ultimate Past Performances available for ALL Triple Crown nominees.
Sal says that if you start today you may have all of those recipes tried by Superbowl LIII.
Sal was scanning the Gulfstream Park PPs doing his late Pick 4 homework when an intriguing name popped up in the 9th: Quebec by Into Mischief out of the Distorted Humor mare Miss Canada. Sal did a quintuple take when he noticed the owner and breeder was Preston M(adden).
The same race features a half to Frosted, Godolphin’s Apiary by Bernardini out of the Deputy Minister mare Fast Cookie.
TDN – Champ Kicks Off ‘Classic’ Campaign in Holy Bull
TwinSpires Blog – Caldwell – Classic Empire headlines busy Kentucky Derby prep day
Bloodhorse – Johnson – Irish War Cry Offers Longshot Potential in Holy Bull
TDN – Sherack – Dutrow’s Team Building Mo-Mentum
TDN – DeBernardis – Down the Shedrow with Jerry Hollendorfer
ESPN – DRF – Hovdey – Chrome goes out with a flicker
Horse Race Insider – Jicha – Woody’s revered record facing a challenge
Bloodhorse – Haskin – Birthday Wishes: Revisiting Pharoah’s Belmont
NY Times – Pennington – Before Matt Ryan’s Ascent, a Quiet Grounding in the Quaker Way
Bloodhorse – Only Five Go Postward in Palos Verdes
Sal says that in Pisa Italy the tourists pay.
There’s no such thing as good money or bad money.There’s just money.
Lucky Luciano
NY Times – Tracy – Baylor Football Was ‘Black Hole’ of Misconduct, According to Court Filing
TwinSpires Blog – Handicapping Insights – Powell – Pegasus experience a memory to cherish
TwinSpires Blog – Flatter – Pegasus and Super Bowl
LA Times – Jones – Still room to watch and bet on Super Bowl Sunday at these Las Vegas places
Bloodhorse – Haskin – Will Horse Owner Tamme Be Having Super Dreams?
National Post – The dos and don’ts of scotch drinking aren’t as formal as you might think
Americans are big boys. You can talk them into almost anything. Just sit with them for half an hour over a bottle of whiskey and be a nice guy.
Nguyen Cao Ky
Bloodhorse – Rymska Assumes the Mantle for Brown in Sweetest Chant
Brisnet – Caldwell – Competitive field of nine entered in Forward Gal
Bloodhorse – Texas Ryano Seeks San Marcos Victory
Bloodhorse – Balan – Champagne Room, Unique Bella Square Off in Las Virgenes
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TwinSpires Blog – Hanson – A closer look at Kentucky Derby Future Wager Pool 2 final odds
Bloodhorse – Wincze-Hughes – All Eyes on Champion Classic Empire in Holy Bull
Brisnet – Scully – Classic Empire opens 3-year-old season in nine-horse Holy Bull
Sal says the Holy Bull came up most contentious of Saturday’s 3 year old stakes followed closely by the Withers with the Robert B Lewis lagging lengths behind and even the Swale having more horses with Derby possibilities than the Lewis.
Brisnet – Scully – El Areeb looks to back up Jerome against nine Withers rivals
Bloodhorse – Angst – El Areeb Aims to Continue Roll in Withers Stakes
Brisnet – Hanson – Robert B. Lewis attracts field of five
Bloodhorse – Hammonds – Three Rules Returns in Swale
The Globe and Mail – Mintz – THE NEED FOR SEED
I’d like to live as a poor man with lots of money.
Pablo Picasso
Canadian Thoroughbred – Field – Century’s Paul Ryneveld Talks New Edmonton Tracks Paul Ryneveld Talks New Edmonton Track
Paulick Report – Frank Mitchell – Bloodlines: Arrogate Quickly Building The Riches
Brisnet – Scully – Arrogate can use California itinerary for remainder of 2017
Bloodhorse – Angst – Solid Ratings for First Pegasus Could Open Revenue Stream
Bloodhorse – Shulman – CEO Jack Wolf Bullish on Future of Pegasus
DRF – Andersen – Australia unveils Pegasus-like turf-sprint stakes
Paulick Report – Laminitis: Spendthrift ‘Cautiously Optimistic’ For Lord Nelson’s Future
Brisnet – Hanson – Hoppertunity seeks title defense in San Antonio
National Restaurant News – Maze – Hooters franchisee to open fast-casual spinoff
Sal says that the end of the breastaurant may be just over the crest of the next hill.
Faced with the choice between changing one’s mind and proving that there is no need to do so, almost everyone gets busy on the proof.
John Kenneth Galbraith
ESPN – Wickersham – Is there a meaning to Bill Belichick’s fashion turn?
FiveThirtyEight – Davis and Lopez – The Patriots Are Even Sneakier Than You Think
Sal says that with all the different prop bets you can make during the Superbowl Bill Belichek could clean up if he bets with his knowledge of the plays that the Patriots will be running.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
Paulick Report – Voss – Medical Examiner: Gomez Died From Accidental Overdose Of Methamphetamine
TDN – Emma Berry – A Morning With The British Racing School
Olds College Equine Preview Day
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Friday, February 3, 2017 – Equine programs
– Equine Science
– Advanced Farrier Science
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Register for Olds College Equine preview days on February 3rd to learn more about what there is to offer!
Olds College Preview Days Registration
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TDN – Peruvian Derby Winner Stateside for Kentucky Derby Bid
Bloodhorse – Haskin – Derby Dozen – January 31, 2017 – Presented by Shadwell Farm
Brisnet – Hanson – Why skipping Dubai makes sense for Arrogate and other post-Pegasus thoughts
Bloodhorse – Angst – Experts Believe Pegasus Time Should Be Faster
TDN – Bill Finley – Chrome Back for ’18 Pegasus? Why Not?
Horse Race Insider – Pricci – Pegasus Post Scripts Plus
Bloodhorse – Shulman – Migliore Freelancing as Announcer at Fasig-Tipton Sales
NY Times – Pappano – Colleges Discover the Rural Student
Bloodhorse – Building The Market for Ex-Racehorses
This is Horse Racing – Joe Clancy – Many Clouds made me think
Paulick Report – Hawthorne Presents Free Fractional Ownership Seminar On Feb. 22
NY Times – Pentz – Gonzaga Is No. 1. Gonzaga Is Undefeated. Gonzaga Gets No Respect.
TDN – Berry – Britt’s Passing The End Of An Era
The Bitter Southerner – Miller and Miller – Howdy, Doc
For Sale
Noting the remarkable statistic that one in 310 Australians has a stake in a racehorse, Redvers offers a couple of specific examples that condense a culpable difference in attitude: the simple fact that syndicate partners all have their names listed in Australian racecards, and the diligence with which Australian trainers bombard their patrons with information.
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“Obviously part of the reason is the prize-money and stallion values they have now,” Redvers continued. “Racehorses are viewed as furry lottery tickets. And of course it’s such a social thing, going racing there. But the other thing that really strikes is that they really feel like they’re owners–and one of the reasons is that their name is in the racecard. Here, for some reason, if you have more than three owners in a horse, you can’t get a fourth name anywhere. And that’s just because the administrator hasn’t got round to sorting out his computer, and doesn’t want the hassle. Which is frankly scandalous. However little their share–within reason, say up to a tenth–get their names in the racecard, let them brag to their friends, rather than this nonsense where they have to run under Syndicate 3.2 or whatever.”
TDN – McGrath – Redvers Praises Australian Initiatives
Two horses that finished fifth in consecutive races at Del Mar last August have tested positive for the prohibited substances, Sildenafil, more commonly known under the trade name Viagra, and the anti-inflamatory Dexamethasone.
DRF – Andersen – Stewards disqualify two horses for positive drug test at Del Mar
Sal says that it sounds like someone was trying to stiff those horses.
This is Horse Racing – Sean Clancy – Smith, Arrogate magnificent in Pegasus
FiveThirtyEight – Onucha – What It Takes To Truly Delete Data
If you want to keep a secret, you must also hide it from yourself.
George Owell
Aeon – Williams – Feel-good fractals: from ocean waves to Jackson Pollock’s art
Of Interest to Alberta Thoroughbred Breeders
Bloodhorse – Shea – Healthy California Chrome Settles In at Taylor Made
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Brisnet – Hanson – Arrogate on top of the world in Pegasus
Bloodhorse – Arrogate Exits Pegasus in Good Order
Thoroughbred Racing Commentary – Look where Arrogate is now in the world all-time earnings list
Brisnet – DeRosa – Arrogate Historically Fast in Winning Pegasus World Cup
Paulick Report – Eric Kalet’s Pegasus World Cup Photo Blog: Clash Of The Titans
Never hate your enemies. It affects your judgment.
Mario Puzo
Brisnet – Reilly – California Chrome settles into Taylor Made
Bloodhorse – Classic Empire Top Single Horse in KDFW Pool 2
Paulick Report – Canadian Arsenault Wins $800,000 First Prize In National Handicapping Championship
TwinSpires Blog – Arsenault wins 2017 National Handicapping Championship (NHC)
Brisnet – Reilly – Battalion Runner stock boosted by Lookin for Eight
Bloodhorse – Champagne Room Ready for Las Virgenes Season Debut
Garden and Gun – Ask G&G: Shear Madness
Bloodhorse – Balan – Unbridled Mo Upsets ‘Chatterbox’ in Houston Ladies
Brisnet – Caldwell – Unbridled Mo upsets I’m a Chatterbox in Houston Ladies Classic
Paulick Report – Dubai World Cup? What’s Next For Pegasus Champion Arrogate
NY Times – Maheshwari – $5 Million for a Super Bowl Ad. Another Million or More to Market the Ad.
Paulick Report – Great-Grandmother Rides $53 Winner At Tampa Bay Downs
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Expecting the world to treat you fairly because you’re a good person is like expecting a bull not to attack you because you’re a vegetarian.
Dennis Wholey
Thoroughbred Racing Commentary – Waters – When slowing down is just what racing needs
TDN – Harvey – A Trail Well Worth Following
NCAA – March Madness dates: Schedule, times, key numbers for the 2017 NCAA basketball tournament
Paulick Report – ‘It’s A Long Road Ahead’: Shah Takes Derby Off The Table For Klimt
TDN – Unbeaten McCraken to Sam F. Davis
Bloodhorse – Wincze Hughes – Unbeaten McCraken to Make Seasonal Bow in Sam F. Davis
NY Times – Tabuchi – Navigating Climate Change in America’s Heartland
The Globe and Mail – Wente – Ladies, check your privilege
Garden and Gun – Kornegay – Our Kind of Place: Golden Oldie
Garden and Gun – Lotz – Discover the Dust Bowl Girls
Lady and the Track – Laughter – Guest Suite Has the Derby Goods
Brisnet – Scully – Kentucky Derby Report January 25: Guest Suite wins but must run faster
Brisnet – Classic Empire among 418 early nominees to 2017 Triple Crown
Bloodhorse – Bourbon Empire Added to Early TC Nominees
Paulick Report – NOMS – 2017 Triple Crown (Early)
Bloodhorse – Haskin – Derby Dozen – January 24, 2017 – Presented by Shadwell Farm
Mamas Don`t Let Your Babies Grow up to be Cowboys
The Globe and Mail – Melville – Big Brother is still watching
Racing needs to better plan, implement, accept and manage substantial, simplifying change. One example would be a dramatic simplification of North American race conditions.
Who benefits (really, think about it) from a race open to horses which have never won two lifetime races, other than maiden/claiming/starter, or restricted allowance, or have never won three races, or which have not won a race since July 30, or optional claiming price of $62,500?
TDN – 162 Catalogued for Fasig-Tipton Gulfstream Sale
Sitting Bull
Bloodhorse – Wincze-Hughes – ‘All Systems Go’ for Classic Empire for Seasonal Bow
Bloodhorse – Classic Empire Aims for Season Debut in Holy Bull
Paulick Report – Casse ‘Couldn’t Be Happier’ With Classic Empire’s Progress Toward Holy Bull
Paulick Report – Holy Bull Could Be On The Horizon For McLaughlin’s Takaful
The definition of genius is taking the complex and making it simple.
Albert Einstein
Lady and the Track – Laughter – Jerome Winner El Areeb’s Got the Derby Goods
Our defense is in the preservation of the spirit which prizes liberty as a heritage of all men, in all lands, everywhere. Destroy this spirit and you have planted the seeds of despotism around your own doors.
Abraham Lincoln
Bloodhorse – A Closer Look at Smarty Jones Winner Uncontested
GLEN TODD’S 2017 EARLY KENTUCKY DERBY TOP 10
By Glen Todd
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Classic Empire
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McCraken
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Mastery
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Hemsworth
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Practical Joke
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Lookin At Lee
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Gunnevera
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Wild Shot
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Mo Town
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El Areeb
Sal adds uno per Mario
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So Conflated
DRF – Dybal – So Conflated wins slowly run California Derby
Bloodhorse – Novak – Guest Suite Steps Up in Lecomte
TDN – Son of Quality Road Proves Best in Lecomte
TDN – Risen Star Likely Next for Guest Suite
TDN – Bianca – Howard Hopes for ‘Suite’ Satisfaction with Farish
O, wind, if winter comes, can spring be far behind?
Percy Bysshe Shelley
DRF – Andersen – Ann Arbor Eddie stays unbeaten going two turns by taking California Cup Derby
Mario’s 999th win.
TDN – Caulfield – Pedigree Insights: Gormley
2017 Kentucky Derby Prep Races
2017 Road to the Kentucky Oaks
Margaret Thatcher
GLEN TODD’S TOP 10 EARLY KENTUCKY OAKS PICKS
By Glen Todd
| 1 | Unique Bella |
| 2 | Daddys Lil Darling |
| 3 | Shane’s Girlfriend |
| 4 | Miss Sky Warrior |
| 5 | Dancing Rags |
| 6 | Yellow Agate |
| 7 | Noted and Quoted |
| 8 | Abel Tasman |
| 9 | Farrell |
| 10 | Champagne Room |
Bloodhorse – Reeder – Farrell Opens Season With Silverbulletday Victory
TDN – Malibu Moon Filly Runs to the Money in Silverbulletday
Garden and Gun – Reed – The High & the Low: I’m with the Band
The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
Horse Race Insider – Pricci – No Longer a Myth, Pegasus Soars
But Ritvo admitted that there is room for financial improvement for the race.
“It obviously didn’t do anywhere enough to be profitable for the shareholders,” Ritvo said, referring to the investors who put up $1 million each for the record purse. “What really is going to be the metric is how we did on NBC for a rating, and how we did on sponsorships for the future years. Sponsorships, NBC ratings and always growing the handle. Those are the three metrics to get the shareholders back more than what they invest.”
Ritvo said all aspects of the race would be reviewed, including the controversial $100 minimum ticket price, which was cut to $50 late Saturday afternoon. He said that was all along the plan as long as there was still room for more fans.
“We’re a company that believes you don’t make money on your admissions,” Ritvo said. “But on a special event like this, we had to try to see what we could do to grab some revenue back, because we invested a lot of money in the marketing of this. We’ll have to rethink that.”
TwinSpires Blog – Flatter – Positive vibes all around inaugural Pegasus World Cup
NY Times – Hoppert – Arrogate Spoils California Chrome’s Last Race, at Pegasus World Cup
Thoroughbred Racing Commentary – The world better watch out: Arrogate’s best days may be yet to come
ESPN – DRF – Privman – Arrogate dominates Pegasus World Cup
Paulick Report – Hackbarth – Arrogate Proves Much The Best In Inaugural Pegasus World Cup
TwinSpires Blog – Caldwell – Arrogate cruises in Pegasus World Cup, California Chrome finishes ninth
Bloodhorse – Wincze-Hughes – Arrogate Turns Pegasus World Cup Into One-Horse Show
ESPN – DRF – Welsch – California Chrome unable to perform up to his usual greatness
ESPN – DRF – Watchmaker – Arrogate’s Pegasus World Cup victory comes as no surprise
TDN – Curtain Closes on Chrome’s Career
Paulick Report – Update: California Chrome Shows Fluid In Right Knee After Pegasus World Cup
DRF – Privman – California Chrome’s injury appears minor, will fly to Ky today
Bloodhorse – Freer and Unterbrink – First Pegasus Registers Record Handle for Gulfstream
TDN – Bill Finley – Stronach Group Mulling Adding a Pegasus Turf Race
Somewhere Down The Crazy River
Bloodhorse – Angst – Imperative Edges Stanford in Poseidon
ESPN – DRF – McGee – Power Alert barely reaches wire first in Gulfstream Turf Sprint
Sonata No. 1 in G Minor, BWV 1001
Bloodhorse – Novak – Taghleeb Lands W. L. McKnight Score
Bloodhorse – Suffused Shows Her Class in La Prevoyante
Bloodhorse – Pretty Perfection scores upset at Gulfstream
DRF – Andersen – Ashleyluvssugar takes command late, wins Cal Cup Turf Classic
Bloodhorse – Balan – Ashleyluvssugar Scores in Cal Cup Turf Classic
Bloodhorse – Shea – Curlin’s Approval Makes Grade in Hurricane Bertie
DRF – Andersen – Enola Gray scores as heavy favorite in Sunshine Millions Filly-Mare Turf Sprint
DRF – Andersen – Richard’s Boy holds off Well Measured in Cal Cup Sprint
NY Times – Tracy – New Lawsuit Amplifies Allegations of Sexual Assault at Baylor
Paulick Report – Gorajec – Combating A Culture Of Cheating
Paulick Report – Gorajec – Combating A Culture Of Cheating: Betting On A New Paradigm
Brother Derek, bred in California by Mary Caldwell, was sold for $275,000 as a 2-year-old to Cecil Peacock. Peacock and trainer Dan Hendricks won five graded stakes with Brother Derek, including the Hollywood Futurity and Santa Anita Derby (both G1). He retired with six wins out of 17 starts and earnings of $1,611,138.
Bloodhorse – Brother Derek Sold to Saudi Arabian Breeder
TDN – Marquardt – Gramm Shines as Owner, Handicapper
ESPN – Schoenfield – Time to rebuild: Which teams must ditch dreams of contending?
ESPN – Reiss – Teammates, not Deflategate suspension, motivates Tom Brady for Super Bowl LI
Sal says if you believe that one Sal can hook you up with some beach property just north of Tuktoyaktuk.
TDN – More Than Ready, The Frequent Flyer
Australian Harness Racing – Canadian Drivers Invade Albion Park
Hawthorne Sal
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MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT GOLDEN GAVEL AWARD/CENTURY DOWNS ASHA RACING CLUB
The winner of the coveted GOLDEN GAVEL AWARD for the leader in racing infractions/fines for the 2016 racing season is KELLY H with 12 rulings/$2000 fines, with last year champ TC a close 2nd with 11 infractions/ $1550 fines and 3rd place went to PHIL with 9 rulings/$1000. Thanks to their fine efforts HRA was able to achieve their $52,000 budget forecast, however the award was rumoured to have been melted down / pawned to help pay for shipping costs/gas/ PST for the CULLEN RACING relocation.
CENTURY DOWNS / ASHA in a professional presentation seek 2017 racing club support for a membership fee of $250/2 horses with a March 17 deadline contact via email racingclub@cnty.com or call 587-349-7792 for further information, for this proactive fractional ownership venture.
NORTHLANDS/HBPA have not started their fractional ownership drive ? with SCOTT SINCLAIR NP boasting of 25% full time ownership conversion/107 for the 2017 racing season versus CURTIS LANDRY realistic 10% conversion goal, perhaps SCOTT should review VISON 2020 pipedream blueprint for a realistic figure. Will SCott refrain from personally ripping down the Racing Clubs posters this year.
NORTHLANDS is rumoured to be promoting a version of HAT DAY for the entire 2017 thoroughbred racing season with collection stations for uncashed race/slot tickets to be used for the purchase of toilet paper/light bulbs to ensure the safety @ welfare of all racing patrons/participants.
HOT RUMOUR is that WESTERN FAIR slot operations will be unionized by UNIFOR, will the race announcer become part of this effort with such perks as 15 minute coffee breaks,valet parking, drone camera training, clothing allowance from sponsor TIP TOP TAILORS , part of his 6 figure compensation.
HRA/NORTHLANDS disagreement is rumoured to be holding up 2017 racing calendar/purses with the abacus currently undergoing repairs and the fact NP laid off the mechanic last fall, the over and under is 98 days for harness, and 69 days for thoroughbreds, please send your guesses to ps@holybull.ca