Race 1 | 6 – Cowboy Phil 5 – Stormy Teen 2 – Hot Summer Nights |
5 – Stormy Teen 3 – Feel No Shame 6 – Cowboy Phil |
Race 2 | 2 – Yukon Belle 5 – Spirit Bay 3 – Something Better |
2 – Yukon Belle 4 – Daz Lin Dawn 5 – Spirit Bay |
Race 3 | 3 – Mighty Fraser 5 – After The Conflict 7 – Prince Hotel |
3 – Mighty Fraser 5 – After the Conflict 1 – It’s Finally Friday |
Race 4 | 7 – Driller 4 – Kermode 3 – Rock Victor |
3 – Rock Victor 4 – Kermode 7 – Driller |
Race 5 | 5 – Swaying 8 – Florist 1 – Anstrum |
1 – Anstrum 5 – Swaying 7 – Astartobe |
Race 6 | 5 – I Dig That 3 – Ariki Princess 9 – Valid Vow |
9 – Valid Vow 5 – I Dig That 6 – Moon Ride |
Race 7 | 2 – Fifer 7 – The Odds R Good 10 Burnum |
7 – The Odds R Good 10 – Burnum 4 – It`s in Command |
Race 8 | 9 – Dancin’ All Day 3 – Lulu’s Best 4 – Lady Chardonnay |
2 – Discreet Country 3 – Lulu`s Best 5 – Jo It All |
Mike’s Picks | Drew’s Picks |
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Sal’s Countdown to the
2017 Kentucky Derby
Due
Do you give the horse his strength or clothe his neck with a flowing mane? Do you make him leap like a locust, striking terror with his proud snorting? He paws fiercely, rejoicing in his strength, and charges into the fray. He laughs at fear, afraid of nothing; he does not shy away from the sword. The quiver rattles against his side, along with the flashing spear and lance. In frenzied excitement he eats up the ground; he cannot stand still when the trumpet sounds.
Job 39:19-25
Bloodhorse – Haskin – Derby Dozen – April 25, 2017 – Presented by Shadwell Farm
Las Vegas Insider – 2017 Kentucky Derby Odds
Brisnet – Get to know the 2017 Kentucky Derby contenders
GLEN TODD’S DERBY TOP TEN
GLEN TODD’S DERBY TOP 10
I’m really not sold on anybody as being a standout, this years Kentucky Derby is totally a wide open affair. I wouldn’t think the morning line favorite will be under 4-1. At least 10 of 20 runners will be over 30 -1 with some well over 50-1.
1: IRISH WAR CRY – I had to pick someone and I have flip flopped several times and the Graham Motion trainer runner is today’s top pick
2: ALWAYS DREAMING – The Todd Pletcher trainee has run the fastest 1 1/8 miles so far but Pletcher’s Derby record stops me from picking him as #1
3: CLASSIC EMPIRE – I have picked Classic Empire in the third spot but not convinced his return after a layoff because of a foot injury that the field he beat was far from stellar.
4: McCRAKEN – My thoughts on the Ian Wilkes trained son of Ghostzapper is that he will go the distance and is improving after an ankle issue set him back a few weeks. One really wonders if that ankle issue will be a problem going forward?
5: PRACTICAL JOKE – The Chad Brown hopeful is an outstanding looking individual, large, strong and will be charging at the end. I don’t think the mile and quarter will hurt him, actually it could help him.
6: GIRVIN – He has trained well since the Louisiana Derby and has Mike Smith named as the rider. I might have him ranked too low but any one of my picks are ranked higher by some experts.
7: J BOYS ECHO – This horse was in a ton of trouble in the Bluegrass and should improve going further but the big field could hinder him and needs a perfect trip. I’m surely going to add him to my tri’s and super tickets.
8: IRAP – I have him picked 8th but you could say this is a bit of a sentimental pick as the Doug O’Neill trainer will have Mario Gutierrez aboard. Irap was a maiden when he won the Bluegrass at Keeneland and will be a big price.
9: Hence – This horse has been moving forward since his last start in his am drills. The Asmussen runner will be another with some value and that is the reason I have him in my top 10.
10: ROYAL MO – Like Irap he is California based and I have only two California based horse in my picks. Since Mastery went down I don’t think this is the strongest bunch of Cal based horses in some years. He was in a ton of trouble in Santa Derby and could move forward in the Derby.
Road to the 2017 Kentucky Derby
2017 Kentucky Derby
Kentucky Derby Past Performances
Road to the the 2017 Kentucky Oaks
2017 Kentucky Oaks
DRF – Watchmaker: Let’s not forget the Kentucky Oaks
2017 Hastings Paddock Sale
The Hastings Paddock Sale will be held Sunday, April 30th
The preview will be held Saturday, April 29th.
The preview will be about 11:15 AM PDT on Saturday morning as soon as training is over
and the sale itself will be held 15 minutes after the last race on Sunday afternoon
DREW’S AND MIKE’S PICKS
For Sunday April 30
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LA Times – Elliot – Young Oilers have a strong connection with ‘Mr. Gretzky’
Paulick Report – Hackbarth – ‘An Extraordinary Horse’: Gunnevera Carrying The Hopes Of A Nation
TDN – Busy Morning for Derby Workers
Paulick report – Golden – Battle Of Midway’s ‘Good Work’ Pleases Hollendorfer
This is Horse Racing – Joe Clancy – A little chaos can’t faze Irish War Cry in Thursday gallop
Paulick Report – Willman – Paradise Woods’ Final KY Oaks Work Has Mandella ‘Pretty Excited’
Brisnet – Caldwell – Salty heads Kentucky Oaks worktab at Churchill Downs
Brisnet – Caldwell – Creative Cause filly sells for $850,000 to top final session of OBS Spring
Bloodhorse – Ron Mitchell – OBS Spring Sale Concludes With Across-the-Board Records
TDN – Bill Finley – Taylor Made Invites Public to Participate in Chrome’s Breeding Career
TwinSpires Bolg – Shapiro – Bolo a vulnerable favorite in Thunder Road Stakes
Paulick Report – CHRB Meeting: Combined Fair Race Meeting Approved, Santa Anita Handle Down
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Terry Hamilton’s Hammer’s Vision, a 4 year old Ontario bred son of Court Vision returns to the turf in Saturday’s Elusive Quality Stakes going 7 furlongs on the Belmont turf for trainer Brian Lynch with Joel Rosario in the irons.
Sal’s always been partial to the Gone West side of the Mr Prospector line especially its ability to throw both turf and dirt runners and some pretty decent broodmares.
Omega Code a son of Elusive Quality and grandson of Gone West stands at Peaceful Valley in Alberta.
NY Times – Powell – From Combine to Draft, N.F.L. Prospects Are Treated Like Pieces of Meat
NY Times – N.F.L. Draft: Analysis of Every Pick in Round 1
Sal says that treating the Prospects like meat extends to the scribes who overanalyze everything these primadonnas do except the way they poop. And that’s only because the scribes don’t get to see the way they poop.
Bloodhorse – Angst – Pletcher Breezes Four Kentucky Derby Hopefuls
Bloodhorse – Derby, Oaks Notes from Churchill Downs, April 27
TwinSpires Blog – Mucciolo – Seven Kentucky Derby Horses in Seven Days: The Mighty McCraken
Bloodhorse – Johnson – A Few Early Thoughts on the Kentucky Derby Pace
Bloodhorse – Wincze Hughes – Girvin Battling Quarter Crack, KY Derby Not Ruled Out
Brisnet – Girvin treated for quarter-crack, still slated for Saturday work
US Racing – Simon – Do Speed Figures Matter In The Kentucky Derby?
Bloodhorse – Classic Empire a Pro in Four-Furlong Move
Paulick Report – Classic Empire Leads Battalion Of Derby Workers At Churchill Friday Morning
Paulick Report – Derby Notes, April 27: For Casse, Having Chance To Win Kentucky Derby ‘Surreal’
ESPN – DRF – Free – Trainer Richard Mandella eager for Kentucky Oaks
Bloodhorse – Ron Mitchell – Record Tiznow Colt Lives Up to Expectations
Bloodhorse – Ron Mitchell – Union Rags Colt Hits for New Partnership Group
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Bloodhorse – Ron Mitchell – Bull Run Continues at OBS Spring Sale
Brisnet – Hanson – Medaglia d’Oro colt leads surging OBS sale
TDN – DeBernardis and Martini – OBS April Remains Strong on Day Two
Bloodhorse – Ron Mitchell – High-Profile Owners Team Up to Buy Expensive Colt
National Post – The late-night deal that sealed Kevin O’Leary’s exit
Paulick Report – Luis Saez To Replace Injured Albarado Aboard J Boys Echo In Kentucky Derby
TDN – Longines Presents Timekeeping Technology
Sal says that Longines should talk to Frank Stronach so he could get the races at Gulfstream off within 15 minutes of the scheduled post time and then time the races properly.
Lady and the Track – Sigmon – Bodemeister Colt Was ‘Always’ Special
Brisnet – Always Dreaming, rest of Pletcher contingent turn in gallops
TwinSpires Blog – 2017 Kentucky Derby BRIS Speed Rating Final Report
Bloodhorse – Derby, Oaks Notes From Churchill Downs, April 26
TDN – Wednesday’s Derby/Oaks Update
TDN – Late Classic Call For Thunder Snow
ESPN – DRF – McGee – Farrell looks super heading into Kentucky Oaks
Brisnet – Farrell, Sailor’s Valentine work for Kentucky Oaks
Brisnet – Shapiro – Southern California fillies loom large in Kentucky Oaks
TDN – Bill Finley – How a Horse With Panic Disorder Turned Into a Steeplechase Star
Paulick Report – NYRA – Maragh, Bravo, Castellano, Carmouche And Velasquez Up For Mike Venezia Award
TDN – Churchill Downs Racing Club Back for 2017
Bloodhorse – Stewart to Train, Manage Latest Churchill Racing Club
NY Times – May – A Business Deal and a Murder, Seen Through the Rearview Mirror
US Racing – Simon – Squeezing The Lemon Dry: What Speed Figures Can Tell Us About The Kentucky Derby
Brisnet – Gunnevera gets in first gallop over Churchill strip
Paulick Report – Sharp ‘Confident’ In Decision To Change Up Girvin’s Work Schedule
Paulick Report – Geroux Named To Ride Sunland Derby Winner Hence In Run For The Roses
TwinSpires Blog – Mucciolo’s Sophomore Spotlight: Illinois Derby, Federico Tesio Recaps
Lady and the Track – Simon – Kentucky Oaks 2017 Silks Colors and Patterns
Bloodhorse – Mitchell – Ron Mitchell – OBS April First Session Soars
TDN – DeBernardis and Martini – Orb Colt Tops OBS April Opener
Horse Race Insider – Berner – When It Comes to Drug Enforcement, Politics Prevail
ESPN – DRF – Fornatale – DRF unveils $1 million World Championship of Handicapping
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CBC – McEwan – Alberta boy has small town riled up for Oilers playoff run
Bloodhorse – Wincze Hughes – McCraken Finishes Strong in Five-Furlong Move
Brisnet – Reilly – McCraken, Asmussen posse drill for Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs
US Racing – Simon – Do Final Fractions Matter In The Kentucky Derby?
Paulick Report – Geroux Named To Ride Sunland Derby Winner Hence In Run For The Roses
Lady and The Track – Ransom – Kentucky Derby 2017 Silks Colors and Patterns
TDN – Monday’s Kentucky Derby Update
Paulick Report – Churchill Downs: Busy Monday Morning As Host Of KY Derby Contenders Turn In Works
TDN – ‘Racing Meets the Arts’ to Kick off Derby Week
NY Times – Zimberoff – Toast Ale, From Recycled Bread, Is Now Brewed in New York
Sal says that if the National Post wants to call itself the National Post should it not understand that most of the Nation is outside the boundaries of Toronto.
While Sal’s on the subject of the NHL how stupid of a playoff format pits the 2 teams with the most regular season points against each other in the second round of the playoffs in both the East and the West. Why bother with the regular season if your point total doesn’t really matter in the playoffs.
TDN – Silver – In Their Footsteps: Joseph Migliore
Bloodhorse – Precious – New York Moving Forward on Adding Threshold Standards
TDN – Thornton – NY Commission Tweaks 7 Drug Thresholds
NY Times – Keh – Welcome to the World’s Coolest Kindergarten
Brisnet – Goldikova, Castellano, Espinoza, Gomez voted into Hall of Fame
ESPN – DRF – Privman – Three Jockeys, Goldikova elected to Racing Hall of Fame
Bloodhorse – Goldikova, Espinoza Among Hall of Fame Inductees
Bloodhorse – Ron Mitchell – Brisk Activity Bodes Well for OBS Spring Sale
Paulick Report – Ice, Ice Baby: NY Islanders Eyeing Plans To Build New Arena At Belmont Park
Bloodhorse – America’s Best Racing – Spending Time With New Trainer Kent Sweezey
TDN – Bill Finley – Maragh’s Improbable Journey to the Derby
TDN – Sunday’s Kentucky Derby/Oaks Update
Horse Race Insider – Pricci – Racing Around the Weekend
NY Times Cacciola – LeBron James Issues a Timely Reminder of His Greatness
Bloodhorse – Balan – Stormy Liberal Wins Third Straight Stakes
Bloodhorse – Balan – Southern Ring Speeds to Whimsical Victory
Bloodhorse – Shea – Party Boat Upsets Fifty Five in Memories of Silver
HASTINGS NEWS BY GREG DOUGLAS
LONG-TIME OWNERS REDEKOP & TODD
SHARE LIMELIGHT ON HASTINGS OPENING DAY
Vancouver, B.C. (April 23/17) – Dating back centuries the phrase “familiarity breeds contempt” basically referred to a person disliking another after spending too much time together.
It most certainly does not apply to Peter Redekop and Glen Todd, a couple of gladiators who have known and respected each other for years as successful horse owners at Hastings Racecourse.
In fact, the phrase “familiarity breeds content” might be more appropriate.
There clearly was not any animosity evident as they took turns sharing the spotlight Sunday with victories in the two $50,000 stake races highlighting an eight-race card that thrilled an opening day crowd to launch a 52-day meet at the historic Hastings site.
Todd hit the stakes winner’s circle first when favoured Dear Lilly won a thriller in the $50,000 Brighouse Belles for fillies and mares by overtaking Chianti in the closing strides for a one-length victory under jockey David Lopez.
Lopez scored three wins on the day. He rode Cederberg to victory in the third and Seeking Asylum in the nightcap.
Trained by Sandi Gann for Todd’s North American Thoroughbred Horse Company and ownership partner Mark DeDomenico, Dear Lilly finished the 6 ½ furlong sprint over a sloppy track in 1:17.39, paying $4.90, $3.00 and $2.70.
“She shows up every time,” a delighted Todd said. “She’s been running all winter at Turf Paradise and won three out of four starts down there. We just decided to give her a shot on opening day and it worked out well.”
Redekop was equally pleased with Distinctiv Passion in the Swift Thoroughbreds Inaugural. Making his first start for Hastings trainer Phil Hall after being claimed for $62,500 by Redekop at Santa Anita last month, Distinctiv Passion led from start to finish in a 6 ½ furlong sprint for 3-year-olds & up that drew an impressive field of 11 horses.
“He’s got a lot of speed and the short turns obviously didn’t bother him,” Redekop beamed as he congratulated jockey Enrique Gonzalez in the winner’s circle. Distinctiv Passion finished in a final time of 1:16.38, paying $4.00, $3.00 and $2.70.
Live racing resumes Sunday, April 30 at 1:50 p.m. with two $50,000 stakes on the card: the BC Cup Dogwood and BC Cup Stellar Jay. Following the final race Sunday the Hastings Paddock Sales featuring 2-year-olds in training and horses of racing age will take place on the tarmac at Hastings. There will be a Paddock Sales Preview on Saturday, April 29 at 11:30 a.m.
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Mike’s Picks | Drew’s Picks | |
Race 1 | 3 – Fall At Last 5 – All Under Control 2 – Honor River |
3 – Fall At Last 2 – Honor River 5 – All Under Control |
Race 2 | 2 – Bullet 6 – Jazzed 3 – Oma |
6 – Jazzed 4 – Queen of Barn I 1 – Au Clair de Lune |
Race 3 | 5 – Cederberg 3 – Lassie’s Reward 1 – Papa Sol |
5 – Cederberg 4 – Lornefivehundred 3 – Lassie’s Reward |
Race 4 | 3 – C U At Eau Claire 1 – Dear Lilly 5 – Morning Coffee |
1 – Dear Lilly 3 – C U At Eau Claire 2 – Castellani |
Race 5 | 4 – Sol Cat 9 – Good as They Get 6 – Zap Town |
7 – Fantastic Command 9 – Good as They Get 1 – Santa Fe Trail |
Race 6 | 1 – Ruffenuff 6 – Babys Got Track 3 – Total Defence |
1 – Ruffenuff 5 – Good Luck to You 7 – Artistica |
Race 7 | 10 – Blue Dancer 7 – Distinctiv Passion 6 – Modern |
7 – Distinctiv Passion 6 – Modern 10 – Blue Dancer |
Race 8 | 7 – Majestic Mark 5 – Power to Believe 6 – Indy Racer |
7 – Majestic Mark 5 – Power to Believe 1 – Let’s Have a Double |
Sal says that as Edmonton Oilers fans slowly rouse from their game VI hangover sleep and peer through a crack in the curtains it takes them a few seconds to determine if that’s just the hangover fuzzies or if that’s a few centimetres of snow blanketing their favourite green. At least they can rationalize the snow on the ground knowing that the gods of weather are confused by the Oilers making the second round of the playoffs.
The Globe and Mail – Klinkenberg – In Edmonton, winning changes everything
Meanwhile down the QEII Flames fans are wandering why they’re getting the same crappy cold late spring when the Flames and their fans have already traded in their snowmobiles for golf-carts. Across the Rockies the Canucklehead fans wander why they’re getting the worst spring in Canucklehead history when they didn’t even make the playoffs. Worse yet they finished near the cellar in a draft year where there’s no Stanley Steamer let alone a McDavid or Matthews.
Heading closer to the 100th meridian Winnipeg fans can always console themselves singing the song that Elton wrote when Hatskin was luring Bobby from the Hawks.
Sal says you won’t find no fake news on HolyBull.ca but periodically Sal interprets a sign as a cosine.
NY Times – Swiss Teenager Nico Hischier Raises His Standing for N.H.L. Draft
Sal says that if the Canuckleheads ever want to tour Stanley the Cup through Stanley the Park they should stick closer to the Stanley Steamer’s hometown.
No government ever voluntarily reduces itself in size. Government programs, once launched, never disappear. Actually, a government bureau is the nearest thing to eternal life we’ll ever see on this earth!
Ronald Reagan
For a system as hard to defend as supply management, it never lacks for defenders. And it’s perplexing. Our columnist Colby Cosh had it exactly right earlier this week, when he noted that perhaps the only thing the supply management of our dairy products is good for is serving as a reminder of how terrible an idea protectionism always is. Let the pathetic state of our dairy aisles constantly remind all of us who have travelled and seen the wonders of world cheese elsewhere exactly why supply management is such a terrible idea.
You’re offered far less choice, but at least you pay more for it.
And yet it persists. Why? How does a market-oriented party, such as the Conservatives claim to be, dare defend a grocery tax that adds up to hundreds of dollars a year per household, is most painful for low-income families, and serves only to prop up an entrenched oligopoly? How do our Liberals, with their oft-professed adoration for all things middle-class, defend forcing millions of Canadians — single moms, seniors on fixed incomes, refugees, aboriginals on isolated, disadvantaged reserves, you name it — to pay more for food necessities? Milk, cheese, butter, eggs and chicken are not frills. They’re not for only the well-to-do. They’re the things our own government has long told is part of a healthy diet; the same government that punishes you for consuming them. All to enrich a few “family farms.”
But none of this is new. Nothing we’re saying here hasn’t been said a thousand times before. A series of columnists have made these very arguments in these pages this week, and plenty of times before that. Supply management is immune to the logic bombs of both left and right. It endures despite having no real argument in its favour. After a nuclear war, the only things likely to be left standing would be cockroaches and dairy boards.
Sal says that the all of these agricultural supply managements systems were designed to protect a disappearing dinosaur, the family farm. Today’s farms are not the family farms of the homesteaders they’re corporate conglomerates run by Monsanto or other gargantuan agribusiness corporations who continually gouge Canadian urban consumers with protected pricing policies. The average dairy farm in Canada is worth 20 times the most expensive house in Toronto, but you’re not paying for the land and barns, the premium is extracted for the dairy quota.
Alberta Milk – How much is the quota for each cow in Alberta
Do the arithmetic – $40k per cow times 100 cows and your quota is worth $4,000,000 and Sal will tell you that the Alberta Milk estimate is about 25% of the real price. They just don’t want the city folk to know why milk and cheese in Canada costs 3 times as much as in the States and down under.
If we are very clever, we might pair this with a proposal for an offsetting “concession” on the American side. For example, the Montreal Economic Institute has suggested a deal (I see Maxime Bernier has lately taken up the same idea) in which, in return for Canada giving up supply management, the U.S. would cease its endless campaign of harassment of our softwood lumber exporters, including the threatened 25-per-cent tariff.
National Post – Andrew Coyne: Milking Trump for our own benefit
Sal says that Maxime Bernier’s idea of buying out the milk quota doesn’t stink like blue cheese if you give it a thought. Canadian dairy prices would drop by about 40% from today’s level, tack on a 20% tax to buy out the milk quota and the urban Canadian consumer is still ahead of the game.
Sal says it time to gore the sacred cow of agricultural supply management systems in Canada find productive jobs for the thousands of bureaucrats who no longer would have cushy jobs screwing Canadian urban consumers and put some more spending money into urban Canadian consumers’ pockets.
Sal says the subsidy door swings both ways.
NY Times – Semple – Mexico Ready to Play the Corn Card in Trade Talks
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I’m not sure about the former.
Albert Einstein
Bloodhorse – Bode Miller Buys Interest in Fast and Accurate
Government’s view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it.
Ronald Reagan
Bloodhorse – Novak –Battle of Midway Purchased by WinStar, Don Alberto
Two roads diverged in a wood and I – I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.
Robert Frost
US Racing – Simon – Using Running Styles To Identify Kentucky Derby Contenders & Pretenders
I speak two languages, Body and English.
Mae West
Paulick Report – NYRA Announces Long-Distance Turf Bonus Program For Belmont Meeting
Bloodhorse – Always Dreaming Pleases Pletcher in Florida Move
Brisnet – Caldwell – Always Dreaming, Patch and Gunnevera breeze for Kentucky Derby in Florida
Bloodhorse – Mitchell – Sharp Horsemen Bred Derby Contender Always Dreaming
Brisnet – Caldwell – Kentucky Derby quartet work at Churchill Downs, Keeneland
Bloodhorse – Shea – State of Honor, Salty Breeze for Casse at Churchill
If you come to a fork in the road, take it.
Yogi Berra
TwinSpires Blog – Scully – Don’t be put off by Pletcher’s Kentucky Derby stats
Paulick Report – PariMAX Surpasses $4 Billion Mark In Total Handle Wagered On Historic Horse Racing
Garden and Gun – Lotz and Portman – That Sun Records Sound
Paulick Report – Rain Dampens First Exclusive Derby/Oaks Training Period At Churchill Downs
Bloodhorse – Wincze Hughes – Blue Grass Hero Irap Steady in One-Mile Move
Bloodhorse – Balan – Reach the World Euthanized After Training Injury
Garden and Gun – Lotz – Meet the Southside
There are only two seasons – winter and Baseball.
Bill Veeck
DRF – McGee – Miss Sky Warrior settles in, breezes for Kentucky Oaks
The Bitter Southerner – Jordan and Hawley – Fishing for Education
The Bitter Southerner – Jordan and Hawley Including “All Y’all”
The two most joyous times of the year are Christmas morning and the end of school.
Alice Cooper
NY Times – Williams – Meet the Tea Ladies (and Tea Boys) of British Soccer
Bloodhorse – Balan – Gormley Works Smartly at Santa Anita
Bloodhorse – Wincze Hughes – Multiplier Steps Up His Game in Illinois Derby
TDN – The Factor Colt Charges Late to Capture Illinois Derby
DRF – Hersh – Multiplier edges Hedge Fund in Illinois Derby
Bloodhorse – Shea – Twisted Tom Takes Sloppy Tesio
You can’t always get what you want
Sal says if it says 99 that should be either the proof or the number of years it spent in a barrel.
Bloodhorse – Cloud Computing to Bypass KY Derby, Point for Preakness
Sal says that Lookin at Lee who’s dame Langara Lass won stakes at both Hastings Park and Northlands Park is creeping up the eligibility ladder.
Garden and Gun – Hutchison – My Town: Jon Carloftis’ Lexington, Kentucky
TSN – Lawless – Sabres should have been hiring instead of firing
Sal says that Lawless is either Clueless or just filling space. The money in virtually every offer Mike Babcock received was identical. The Sabres were never really in the running to land Babcock as one of the key points in Babcock choosing the Maple Leafs over the Buffalo Sabres was Babcock’s analysis of the talent on both teams and in their farm systems.
The root of all superstition is that men observe when a thing hits, but not when it misses.
Francis Bacon
TDN – Imperative Gets Up Just in Time in CT Classic
Bloodhorse – Balan – Inordinate Outlasts Syntax in San Juan Capistrano
Bloodhorse – Wincze Hughes – Itsinthepost Goes Long in Elkhorn Stakes
Bloodhorse – Balan – Collected Impresses Again in Californian
Bloodhorse – Hall – Call To Mind Delivers Late Birthday Gift to The Queen
TDN – Tapit Filly Game at Gulfstream
TDN – War Front Colt Holds On in Woodhaven
Paulick Report – Paolucci Sets Claiming Price Record At Tampa Bay Downs
US Racing – Ransom – Stallion Stories: Silver Charm
Truth is so hard to tell, it sometimes needs fiction to make it plausible.
Francis Bacon
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HIPPODROME QUEBEC BANS SHOW WAGERING
HIPPODROME becomes the first track in Canada to ban show wagering due to small amounts wagering and prevent bridge jumpers(handicappers that risk large show wagers to make the mandatory .05c payouts on $1.00 wager). CENTURY DOWNS had this occur at least 10 times at last year’s harness meet to inflate last year’s pathetic live wagering amounts to make a 22% increase, rumoured to be from 58k to 71k. Maybe their reps at the HBPA meeting can verify the actual daily total and a realistic forecast for thoroughbreds.
WATERLOO, ONTARIO pilot project turns dog poop into energy using anaerobic digestion creating bio gas (HRA produces this daily?) for heat and energy with the waste becoming fertilizer. HRA 3 year business plan perhaps should have included the conversion of horse manure to create much needed prudent revenue!!!
BONUS QUESTION FOR HBPA/CENTURY Uncashed parimutuel tickets have been split in ONTARIO between OJC/HBPA for at least 40 years to benefit backstretch workers/programs, is this on the table for the upcoming negotiations or just having no track lights part of the price to pay for a track to race at?
HBPA MEETING / CENTURY PRESENTATION THURSDAY April 27, 2017 FIVE QUESTIONS TO ASK!!!
1.STAMPEDE PARK slot revenue continued from July 1/2008 to March 31/2009> NORTHLANDS new casino will the slot revenue continue from July 1/2018 to March 31/2019 with a additional $6 million in HRA purse grant, resulting in $2 million in purses for the two breeds?
2. HRA 2017-2019 BUSINESS PLAN was released with the same purse grants for 2017/2018/2019, what is the HBPA’s position on this document’s stagnant purses and declining thoroughbred race dates?
3. CENTURY MILE has a net win/slot/hr of $12.50/2018 and $13.50/2019 budgeted in the HRA fantasy business plan is this attainable, based on the tough economic times/ NP $7.10/CENUTY DOWNS $10.50?
4. HBPA will they support a membership email campaign to MINISTER CECI’S right hand man at mike.brown@gov.ab.ca to express the pathetic effort by HRA in supporting thoroughbred racing?
5. CENTURY DOWNS is charging $100/ per stall environmental fee for the harness industry , will this continue for the thoroughbreds at the downs/mile??
CENTURY DOWN’S effort to promote Monday harness racing with additional foreign simulcast to boost the daily live handle to 100k hit a pylon with insufficient entries. NORTHLAND PARK previous Monday experiment with thoroughbred racing by future tree planter DWAYNE bared no fruit, lesson learned!!!
HOT RUMOUR with the CULLEN STABLES entry 1,1A having 570k/360k in 2017 trainer earnings in tough east racing scene, their could be more harness trainers/competitive race horses heading to ONTARIO.