Thoroughbred Racing Commentary – Sage – The day Holy Bull gave everything he had to win the Travers
National Post – Colby Cosh: Get ready to be angry, Alberta, over a new equalization grab
The thoroughbred foal crop is declining because racing is almost a guaranteed losing proposition. A major contributor is per diem fees of $100 a day and up. A new system in which trainers would get more of a horse’s purse earnings but no per diem would help bring new blood into the game and almost certainly increase field sizes because horses standing in their stalls earn nothing.
Horse Race Insider – Jicha – Continuing problems demand radical, outside-the-box solutions
Sal says that Jicha missed three key words on the end of his last sentence:
… because horses standing in their stalls earn nothing for their owners.
TDN – NYRA Now Available on Apple TV and Amazon Fire
TDN – by Bill Finley – NYRA EYEING NIGHT RACING AT BELMONT
The final group spoke on the financial perspective and focused on the problems with complex betting, cost inefficiencies and lack of foreign capital being invested in racing. They highlighted that racing is not maximizing handle opportunities–suggesting a restructuring of simulcast contracts to increase money coming back to the racetracks that put on the product.
TDN – Band0roff – Flying Starters Present Ideas to Bring Racing Into Top 10
Horse Race Insider – Pricci – Vox Populi on Racing Issues; Saturday’s Big Horses Run Big
Sonic- 102.9 – Kelley – FINAL RANKINGS: The Top 10 most Obnoxious Fans
Sal’s No. 1 with a bullet obnoxious horse player is the guy who’s constantly telling you what an easy pick the 35 – 1 shot was seconds after they cross the finish line but who never shows you his tickets with $20 on the nose or tells you before they leave the starting gate.
The 50-50 jackpot at the Edmonton Eskimos game Friday night shattered the previous Canadian Football League record, climbing to more than $436,000.
The demand for tickets at the game was so high, the team stated the winner would not be announced until after the game on social media and on esks.com. The announcement drew boos from the crowd — which also set an attendance record for the CFL so far this year at 36,260.
Edmonton Journal – Griwowsky – 50-50 jackpot smashes CFL record at Edmonton Eskimos game
Paulick Report – Girvin Remains On Target For Haskell Invitational
Paulick Report – McCraken ‘Doing Tremendous’ In Preparation For Haskell
National Post – Marsh – Why the ‘bridge-and-tunnel crowd’ seem incapable of manners
National Post – Parkes – Why urban diners are so threatened by those from the suburbs
NY Times – Strom – A Baker’s Crusade: Rescuing the Famed French Boulangerie
Marina Abramovic
NY Times – Our Best Burgers, From Meaty to Meatless
Edmonton Journal – Graney – Jimmy Carter kicks off massive Habitat for Humanity project in Edmonton
Canada 150 – 150 Reasons to Build
Sal says that it’s invigorating to see a retired political leader actually doing something for the people of the world unlike the Clintons and Harpers and Bushes and Obamas who stuff their pockets with their cushy directorships, consulting jobs and on the rubber chicken speaking circuit.
NY Times – Friedman – If You Fix This, You Fix a Big Piece of the Climate Puzzle
Sal says the answer was easy “C” plus one of these things is not like the others. Remember your High School and College multiple guess exams where when you didn’t know the answer you took an educated guess or always used “C” as you’d be correct 25% of the time. “A”, “B” and “D” all imply individuals and corporations changing their lifestyles to help green the planet. “C” looks out of place and it’s “C” so that’s Sal’s choice.
Don B. Danard and Curtis Landry’s Ruffenuff shook off any rust from her last lackluster performance and dominated the Northlands Oaks on Saturday leading from gate to wire repelling the late threat from Saveitforarainyday pulling away for a 2 3/4 length victory in 139.22 for the mile. Quincy Welsh was aboard for conditioner Greg Tracy as the Dialed In filly improved her record to 6 wins in 8 starts including 4 stakes victories.
Saveitforarainyday held on for second with Anstrum getting up for show money.
Robert Vargo and Norm Castiglione’s Riversedge Racing Stables Ltd.’s Trooper John emphatically established himself as the early home track favourite for the 2017 Canadian Derby as he dueled for the early lead with Double Bear and Free at Last put those 2 rivals away and then cruised home in 144.28 for the 1 1/16 mile in the Count Lathum Handicap Black Type at Northlands Park on Saturday. Keishan Balgobin was in the irons for trainer Tim Rycroft for the front running stakes victory on the son of Colonel John. That’s 2 weekends in a row that Keishan won Stakes on the lead.
Double Bear was no match for the winner but held on for place money over Real Quality who Sal had figured would have been part of the early pace but changed tactics today.
Great to see Count Lathum’s part owner and trainer Bobby Marsh making the presentation to the winning connections at Northlands Park on Saturday and spending a good part of the day reminiscing, Sal’s looking forward to seeing Bobby present the trophy to the winners of the Count Lathum when it’s run at the Century Mile.
Speaking of the Century Mile Sal’s eye in the sky actually eye in a pickup driving done Highway II said there was equipment moving to the site behind Red Tail Landing and it looked like they were gearing up to be in the ground before K-Days opens its doors.
Speaking of K-Days Northlands Park will be racing July 19th and 20th before K-Days opens its doors with no live racing on Friday July 21 and Saturday July 22.
The Pemberton Music Festival finally sank into bankruptcy proceedings in May, leaving behind a welter of unsecured creditors and some bitterly learned lessons about how ‘the best weekend of your life’ can become a financial nightmare
The Globe and Mail – Woo – Anatomy of a music festival’s death
NY Times – Kolata – Who Needs Hard Drives? Scientists Store Film Clip in DNA
TDN – House Panel Vote Could Lead to Reopening of Horse Slaughter Plants
Paulick Report – Hong Kong Jockey Club Closes Season With Record Turnover
Paulick Report – Canterbury’s ‘Extreme Day’ Draws Local Crowd Of 13,315 For Exotic Races
Paulick Report – Around The Track Podcast Presented By Taylor Made: Life And Times With ‘The Mig’
TDN – Equestricon Announces Hong Kong Jockey Club as Sponsor; “Lucky Draw” Sweepstakes Open
Bloodhorse – Balan – Irap Dominant in Indiana Derby
Paulick Report – Indiana Derby Sets New Track Records For Handle, Attendance
Bloodhorse – Balan – West Coast Gets Running Late in Los Alamitos Derby Win
Paulick Report – Jagow – ‘Show’ Us The Money? The Plight Of A Simple Wager
Garden and Gun – Hendrickson – Honoring a New Orleans Musical Legend
National Post – John Ivison: Canada’s rocket woman personifies image to which Liberals aspire
National Post – Former astronaut Julie Payette to be next governor general: CBC report
Bloodhorse – Novak – Songbird Holds Fast in Delaware Handicap
ESPN – DRF – Dunleavy – Songbird holds off Martini Glass in Delaware Handicap
US Racing – Ransom – Songbird Sings Winning Tune in Delaware Handicap
Paulick Report – Bohl – Brown, Jose Ortiz Close Belmont Meet With Second Consecutive Titles
Bloodhorse – Snierson – Jockey Diane Nelson Dies
Bloodhorse – Hanging With Haskin – Long, Hard Struggle For Female Jockeys
Thoroughbred Racing Commentary – Smith – Who are the world’s highest-ranked female jockeys?
LA Times – Erskine – Here are some of the ways our children helped their mother cope with cancer
Paulick Report – Classic Empire ‘Hasn’t Been As Aggressive,’ Will Skip Haskell Invitational
Paulick Report – Classic Empire On Target For Haskell Despite ‘Unorthodox’ Breeze
Paulick Report – Irish War Cry ‘Really Hasn’t Missed A Beat’ In Preparations For Haskell
TDN – Louis Romanet Joins WHOA
NY Times – Rafferty – I Know What You’ll Read This Summer
NY Times – Maslin – Michael Connelly’s New Detective Makes Harry Bosch Look Like a Slouch
National Post – O’Connor – How a young Cree sprinter made peace with his father’s violent death
THE CHICKENSHIT CLUB: Why the Justice Department Fails to Prosecute Executives, by Jesse Eisinger. (Simon & Schuster, $28.) Why was virtually no one prosecuted in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis? A Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist for the nonprofit ProPublica examines the cultural shifts in the legal and business worlds since the turn of the century that led to solicitous attitudes toward corporations. It’s basically an “elites” problem: the prosecutors and the defense attorneys on opposite sides of the table are increasingly the same people, just at different points in their careers. Prepare to be incensed.
NY Times – 10 New Books We Recommend This Week
TDN – Bill Finley – How Good is Chad Brown? Very Good
TDN – DeBernardis – Down the Shedrow with Ken McPeek
TDN – DiDonato – O’Brien Fined by NY Gaming Commission
ESPN – DRF – Hegarty – Penn National permanently bans three trainers
TDN – Berry – The Rise of Reynier
The C Cup Classic
Formerly: The Powder Puff Derby
TDN – Hushion Prepares for Well-Deserved Retirement
Paulick Report – Sherman, Hollendorfer To Be Honored At Gregson Foundation Charity Dinner
TDN – Caulfield – Pedigree Insights: Ulysses
Well, I wish some of you would tell me the brand of whiskey that Grant drinks. I would like to send a barrel of it to my other generals.
Abraham Lincoln
Bloodhorse – Shea – Western Riders Combat Stigma of Riding Thoroughbreds
The Bitter Southerner – Reece – We Ain’t Unicorns
TDN – Jockey Club Round Table Conference Featured Speakers Announced
Horse race Insider – Pricci – NYRA On a Roll as Saratoga Approaches
NY Times – Waldstein – The Exciting Life and Lonely Death of a Basketball Vagabond
And on Thursday, Justice Edward Belobaba — in a quick ruling from the bench after a 90-minute hearing — concluded that the plaintiffs did not provide enough evidence to justify a freeze order, which he called a “draconian” measure.
“We don’t, thank goodness, in Canada have one law for Omar Khadr and one law for all other Canadians,” Justice Belobaba told the courtroom in announcing his decision.
The Globe and Mail – Gray – Judge turns down request for freeze order on Khadr money
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said he shares the concerns of Canadians who object to the settlement payment, but he said it was the responsible thing to do, both morally and economically.
“I can understand Canadians’ concerns about the settlement. In fact, I share those concerns about the money. That’s why we settled,” Trudeau said on Thursday in Ottawa. “If we had continued to fight this, not only would we have inevitably lost, but estimates range from $30- to $40-million that it would have ended up costing the government…. The measure of a society — a just society — is not whether we stand up for people’s rights when it’s easy or popular to do so. It’s whether we recognize rights when it’s difficult, when it’s unpopular.”
Widow’s effort to freeze Omar Khadr’s assets rejected: ‘You’re asking for execution before judgment’
Sal says that Justin’s starting to sound a lot like Pierre.
The Globe and Mail – Fife and Gray – Trudeau says Omar Khadr case could have cost $40-million
Sal says that there are a number of legal pieces and car sellers ticked that they won’t be the benefactors of the Khadr lawsuit.
Sal says that most conservatives are so set in their PC ways they won’t even notice that the Khadr settlement prevents the airing of miles of the Harper government’s dirty laundry in public.
The court, however, invoked the “political question” doctrine: some politically charged and technical matters are not “justiciable” because courts are inappropriate forums for answering them. They include the wisdom of military actions. What was sensible but not predictable was that Judge Janice Rogers Brown, in addition to writing the opinion for the court, added a blistering opinion in which she upbraided the other branches for dereliction of duties regarding unfettered presidential war-making, particularly with precision-strike weapons.
National Post – George F. Will: Why Congress avoids making rules about who Washington kills
Sal says that Khadr may have a defence to the wrongful death lawsuit.
The Globe and Mail – Ha – Federal Court voids Canadian citizenship revocation for 312 people
Paulick Report – Steffanus – Hot And Cold: Custom Shoeing Versus ‘Plating’ For Thoroughbreds
Bloodhorse – Gunnevera Aims for Travers Stakes
Bloodhorse – Ron Mitchell – Distinta Tops Strong Fasig-Tipton Racehorse Sale
TDN – Saving the ‘Best’ for Almost Last: Medaglia Filly Brings a Million at Fasig
Paulick Report – Best Goes To Cool $1 Million For Medaglia d’Oro Filly at Fasig-Tipton July Sale
TDN – Riley – Record-Priced Colt Tops Select Sale
Epstein called the White Sox a “surprising dance partner” because of their proximity. But the deal makes sense given each other’s needs.
Sportsnet – AP – Cubs acquire left-hander Jose Quintana from White Sox
ESPN – Doolittle – Jose Quintana deal a Windy City win for both Cubs and White Sox
Sal says that the problem with trading talent for prospects is that the prospects then trade the pro for a su.
Round up the usual suspects.
Captain Louis Renault
LA Times – Sahagun – Winter’s snow is disrupting this Sierra Nevada summer
NY Times – Draper – The Two Men Who Make Money From the N.B.A. in Summer
Sal says that everyday NHL fans get more evidence that David Stern sent Gary Bettman over to the NHL to help the NBA become vastly prosperous while the NHL struggles.
Sal says that maybe short pants Trump Jr. can talk to his Russian connections about this.
Sal says that everyday NHL fans get more evidence that David Stern sent Gary Bettman over to the NHL to help the NBA become vastly prosperous while the NHL struggles.
But the bad overwhelmingly outweighs the good, and the case has definitely been made that Gary Bettman could be the worst pro sports commissioner ever. MLB fans might argue, and New Orleans Saints fans definitely would contend to the contrary, but most any hockey fan will defer to Bettman as the worst…ever.
Fansided – Collins – Is Gary Bettman the worst pro sports commissioner ever?
Sal says that the only place you’d get an argument on that was in Montreal the night of the riot.
Bloodhorse – Balan – Frostmourne Coasts to Kent Stakes Victory
Bloodhorse – Balan – Dortmund Back in Training at Los Alamitos
Garden and Gun – Portman – Kernels of Wisdom
Garden and Gun – Portman – Corn Meets Corn Liquor
US Racing – Cochran – Visiting Tara
TDN – Frary – Dubawi’s Son Of Beauty Parlour Scores At HQ
FiveThirtyEight – The Ultimate Playlist Of Banned Wedding Songs
Heaven Knows I’m Miserable Now
TDN – Frary – Galileo’s Gustav Klimt Gets Up For Superlative Win
TDN – Galileo’s Elizabeth Browning Earns Her Stripes at The Curragh
NY Times – St. Fleur – Unlocking Mysteries in the Sun’s 11-Year Cycle
Hawthorne Sal
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