Yogi Berra
Nov 042018
It doesn’t matter which side of the fence you get off on sometimes. What matters most is getting off. You cannot make progress without making decisions.
Jim Rohn
Indecision is a decision.
Anonymous
Thoroughbred Racing Commentary – Hayward – Five key matters arising from the Breeders’ Cup
TDN – Bill Finley – Plenty of Highlights, But Enable Steals the Show
Bloodhorse – 2018 Breeders’ Cup Saturday
Phil has a question:
What was Dave Keon’s number.
There are some things that Phil will never tire of.
A newspaper is a device for making the ignorant more ignorant and the crazy crazier.
H. L. Mencken
TwinSpires Blog – Hanson – Playing the mandatory Rainbow 6 payout at Santa Anita Park on Sunday
You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself in any direction you choose. You’re on your own, and you know what you know. And you are the guy who’ll decide where to go.
Dr. Seuss
TDN – Thornton – Lexington Mayoral Candidate Gorton: “If Farms are Gone, Then the Industry Goes”
I believe that we are solely responsible for our choices, and we have to accept the consequences of every deed, word, and thought throughout our lifetime.
Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
No married man is genuinely happy if he has to drink worse whisky than he used to drink when he was single.
H. L. Mencken
Garden and Gun – Our Favorite Pie Recipes
Phil has a question:
What was Bobby Orr’s Number.
Yesterday is not ours to recover, but tomorrow is ours to win or lose.
Today – People are furious that Oscar Mayer said a hot dog is a sandwich
CBS New York – What Do You Think: Is A Hot Dog A Sandwich?
NBC Chicago – Oscar Mayer Declares Hot Dogs Sandwiches and the Internet Loses It
NBC Sports – Is a hot dog a sandwich? Warriors answer eternal question
A hot dog at the game beats roast beef at the Ritz.
Humphrey Bogart
ESPN – Terell – Accelerate vindicates Sadler in Breeders’ Cup, has Horse of the Year shot
Thoroughbred Racing Commentary – Ehalt – What price Accelerate being Horse of the Year now?
Los Angeles Times – Cherwa – Racing! Congratulations to Sadler, Hronis, Rosario and Accelerate
Bloodhorse – Angst – Accelerate Finds Top Gear to Win Breeders’ Cup Classic
TDN – Sherack – Accelerate Grants Sadler First Breeders’ Cup Win
Paulick Report – ‘We Got The Big One’: Accelerate Takes Classic To Silence Sadler Doubters
There is no real ending. It’s just the place where you stop the story.
40 Years ago
Sportsnet – Robson – Legend Has It
Teddy Grimthorpe, Abdullah’s racing manager, said: “Everything that has gone into this year has been an emotional rollercoaster and for Prince Khalid to have a fourth-generation bred filly do this and make history is special.”
Gosden and Dettori are keen for the brilliant four-year-old to stay in training, but Grimthorpe added: “Luckily it’s not my decision and Prince Khalid will have a think about what to do with this filly.
“Everybody always wants more and we want more of Enable, but we have to do the right thing by her.”
Racing Post – Burn – Enable very much able as European queen makes history Stateside
Bloodhorse – Crosby – Enable Makes History With Brilliant BC Turf Win
TDN – Carasso – Enable Overcomes Arc/Breeders’ Cup Hoodoo with Game Turf Win
TDN – McGrath – Juddmonte Expertise Enables European Double
Paulick Report – ‘She Conquered America!’: Enable Outduels Magical To Win Breeders’ Cup Turf
Brisnet – Reilly – Enable breaks Arc jinx in epic Breeders’ Cup Turf
I have just one superstition. Whenever I hit a home run, I make certain I touch all four bases.
Babe Ruth
DRF – Hovdey: Readings from the Breeders’ Cup Book of Two Johns
Bloodhorse – Wincze Hughes – Monomoy Girl Leaves No Doubt With Distaff Victory
Brisnet – Hanson – Monomoy Girl caps brilliant season in Breeders’ Cup Distaff
Bloodhorse – Angst- Sistercharlie Edges Wild Illusion Late in BC F&M Turf
TDN – DiDonato – Brown Takes Fourth Filly and Mare Turf with Sistercharlie
Brisnet – Reilly – Sistercharlie clinches championship in Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Turf
Bl00dhorse – Eric Mitchel – Juddmonte Homebred Expert Eye Grabs Breeders’ Cup Mile
Brisnet – Reilly – Expert Eye times it to perfection in Breeders’ Cup Mile
Racing Post – Burn – Frankie factor: Expert Eye comes good under Dettori masterclass
There are some things that Phil will never tire of.
The Bitter Southerner – Bryan – In Defense of “Free Bird:” A Response to #Skynyrdgate
TDN – Breeders’ Cup Handle Over $157M, Attendance Over 112K
Bloodhorse – Handle Down for 2018 Breeders’ Cup
Phil has a question:
Do you think the suits at CDI give a damn about the handle as long as they get the F n B and historical racing revenues.
Do you think that starting the races before half of North America is up and ending before the last College football game is done helped the handle.
TDN – Breeders’ Cup Friday Generates Fourth Highest Handle
TDN – Carasso – Roy H Defends his Sprint Title
Bloodhorse – Daugherty – Roy H Sails to Victory in Breeders’ Cup Sprint
You Can’t Think and Hit at the Same Time
Yogi Berra
TDN – Sherack – Shamrock Rose Goes Last to First in F/M Sprint
Bloodhorse – Wincze Hughes – Shamrock Rose Pulls Off Upset in BC Filly & Mare Sprint
TDN – Carasso – ‘Storming’ to Another Turf Sprint Victory
Bloodhorse – Crosby – Stormy Liberal Ekes Out BC Turf Sprint Repeat
TDN – Sherack – City of Light Blitzes Dirt Mile Foes
Bloodhorse – Ortiz Jr. Earns Bill Shoemaker Award
Preachers in pulpits talked about what a great message is in the book. No matter what you do, somebody always imputes meaning into your books.
Dr. Seuss
NY Times – A Mandarin Duck Mysteriously Appears in Central Park, to Birders’ Delight
When You Come to a Fork in the Road, Take It
Phil M Stockmen
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CANADIAN RACING ACCOUNTABILITY PARTNERS UPDATE
The persistent rumour of NO purse increases for the next few years is troubling based on the current state of affairs with little feedback from HRA and a spring election.
CENTURY MILE ceremonial gallop was a great effort to introduce the new facility to the media. However, a 300 seat grandstand to replace Northlands 2,100 seat outdoor grandstand and 900 seat inside seating area is a drop in the bucket when they boast about horsemen first and slots second? A hot rumour is that racing patrons will be able to bring lounge chairs to the tarmac or that rental chairs will be provided for a small fee , includes a drink and sandwich special?
LIFE after Northlands. Champagne Dwayne heads south returning to his old employer STRONACH group as director of OTB operations in California / Florida / Maryland / Oregon for TSG.
The chances of track 2 signal being picked stateside have gone from nil to slim.
HOT rumour about new track announcer at the MILE, will the intern MELISSA KEITH be picked with her vast writing experience as Northlands MATT J takes a management position at the mile.
HRA 3 year business plan 2019-2021 is being formulated, don’t expect any major $$$ surprises as the new CEO will have to put on a hard hat and work boots to operate the rocket powered steam shovel needed to dig the horse racing industry out of the Tenile and Captain mess. Expect it to appear in the spring or before the July 1/2019 annual financial report release!