Phil’s Reprising The Countdown to the
Kentucky Derby 2019
Uno
I am getting old, but it works in this job. I’m so slow now that I can’t get out of the way of the puck.
Jacques Plante
Head On
NY Times – Drape – Horse Deaths are Threatening the Racing Industry. Is the Sport Obsolete?
Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it’s time to pause and reflect.
Mark Twain
Spin – Cush – Woodstock 50 Has Either Been Canceled or It Hasn’t
When You Were Young
The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.
Alan Watts
Thoroughbred Racing Commentary – Ehalt – The Triple Crown and the poignant story of lemonade girl Alex Scott
Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation
The Greatest Love of All
Esquire – What I’ve learned – Joe Frazier
Esquire – What I’ve Learned – George Foreman
Esquire – What I’ve Learned – Muhammad Ali
The Boxer
By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest.
Confucius
ESPN – Harvey – CC 3K! The stories behind Sabathia’s most significant strikeouts
TSN – CP – Yankees’ Sabathia becomes 17th pitcher with 3,000 strikeouts
NY Times – Kepner – C.C. Sabathia Nears 3,000 Strikeouts in a Triumph of Reinvention
Paulick Report – Nevills – Sunday Silence: Unwanted Youngster To Hall Of Famer
I didn’t mean to hit the umpire with the dirt, but I did mean to hit that bastard in the stands.
Babe Ruth
Bloodhorse – Daugherty – Master Fencer a Dream Come True for Owner Yoshizawa
Paulick Report – Japanese Contender Master Fencer Adjusting To American Vibe At Keeneland
Bloodhorse – Angst – Japan’s Master Fencer Settles at Keeneland Before Derby
Bloodhorse – Ehalt – Track Maintenance a Successful Science at Belmont Park
People are like dirt. They can either nourish you and help you grow as a person or they can stunt your growth and make you wilt and die.
Plato
Sacred cows make the tastiest hamburger.
Garden and Gun – Celebrate the Kentucky Derby
Garden and Gun – 15 Winning Kentucky Derby Recipes
Southern Living – Peanut Butter-Banana Icebox Pie
Southern Living – Tomato Sandwich
Phil has a question:
Who needs a recipe for a tomato sandwich.
Isn’t 2 slices of bread, butter (or Mayonnaise), sliced tomatoes and a touch of salt and / or pepper simple enough for the average southerner to enjoy.
Who needs a Tomato Tea Sandwich with all kinds of other crap that takes away from the taste of a farm fresh tomato.
If you add onions does it not become a tomato and onion sandwich.
If you add cucumbers does it not become a tomato and cucumber sandwich.
If you add onions and some kind of basil, parsley, mint, garlic pesto crap does it not become inedible.
Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.
Albert Einstein
At the end of the day, you can’t compete with Mother Nature. If you’ve got a great tomato, just a pinch of sea salt is all you need.
Zac Posen
The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary may speak.
Hans Hofmann
It’s difficult to think anything but pleasant thoughts while eating a homegrown tomato.
Lewis Grizzard
Simplicity is the glory of expression.
Walt Whitman
The difference between a bland tomato and great one is immense, much like the difference between a standard, sliced white bread and a crusty, aromatic sourdough.
Yotam Ottolenghi
Simple pleasures are the last healthy refuge in a complex world.
Oscar Wilde
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is knowing not to put it in a fruit salad.
Brian O’Driscoll
Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.
I don’t care what anybody says: Nothing is better than a tomato you grow. There’s something about it that’s different than a tomato you can buy. It’s a great thing.
Tom Vilsack
Simple Man
National Post – Hornby – Same old story as Leafs again eliminated by Boston Bruins in first round Game 7
FiveThirtyEight – Planos – Apparently The Regular Season Is Irrelevant In The NHL
Phil has a question:
Which city has the most dejected hockey fans today – Edmonton, Vancouver, Ottawa or Montreal where the talking ass-hats at Toronto Sports Network continually derided their teams and their efforts during the final months of the 2018-2019 NHL season or Toronto or Calgary where the talking Ass-Hats at Toronto Sports Network already had fans mapping the Stanley Cup Parade or Winnipeg where the Jets just went up in a vapour trail.
Has any one told Toronto and Calgary city councils that they need to disband their 2019 Stanley Cup Parade Committees.
Are the fans in Calgary cheering for Dougie Hamilton and the other ex-Flames traded to Carolina last summer.
Will the Cup called Stanley ever be paraded through the Park called Stanley.
Have you noticed how much better the Bruins are in the NHL playoffs when they have a coach that can count.
Would you believe I never went to a hockey game when I was living in Canada?
Becky Lynch
Ironic
Sports Network – Dixon – WHEN YOU LEAST EXPECT IT
NY Times – Longman – Court Bars Women With High Testosterone From Some Track Races
Bloodhorse – Johnson – An Early Look at the 2019 Derby Pace Scenario
When I first started racing, my father, one of the first things he said, he said, “Win the race as slow as you can.”
Esquire – Pierce – Richard Petty: What I’ve Learned
Killer is Me
Brisnet – Scully – Kentucky Derby Report: Possible pacesetters
When you call upon a Thoroughbred, he gives you all the speed, strength of heart and sinew in him. When you call on a jackass, he kicks.
Chariots of Fire
Louisville Courier-Journal – Frakes – Get to know the 20 horses in the field for the 2019 Kentucky Derby
I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times.
Bruce Lee
TwinSpires Blog – Hanson – Five things to know about the 2019 Kentucky Derby
To be interested in the changing seasons is a happier state of mind than to be hopelessly in love with spring.
George Santayana
America’s Best Racing – Moore -Twelve Things You Might Not Know About the 2019 Kentucky Derby
Russia is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma.
Winston Churchill
Bloodhorse – Oser – Bellafina Named 2-1 Morning Line Favorite at Oaks Draw
TDN – Bellafina Tabbed Morning-Line Oaks Favorite
2019 145TH Kentucky Oaks
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HORSE |
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TRAINER |
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JOCKEY |
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ODDS |
1 |
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Out for a Spin |
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Dallas Stewart |
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Irad Ortiz Jr. |
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15-1 |
2 |
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Chocolate Kisses |
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Mark Casse |
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Julien Leparoux |
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20-1 |
3 |
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Lady Apple |
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Steve Asmussen |
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Ricardo Santana Jr. |
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20-1 |
4 |
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Bellafina |
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Simon Callaghan |
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Flavien Prat |
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2-1 |
5 |
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Flor de La Mar |
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Bob Baffert |
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Joel Rosario |
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20-1 |
6 |
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Positive Spirit |
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Rodolphe Brisset |
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Manuel Franco |
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30-1 |
7 |
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Jaywalk |
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John Servis |
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Javier Castellano |
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8-1 |
8 |
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Motion Emotion |
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Thomas Van Berg |
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Mike Smith |
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15-1 |
9 |
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Liora |
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Wayne Catalano |
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Channing Hill |
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20-1 |
10 |
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Champagne Anyone |
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Ian Wilkes |
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Chris Landeros |
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6-1 |
11 |
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Jeltrin |
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Alesix Delgado |
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Luis Saez |
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15-1 |
12 |
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Street Band |
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Larry Jones |
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Sophie Doyle |
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15-1 |
13 |
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Serengeti Empress |
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Tom Amoss |
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Jose Ortiz |
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8-1 |
14 |
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Restless Rider |
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Kenny McPeek |
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Brian Hernandez Jr. |
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6-1 |
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AE |
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Dunbar Road |
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Chad Brown |
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5-1 |
AE |
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Point of Honor |
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George Weaver |
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30-1 |
Bloodhorse – Hammonds – Kentucky Oaks: It’s About Time
Bloodhorse – Oser – Pimentel, Doyle to Ride in First Kentucky Derby, Oaks
Paulick Report – Oaks Favorite Bellafina’s Trainer, Simon Callaghan, Dislocates Shoulder In Fall
Bloodhorse – Hammonds – Bellafina Will Have Pace to Chase in Kentucky Oaks
Paulick Report – Bellafina Draws Post Four, 2-1 Favorite In Full-Field Kentucky Oaks
2019 145th Kentucky Derby
KENTUCKY DERBY – GI, $3,000,000, 3yo, 1 1/4m, Post Time: 6:46 p.m. ET 4:46 MDT
019 6:50 PM EDT |
Post |
Horse |
Jockey |
Trainer |
Odds |
1 |
War of Will |
Tyler Gaffalione |
Mark Casse |
20-1 |
2 |
Tax |
Junior Alvarado |
Danny Gargan |
20-1 |
3 |
By My Standards |
Gabriel Saez |
Bret Calhoun |
20-1 |
4 |
Gray Magician |
Drayden Van Dyke |
Peter Miller |
50-1 |
5 |
Improbable |
Irad Ortiz Jr. |
Bob Baffert |
6-1 |
6 |
Vekoma |
Javier Castellano |
George Weaver |
20-1 |
7 |
Maximum Security |
Luis Saez |
Jason Servis |
10-1 |
8 |
Tacitus |
Jose Ortiz |
Bill Mott |
10-1 |
9 |
Plus Que Parfait |
Ricardo Santana Jr. |
Brendan Walsh |
30-1 |
10 |
Cutting Humor |
Corey Lanerie |
Todd Pletcher |
30-1 |
11 |
Haikal |
Rajiv Maragh |
Kiaran McLaughlin |
30-1 |
12 |
Omaha Beach |
Mike Smith |
Richard Mandella |
4-1 |
13 |
Code of Honor |
John Velazquez |
Shug McGaughey |
15-1 |
14 |
Win Win Win |
Julian Pimentel |
Mike Trombetta |
15-1 |
15 |
Master Fencer |
Julien Leparoux |
Koichi Tsunoda |
50-1 |
16 |
Game Winner |
Joel Rosario |
Bob Baffert |
5-1 |
17 |
Roadster |
Florent Geroux |
Bob Baffert |
6-1 |
18 |
Long Range Toddy |
Jon Court |
Steve Asmussen |
30-1 |
19 |
Spinoff |
Manny Franco |
Todd Pletcher |
30-1 |
20 |
Country House |
Flavien Prat |
Bill Mott |
30-1 |
21 |
Bodexpress |
Chris Landeros |
Gustavo Delgado |
30-1 |
Bodexpress moves into Post 20 and 13 – 19 move in one post position. Numbers remain the same.
Horses 13 – 21 move in one Post Position.
Bloodhorse – Keeler Johnson’s Kentucky Derby 145 Selections
America’s Best Racing
Ehalt – How to Win Big Betting the 2019 Kentucky Derby Favorite
Bloodhorse – CRosby – Once More, With Feeling for McGaughey at Derby
Paulick Report – Derby Notes: ‘We’re All On Pins And Needles The Whole Way’
TDN – Sherack – Thursday’s Trackside Derby Report
TDN – Sherack – Derby Update: Haikal Scratched; Mike Smith to Ride Cutting Humor
Bloodhorse – Ron MItchell – Mike Smith to Ride Cutting Humor in Kentucky Derby
ESPN – AP – Haikal (30-1) scratched from Kentucky Derby
Thoroughbred Racing Commentary – Willoughby – Kentucky Derby Prep School: so who is top of the class now Omaha Beach is out?
Phil has a question:
Have you been following Willoughby’s Derby Prep School.
Is he finally going to come close to getting a pick correct or can you use his latest for your throwouts.
ESPN – Terrell – 2019 Kentucky Derby preview: With Omaha Beach out, field is wide open
First We Take Manhattan
The people are hungry: It is because those in authority eat up too much in taxes.
Lao Tzu
Bloodhorse – Daugherty – Louisville Native Gargan Aims to Claim Some Derby Glory
Levi Stubbs Tears
Here is my principle: Taxes shall be levied according to ability to pay. That is the only American principle.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Here is my principle: Taxes shall be evaded according to ability to pay lawyers and accountants. That is the only American principle.
The Current President’s Thinking
TDN – Sherack – Omaha Beach Update: Throat Surgery Scheduled for Thursday Afternoon
Bloodhorse – Shulman – Crosby and Angst – Favored Omaha Beach Out of Kentucky Derby
TDN – Omaha Beach Out of Derby With Entrapped Epiglottis
Paulick Report – Favored Omaha Beach Out Of Derby With Entrapped Epiglottis
Phil has a question:
Which scribe commented that there hadn’t been any defections.
Doesn’t he or she realize you never curse a shutout, no hitter or perfect game by commenting on them.
If Omaha Beach was an old time hockey player wouldn’t they have taken him into the dressing room stitched him up with a broken skate lace and sent him out to run.
Bloodhorse – Haskin – Omaha Beach Defection a Terrible Blow
There are lots of racetrack cliches trainers use in response to most any question. At times, trainerspeak is embarrassing. But when a horseman says “all we have to do between now and raceday is keep the horse happy and healthy,” this is not idle messaging.
Horse Race Insider – Pricci – Tough Game
Phil has a tough question:
Which is worse – the agony of defeat or the agony of not being able to compete.
Atlantic City
Horse Racing Nation – Macatangay – How will Omaha Beach’s scratch affect the Kentucky Derby pace?
Horse Racing Nation – Derby Daily: Key questions on Omaha Beach’s defection
Horse Racing Nation – Lintner – Haikal misses training; Kentucky Derby 2019 status uncertain
Bloodhorse – Vekoma Brings Weaver Back Home for Kentucky Derby
Bloodhorse – Derby/Oaks Notes: Master Fencer Works Five Furlongs
Horse Racing Nation – Lintner – ‘Majority’ of 2019 Kentucky Derby jockeys to use new whip
ESPN – Terrell – Kentucky Derby 2019: The lapsed fan’s guide
TDN – Sherack – Wednesday’s Trackside Derby Report
Thoroughbred Racing Commentary – Willoughby – Kentucky Derby Prep School: so who graduates top of the class?
Longshot
TDN – Sherack – First Impressions: Kentucky Derby 145
Bloodhorse – Eric Mitchell – Pletcher Takes Unorthodox Approach to Derby 145
Bloodhorse – Get The Money – By Evan Hammonds
Horse Racing Nation – Pugh – 2019 Kentucky Derby post position draw winners and losers
A difference of opinion is what makes horse racing and missionaries.
Will Rogers
This is Horse Racing – Tom Law – Field set for Kentucky Derby 145
Paulick Report – Triple Crown News Minute Presented By Kentucky Equine Research: Post Position Fortunes?
LA Times – Houston Mitchell – The Sports Report: The Kentucky Derby post positions are announced
Bloodhorse – Hammonds – Morning-Line Derby Favorite Omaha Beach Lands Post 12
TDN – Omaha Beach Favored From Gate Twelve in Derby 145
Horse Race insider – Pricci – Perfect Post for Derby Favorite
Horse Racing Nation – Zipse: How I plan to bet the 2019 Kentucky Derby
A difference of opinion is what makes horse racing and missionaries.
Will Rogers
Horse Racing Nation – Macatangay – That figures: 3 Derby horses poised to out-run their numbers
A difference of opinion is what makes horse racing and missionaries.
Will Rogers
Horse Racing Nation – Zipse and Shifman – HorseCenter: Talking Kentucky Derby picks, suggested wagers
A difference of opinion is what makes horse racing and missionaries.
Will Rogers
Bottle of Smoke
Garden and Gun – Peterson Smith – A Look Inside Air Horse One
Louisville Courier-Journal – Frakes – Why your horse can and can’t win the 2019 Kentucky Derby
TwinSpires Blog – 2019 Kentucky Derby News & Notes
America’s Best Racing – Reed – 2019 Kentucky Derby Cheat Sheet
Horse Racing Nation – Lintner – Six horses nab top votes in final 2019 Kentucky Derby Media Poll
Bloodhorse – Hall – 2019 Kentucky Derby First to be Simulcast Into Japan
TDN – Spendthrift Acquires Breeding Rights to Omaha Beach
TDN – Kentucky Derby Doings: Long Range Toddy Tunes Up
This is Horse Racing – Tom Law – The Monday Special – April 29
Preservation of one’s own culture does not require contempt or disrespect for other cultures.
Cesar Chavez
Business Insider – Meet the Wertheimers, the secretive French brothers worth $42 billion who control Chanel, own vineyards in France and Napa Valley, and breed racehorses
The greatest way to live with honor in this world is to be what we pretend to be.
Socrates
St. Supery
Cocoa Crusted Pork Tenderloin
Kentucky Woman
People who know little are usually great talkers, while men who know much say little.
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Louisville Kentucky Weather
Kentucky Rain
Many a man curses the rain that falls upon his head, and knows not that it brings abundance to drive away the hunger.
Saint Basil
Louisville Courier-Journal – Lerner – How to bet and win money (hopefully) at the 2019 Kentucky Derby
Goalies are three sandwiches shy of a picnic.
Jim Taylor
Bloodhorse – Haskin – Derby Dozen – April 30, 2019 – Presented by Shadwell Farm
TDN – TDN Derby Top 20
Paulick Report – Hackbarth – The Derby 20 Presented By Adequan: Finding Value
Paulick Report – ‘Works Are Key’ To Final Rankings For Kentucky Derby Media Poll
Twinspires Blog – Hanson – Thoughts On The Kentucky Derby Top 25
Horse Race insider – Jicha – Omaha Beach holds No. 1, could break Derby streak
Horse Race Insider – Pricci – Six-Race Win Streak of Derby Favorites Ends on Saturday
My wife never knew I was a drunk till the night I came home sober.
Esquire – Fussman – Jake LaMotta: What I’ve Learned
Kentucky Woman
Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win.
Sun Tzu
Louisville Courier-Journal – Frakes – Churchill Downs announces new safety initiatives, including $8 million medical center
Bloodhorse – Angst – Churchill to Offer Oaks Day-Derby Day Pick 6
I prefer liberty with danger than peace with slavery.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Bloodhorse – Oaks/Derby Notes: All Kentucky Derby Horses Arrive
Bloodhorse – Derby/Oaks Notes: Final Arrivals Approaching
TDN – Derby/Oaks Bulletin: Tuesday, Apr. 23
NY Times – Bennhold – A Fairy-Tale Baddie, the Wolf, Is Back in Germany, and Anti-Migrant Forces Pounce
Be happy, but never satisfied.
Bruce Lee
Paulick Report – Triple Crown News Minute Presented By Kentucky Equine Research: Weirdos And Wise Guys
Bloodhorse – Meet the Jockeys of the 2019 Kentucky Derby
America’s Best Racing – 2019 Kentucky Derby Horses and Their Celebrity Counterparts
Bad Luck
The catcher is a groundhog. He’s a guy squatting down, digging for the ball in the dirt, and sweating under a pile of uncomfortable protective gear while his knees creak.
Joe Garagiola
Satisfaction
Thoroughbred Racing Commentary – Class reunion: SIX horses raised by the same farm are due race each other in the Kentucky Derby
I am not a speed reader. I am a speed understander.
Bloodhorse – Code of Honor Arrives at Churchill for Kentucky Derby
Bloodhorse – Oser – Win Win Win Brings Derby Buzz Back for Trombetta
TDN – Kentucky Derby Doings: Unexpected Company for Tacitus, Country House
Bloodhorse – Win Win Win Joins Tacitus, Country House in Work
Paulick Report – High-Traffic Derby Workout Pits Win Win Win Against Tacitus, Country House
TDN – Gary Stevens: Who Would You Ride in the Derby?
TDN – So, Who Would You Ride in the Derby: Eddie Delahoussaye
TDN – So, Who Would You Ride in the Derby: Sandy Hawley
TDN – So Who Would You Ride in the Derby: Pat Day
TDN – So, Who Would You Ride in the Derby: Alex Solis
Bloodhorse – Gray Magician Set for Kentucky Derby Trip After Work
Bloodhorse – Crosby – War of Will Impresses in Bullet Work for Kentucky Derby
TDN – Kentucky Derby Doings: War Front Duo Drill at the Downs
Paulick Report – Casse: War Of Will ‘Especially Loves’ Churchill Downs
Bloodhorse – Oser – ‘Still Improving’ Plus Que Parfait Turns in Derby Work
Bloodhorse – Wincze Hughes – Walsh Preps First KY Derby Starter in Plus Que Parfait
Bloodhorse – Angst – Omaha Beach Delivers Flawless Work at Churchill Downs
Paulick Report – Mandella: Omaha Beach ‘Acts Like A Professional Racehorse’
Paulick Report – ‘Push-Button’ Tax Has Alvarado Excited For Third Derby Mount
America’s Best Racing – Curry – Analyzing Vekoma’s Chances in 2019 Kentucky Derby
In the middle of chaos lies opportunity.
Bruce Lee
Paulick Report – Kentucky Derby Notes: Friday’s Workout Action In Florida, California
Bloodhorse – Oser – Improbable Rounds Out Baffert’s Kentucky Derby Works
TDN – Baffert Duo Breeze at Santa Anita for Kentucky Derby
Paulick Report – Golden – Roadster ‘Pretty Fit,’ Game Winner ‘Awesome’ In Final Works
Bloodhorse – Eric Mitchell – Lyon Rides Wave of Breeding Success Toward KY Derby
TDN – Chris McGrath – This Side Up: The Ned Evans Engine in Roadster
Paulick Report – Golden – Clocker Harrington: Game Winner Should ‘Show Up,’ Roadster ‘Just Keeps Coming At You’
Show Me How to Live
Bloodhorse – Eric Mitchell and Angst – Trio of Derby Hopefuls Work at Palm Beach Downs
Paulick Report – Derby Notes: Pletcher Pair ‘All Systems Go,’ Master Fencer Takes A Tour Of Keeneland
Bloodhorse – Derby Contenders Haikal, Tax Breeze at Belmont Park
Paulick Report – McLaughlin On Gotham Winner Haikal: ‘I Loved What I Saw This Morning”
Paulick Report – Wood Runner-Up Tax Has ‘Tremendous’ Work At Belmont Before Heading To Churchill Downs
Bloodhorse – Churchill Anticipates Another Strong Derby Performance
Bloodhorse – Derby/Oaks Notes: Roadster, Game Winner Set to Arrive
Bloodhorse – Derby/Oaks Notes: Win Win Win Arrives at Churchill
TwinSpires Blog – Powell – Dosage as a tool and not the rule
TwinSpires Blog – Powell – Kentucky Derby field foaling date and Dosage Index
Soul Man
I won’t say ours was a tough school, but we had our own coroner. We used to write essays like: What I’m going to be if I grow up.
Lenny Bruce
Paulick Report – Nevills – Kentucky Derby Pedigree Corner: Bodexpress, Plus Que Parfait, Vekoma,Tacitus
Paulick Report – Nevills – Kentucky Derby Pedigree Corner: Game Winner, Maximum Security, By My Standards, Roadster
Paulick Report – Nevills – Kentucky Derby Pedigree Corner: Win Win Win, Cutting Humor, Tax, and Long Range Toddy
Paulick Report – Nevills – Kentucky Derby Pedigree Corner: War of Will, Improbable, Haikal, Code of Honor
TwinSpires Blog – Mucciolo – Kentucky Derby Pedigree Profile: Win Win Win
TwinSpires Blog -Mucciolo – Kentucky Derby Pedigree Profile: Country House
TwinSpires Blog – Mucciolo – Kentucky Derby Pedigree Profile: Gray Magician
TwinSpires Blog – Mucciolo – Kentucky Derby Pedigree Profile: Spinoff
TwinSpires Blog – Mucciolo – Kentucky Derby Pedigree Profile: Roadster
TwinSpires Blog – Mucciolo – Kentucky Derby Pedigree Profile: Plus Que Parfait
TwinSpires Blog – Mucciolo – Kentucky Derby Pedigree Profile: War Of Will
TwinSpires Blog – Mucciolo – Kentucky Derby Pedigree Profile:Omaha Beach
TwinSpires Blog – Mucciolo – Kentucky Derby Pedigree Profile: Vekoma
TwinSpires Blog – Mucciolo – Kentucky Derby Pedigree Profile: Maximum Security
TwinSpires Blog – Mucciolo – Kentucky Derby Pedigree Profile: Tacitus
One More Cup of Coffee
Horse Racing Nation – Kentucky Oaks
TDN – Sentient Jet Renews Derby Partnership
Bloodhorse – Hammonds – Trio of Oaks Fillies Drill at Churchill Downs
Bloodhorse – Hammonds – Out for a Spin Drives for Kentucky Oaks Glory
Horse Racing Nation – Gehrke – HRN Division Rankings: Bellafina an Oaks favorite on a familiar tear
Phil has a question:
Why is there such a dearth of Kentucky Oaks coverage in 2019.
Paulick Report – Champion Jaywalk ‘Like A Bear’ In Final Breeze Before Kentucky Oaks
Bloodhorse – Jaywalk Breezes Five Furlongs to Prep for Kentucky Oaks
TDN – Churchill To Hold 50/50 Raffles
To be able to buy a plant and plant it, that’s a luxury to me.
Zac Posen
Garden and Gun – Blount Jr. – How Does One Correctly Use the Term “Y’all?”
Garden and Gun – Martin – Kentucky Trifecta
Ready To Let Go
NY Times – Tracy and Blinder – Virginia Men’s Basketball Will Not Go to the White House
The Raiders of old were vicious and crazy and cruel. Hanging around their locker room was like hanging around the weight room at Folsom Prison.
Hunter S. Thompson
NY Times – Rashbaum – For First Time, Pharmaceutical Distributor Faces Federal Criminal Charges Over Opioid Crisis
We’re all humans living on this tiny little rock, floating through space at, like, thousands of miles an hour. We should all just get along.
Finn Balor
National Post – ‘People could have died’: Dozens of homes in Montreal suburb destroyed after flood waters breach dike
Phil has a question:
How many more transfer payment dollars will it cost Alberta to fix the dikes.
National Post – Financial Post -A report reveals the massive fortune Canadians just lost thanks to pipeline shortages Opinion: Heavy-oil producers lost a staggering $20.6 billion in forgone revenues last year, a Fraser Institute study finds
Hard Sun
Paulick Report – Candid Conversation With Richard Baltas: ‘Stay Tuned For The Miracle’
TDN – Bill Finley – The Week in Review: In Stronach Feud, Did Frank Fight Fair?
Bloodhorse – Frank Stronach Suggests Putting Tracks Into a Trust
Phil has a question:
Would Frank be suggesting putting the tracks into a trust if he was in charge and not Belinda.
Horse Race Insider – Jicha – Frank Stronach talks a great game but that’s likely to be all it is
Horse Race Insider – Berner and Pricci – Can Divided Stronachs Unite the Thoroughbred Industry?
TDN – Ross – Stronach Talks Stakeholder-Controlled Trust, Bitter Family Feud
Paulick Report – Stronach Takes Family Feud Public; Wants Santa Anita Put In Trust
Paulick Report – Voss – Commentary: Fact Checking Opponents Of Safety And Welfare Reform
This Mess We’re In
Paulick Report – Gorajec – Commentary: The Performance-Enhancing Effects Of Lasix
Bloodhorse – Precious – New York Regulator Considers Lasix Ban or Restrictions
TDN – Thornton – NYSGC Votes in 3 Rules, Prepares for Possible Lasix Debate
Thoroughbred Racing Commentary – Hayward – America has a serious Lasix problem – and we need to solve it now
Paulick Report – Thoroughbred Idea Foundation: Industry Must Come Together On Lasix Issue
Bloodhorse – Maybe It’s Time – By Evan Hammonds
TDN – Bill Finley – Woodbine Not Ready to Join Movement to Cut Down On Lasix
Phil has a question:
Would you expect anything other than buzzword blather vacillation from an Executive whose organization scams money from bettors throughout the rest of Canada to subsidize their base in the big road apple.
What are the minions at Horse Racing Alberta doing to prevent Alberta bettors from being gouged by Woodbine and HPI.
Neighbourhood #2
Paulick Report – Gorajec’s Plea For Whip Reform: Horse Racing’s Warts Have Been Exposed
National Post – Washington Post – Yahr – The frighteningly talented James Holzhauer is breaking Jeopardy! Does it matter?
NY Times – Jacobs – ‘Jeopardy!’ Phenom James Holzhauer Smashes Through $1 Million Mark
Fugue for Tinhorns
The Bitter Southerner – Hirsch – Losing the Realest Burger in New Orleans
TDN – Martini and DeBernardis – Another Record-Setting OBS April Sale Concludes
TDN – Martini and DeBernardis – Liam’s Map Colt Sparks OBS Thursday
Bloodhorse – Ron Mitchell and Daugherty – Liam’s Map Colt Electrifies Third Session at OBS
TDN – Martini and DeBernardis – Million-Dollar Quality Road Filly Tops OBSAPR Day 2
Horse Talk – Study findings raise possibility of therapies to target equine obesity
Plos One – Coleman, Whitfield-Cargile, Madrigal and Cohen – Comparison of the microbiome, metabolome, and lipidome of obese and non-obese horses
Phil has a question:
Will this work for homo sapiens.
The power of the Internet is also its limitation – it provides access to large amounts of information without providing guidance on how to sort out what is credible and what is not.
Dean Ornish
Paulick Report – Paco Lopez Has 60-Day ‘Continuous Careless Riding’ Suspension Cut In Half
I Can’t Drive 55
NY Times – Weinstein – What a Cookbook Author Actually Eats for Dinner
The Weight
TDN – Taste of Derby to be Held for 10th Year
TDN – Keeneland, Lane’s End Present Bluegrass Breakfast
NY Times – Ayres – Yakutsk is one of the coldest cities on Earth. It’s producing some of Russia’s hottest punk rock
На части” (официальное видео)
Hollywood Reporter – Levy – The Night John Belushi Died: Exclusive Book Excerpt Reveals New Details of a Tragic End at the Chateau Marmont
Born Losers
It leads me to wonder if there is any aspect of university education that isn’t open to self-degradation, to the ruin of the once genuine prestige that accompanied graduation from what was always referred to as an “institution of higher learning.” In many of today’s university offerings, the “higher learning” has long been jettisoned, the politics of grievance, feminism, “white privilege” and the plague of various “studies” their meretricious replacements. In reality these are not studies, but exercises in predetermined and fixed mini-ideologies, meant to ratify “identity,” under the iron laws of political correctness.
National Post – Rex Murphy: The worst crime in the university admissions scandal? Harlotry
What is the world coming to, when you can’t trust a whore named Snake?
Edward Conlon
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Opening Day
Sunday April 28, 2019 1:45 PM
DRF – Goulding – Alberta’s new racetrack, Century Mile, opens Sunday
Edmonton Sun – JONES: Century Mile opens for business with thoroughbred racing
Edmonton Sun – JONES: Jockey Rico Walcott recovering after removal of brain tumor
Edmonton Sun – JONES: Northlands track in the past as Century Mile the horse racing future
The Weight
You’ll Never Leave Harlan Alive
Phil M Stockmen
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