It isn’t necessary to imagine the world ending in fire or ice. There are two other possibilities: one is paperwork, and the other is nostalgia.
Frank Zappa
Bloodhorse – Crosby – War of Will Punches Back With Preakness Win
TDN – Bianca – War of Will Gets the Trip, Redemption in Preakness Win
Paulick Report – Hackbarth – War Of Will Vindicated; Casse Emotional After First Classic Victory
Bloodhorse – Crosby – War of Will ‘Great’ Morning After Preakness Win
Bloodhorse – Daugherty – Preakness Win a ‘Dream Come True’ for Bussanich
LA Times – Cherwa – Racing! Congratulations to Preakness winner War of Will
“We’re looking at ourselves all the time of what we can do to improve, what the sport can do to improve,” said Tim Ritvo, chief operating officer of the Stronach Group, which owns Pimlico and Santa Anita.
Ritvo knows the stakes are high, especially in California, where it takes just 600,000 signatures in a state of more than 39 million to get a ballot initiative before voters to decide if the sport should be banned.
“We were really devastated and close to seeing racing go away,” he said.
The record will show that War of Will earned a $990,000 first-place check for his owner, Gary Barber. He also rewarded his backers with $14.20 for a $2 bet.
Someone asked Casse how much weirder this Triple Crown season can get. Doesn’t he just want to take his horse, and his victory, and go home?
No, he said.
“I think we’ve covered bizarre already, so no, I’m not worried,” Casse said, adding that if War of Will is healthy, he is on to the Belmont Stakes in three weeks. “This is the life we live each and every day.”
NY Times – Drape – 2019 Preakness: War of Will Wins in Dramatic Rebound From Kentucky Derby Loss
Brisnet – Caldwell – War of Will rides the rail to Preakness 144 victory
ESPN – Dinich – ‘The horse deserved it’: War of Will’s Preakness win is Derby redemption
I had crossed the line. I was free; but there was no one to welcome me to the land of freedom. I was a stranger in a strange land.
Harriet Tubman
Brisnet – Reilly – War of Will’s Preakness performance can’t be retrofitted onto Kentucky Derby
TDN – Bill Finley -Op/Ed: Deserving Preakness Win for a Classy Bunch
Horse Race Insider – Pricci – The Preakness Story Begins in Florida
Bloodhorse – Preakness Stakes 144
Brisnet – Balan – From Pimlico infield to neighborhood, a most memorable Preakness
It’s those moments, those odd moments that you look for and sometimes by creating this kind of loose atmosphere you find those little moments that somehow mean a lot to an audience when they really register right.
Barry Levinson
Brisnet – Balan – Spirit of The Dove still lingers at crumbling Pimlico’s “sunny spot”
Paulick Report – Ray Paulick – View From The Eighth Pole: An Opportunity Lost For Racing
TDN – War of Will Targeting Belmont Stakes
Paulick Report – Casse: ‘Extremely Good Shot’ War Of Will To Contest Belmont Stakes
Paulick Report – West ‘Not Looking At The Belmont’ With Maximum Security; Haskell The ‘Primary Goal’
TDN – Bill Finley – The Rematch We All Want: Let’s Make It Happen
Kreidel and “Hunter” weaved through people and camera equipment at full speed to meet him. He evaded them, and the pair gave chase. It took them a couple of attempts to catch the colt — he slowed just short of the sixteenth pole and waited for her to catch up, then spun and took off in full flight again, back past the now-cowering crowd with Kreidel in hot pursuit before she was close enough to lean over, bobbing perilously out of the saddle for several strides, and snag his inside rein.
Paulick Report – Meet The Former Jockey Who Caught Bodexpress After A Wild Preakness
ESPN – Bodexpress runs entire Preakness without jockey
Brisnet – Bodexpress becomes social media sensation after completing Preakness riderless
Without deviation progress is not possible.
Frank Zappa
Painting by Michele Brewster.
The true genius shudders at incompleteness – and usually prefers silence to saying something which is not everything it should be.
Edgar Allan Poe
Bloodhorse – Haskin – For the Love of a Horse
TDN – Nearly $100M Handled on Preakness Day
Paulick Report – Record Preakness Day Wagering Just Shy of $100 Million
Bloodhorse – Daugherty – Triumphant Return For Catholic Boy in Dixie Stakes
Paulick Report – Catholic Boy Makes Triumphant Turf Return In Dixie
Brisnet – Reilly – Catholic Boy returns triumphant in Dixie
Phil has a question:
If Catholic Boy commits a foul, or causes interference, if he confesses does he get absolved.
Since the emergence of well-known sires like A.P. Indy who are ridglings, Pierce says he doesn’t believe the status has any substantial impact on a horse’s potential stud value in today’s market.
Paulick Report – Voss – Something’s Missing Here: Explaining Ridglings
Bloodhorse – Eric Mitchell – Catholic Boy to Stud at Claiborne Upon Retirement
TDN – English Channel Half Sis to Derby Winner Makes the Grade on Preakness Day
Brisnet – Reilly – Mitchell Road, half-sister to Country House, wires Gallorette
TDN – Mollica – Op/Ed: Derby Lawsuit? Precedent Says No Chance
Bloodhorse – West Issues $20M Challenge to Kentucky Derby Rivals
TDN – West Issues Challenge to Connections of Horses Involved in Derby Incident
Phil has a question:
Why only challenge 4, if you really believe your horse is that much superior why not challenge all of the Derby participants.
Are you as tired of Gary West’s sour grapes bullshit antics as Phil is.
Paulick Report – Lexitonian All Heart To Upset Chick Lang At 17-1
Earl Weaver
TDN – Record Attendance and Handle for Black-Eyed Susan Day
Bloodhorse – Daugherty – Point of Honor Blossoms in Black-Eyed Susan
TDN – Curlin’s Point of Honor Surges Late to Take the Black-Eyed Susan
Trade a player a year too early rather than a year too late.
Branch Rickey
Bloodhorse – Hammonds – Covfefe Sizzles Through Record-Setting Miss Preakness
TDN – Into Mischief’s Covfefe Sizzles in Miss Preakness Romp
Branch Rickey
The Bitter Southerner – Tibbs Jones – 2019 Summer Reading Roundup
Bloodhorse – Hammonds – Stronach Group’s Ritvo Addresses Media at Preakness
One of my favorite philosophical tenets is that people will agree with you only if they already agree with you. You do not change people’s minds.
Frank Zappa
Forbes – Genaro – ‘Raced To Death’: HBO’s Real Sports Investigates Deaths In Thoroughbred Racing
NY Times – Drape – Horse Deaths at Santa Anita and Pimlico: Same Day, Same Track Owner
The public scrutiny surrounding the first 23 equine fatalities prompted an announcement of unprecedented changes by The Stronach Group, including restrictions on whip use, a phase-out of race-day furosemide, tighter restrictions on therapeutic drug use, and a greater investment in equine safety and medical equipment. Some of those proposed changes have been met with industry pushback.
Despite the six-week period of relative calm at Santa Anita, national media interest in the two deaths was significant. The breakdown of Commander Coil was reported by CNN, ESPN and NBC News, among others.
The death of Congrats Gal was also mentioned in coverage by Britain’s The Daily Mail, The New York Times, FOX News, and the Baltimore Sun.
Also on Friday, National Geographic published a story declaring the total number of Thoroughbreds who died at the races in 2018 came to 493, noting that, “Trainers have been accused of making an already risky situation worse by drugging horses with performance-enhancing substances or painkillers, animal welfare advocates say.”
The Stronach Group’s Chief Operating Officer, Tim Ritvo, spoke to media in the Preakness press box Saturday afternoon and said “we feel this track is one of the safest racetracks in America right now with the protocols in place.”
“We’re looking at ourselves all the time to see what we can do to improve, what the sport can do to improve,” said Ritvo. “Unfortunately, percentage-wise, the last two months [at Santa Anita] were really good until yesterday. It’s an unfortunate incident that we’ll continue to study to see what we can do better.”
Paulick Report – A 24th Horse Dies At Santa Anita, And National Media Takes Notice
Washington Post – Rarick – I train racehorses in France. They live long and love their jobs.
Paulick Report – Santa Anita Officials Order Trainers Pender, Polanco To Vacate Stalls
It is that most modern of stories, with only a couple of lessons, each profoundly depressing.
The first is this: She who gets to social media first wins.
The other is this: When they come for you, whether it is with allegations of sexual assault or sexual harassment or even worse, racism, or worst of all, because there’s a hierarchy in racism too, anti-black racism, you are done like dinner.
Facts no longer matter.
Indeed, there are no facts any longer, only feelings.
Garden and Gun – Rhodes – Ripe Ideas: Summer Berry Recipes
Southern Living – 19 Delicious New Recipes You Need to Make This Summer
Mike Royko
NY Times – Weinstein – Recipes for Sprrrriiiiing!
LA Times – Scattergood – Food Bowl this week: A pizza party, plus wine and bowling
TDN – DeBernardis – From the TDN Look: At Summer Wind, It’s Always Triple Crown Season
The Bitter Southerner – Purvis – Can ‘Ma’am’ Be Saved?
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Globe and Mail – Bubbers – Were we just not smart enough for the Smart car?
National Post – Rocketman does not shy away from Elton John’s excess
NY Times – Thomas – In the Bronx, an Elite Chef Is Trying to Engineer a Better School Lunch
Yogi Berra
LA Times – Cherwa – Racing! Let’s start looking to big Santa Anita weekend
TDN – Riley – Le Havre Hits New Heights
Paulick Report – Carmouche ‘A Different Type Of Fit’ After Recovering From Leg Injury
TDN – Tacitus Works Towards Belmont
TDN – ‘Omaha’ Return to California On Hold
Stay Tuned for Belmont Preview
Phil M Stockmen
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