I was street smart, but unfortunately the street was Rodeo Drive.
Carrie Fisher
Rickey got a big ranch. Rickey got a big bull. Rickey got horses. Rickey got chickens and everything. And Rickey got a 20-gallon hat.
Rickey Henderson
If you’ve been reading the American thoroughbred scribes this week they were all set to crown Tapit their king of the stamina stallions. Unfortunately for the Yanks, that little horse from Canada that the Yanks failed to sufficiently respect at the track, the breeding shed and the auctions was rather dominant at Belmont on Saturday as horses from the Northern Dancer sire line won the lion’s share of the major stakes.
ESPN – Bontemps – Who is Kawhi Leonard?
ESPN – VanVleet to wear mouthpiece after hit to face
Garden and Gun – Summery Garden Old-Fashioned
Garden and Gun – Sweet Texas Tea
You must put your head into the lion’s mouth if the performance is to be a success.
Sir Winston Churchill
TSN – CP – Police: Red Sox’ Ortiz shot, in stable condition
ESPN – Red Sox legend Ortiz stable after shooting in DR
Bloodhorse – NYRA Reports Record Handle for Non-Triple Crown Belmont
Hot weather opens the skull of a city, exposing its white brain, and its heart of nerves, which sizzle like the wires inside a lightbulb. And there exudes a sour extra-human smell that makes the very stone seem flesh-alive, webbed and pulsing.
Truman Capote
You will never get to the end of the journey if you stop to shy a stone at every dog that barks.
Sir Winston Churchill
TDN – Awesome Again’s Sir Winston Pulls Off Belmont Upset
LA Times – Cherwa – Racing! Congratulations to Sir Winston
Bloodhorse – Ehalt – In Classic Debut, Sir Winston Upsets Belmont Stakes
Brisnet – DeRosa – Sir Winston lords over Belmont Stakes to give Casse second classic
NY Times – Drape – 2019 Belmont Stakes: Sir Winston, the ‘Wrong’ Horse, Prevails
ESPN – Darcy – Sir Winston’s Belmont surprise is fitting end to a wild Triple Crown season
Paulick Report – Hackbarth – Sir Winston Gives Casse A Second Classic In Belmont Stakes
Phil has a question:
Has anyone asked Gary West’s opinion about Sir Winston’s move through traffic in the Belmont.
You have enemies? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life.
Sir Winston Churchill
TDN – DeBernardis – Longtime Owner Seeks Career High in Belmont
Horse Race Insider – Pricci – And the Triple Crown of 2019 Goes to: Mark Casse
Paulick Report – Mott: ‘The Trip Made The Difference’ For Tacitus
TDN – Belmont Wrap: Casse, Mott Pairs Look to Travers
Bloodhorse – Ehalt – Triple Crown Leaves Unfinished Business for 3-Year-Olds
Bloodhorse – Genaro – Bricks and Mortar Overwhelms Manhattan Rivals
TDN – Sherack – Bricks and Mortar Runs to the Money in Manhattan
Paulick Report – Bricks And Mortar Leads Brown Trifecta To The Finish In Manhattan
Brisnet – Reilly – Bricks and Mortar takes fifth straight in Manhattan
I tried my best to ensure I kept the respect for the middleweight division in the tradition of Sugar Ray Robinson and Jake La Motta.
Marvin Hagler
NY Times – Powell – Canada Becomes a Basketball Factory
Bloodhorse – Mitole Stretches Out to Take Loaded Edition of Met Mile
TDN – Donato – Mitole Proves Up to Met Mile Challenge
Brisnet – DeRosa – Mitole wins stacked Met Mile
Forbes – Genaro – Donna Brothers: A Force On Horseback For The Triple Crown
Goal Cast – Walansky – Robert Downey Jr. Announces His Plan to Clean Up the Earth — With Robots
Everybody wants to save the Earth; nobody wants to help Mom do the dishes.
PJ O’Rourke
LA Times – Cherwa – Santa Anita denies horse racing board’s request to close despite two more deaths
Paulick Report – Santa Anita Rejects CHRB Request To End Meet; 29th Horse Dies Hours Later
TDN – Bill Finley – Santa Anita Denies CHRB Request to Close
TDN – Stronach Group, TOC, CTT Release Joint Statement
The Lilly – McGuire – These 11 books feel like summer. But they aren’t all beach reads.
TDN – Oxley Receives Dinny Phipps Award
NY Times – Paulson – Who Won and What Happened at the 2019 Tony Awards
LA Times – Nakano – What time are the Tony Awards? It’s (ridiculously) complicated
I never said all actors are cattle; what I said was all actors should be treated like cattle.
Alfred Hitchcock
NY Times – Paulson – Survey Says: Look for ‘Hadestown’ and ‘Ferryman’ to Take Tony Trophies
NY Post – Riedel – Tony Awards 2019 predictions: Prepare for some big surprises
The white men told lies for each other. They drove off a great many of our cattle. Some branded our young cattle so they could claim them.
Chief Joseph
Bloodhorse – Volponi – Hog Creek Hustle Rallies to Upset Woody Stephens
TDN – DiDonato – Overanalyze’s Hog Creek Hustle Springs the Upset in Woody Stephens
Hog Creek Hustle (Overanalyze) looks interesting on the cutback in trip. A good second to War of Will (War Front) in the GIII Lecomte S. in January, he exits a sound runner-up effort from a high draw in the one-mile GIII Pat Day Mile S. at Churchill May 4. He needs to pick up his feet some, but the price will be right and the race should be run to suit.
TDN – Carasso – Sophomore Sprinters Go Seven in Woody Stephens
Phil has a question:
Don’t you wish you would have read that on Saturday morning.
TDN – DeBernardis – Ghostzapper’s Guarana Romps in the Acorn
Bloodhorse – Guarana Wins Acorn in Second Career Start
Bloodhorse – Angst – Midnight Bisou Lights Out in Ogden Phipps Win
TDN – Sherack – Midnight Bisou Does it Again in Ogden Phipps
Atlantic – The Editors – Shakespeare and Company
LA Times – La Ganga – What’s L.A. reading? Our habits are as diverse as the city itself
Brisnet – Caldwell – Marconi wires Brooklyn to wrap up 2019 Belmont Stakes Festival
Bloodhorse – Oser – Marconi Makes the Grade in Brooklyn Invitational
Bloodhorse – Versatile World of Trouble Displays Talent in Jaipur
TDN – World of Trouble Proves Too Good in Jaipur
Bloodhorse – Crosby – Rushing Fall Dominates Just a Game
Bloodhorse – Sherack – Rushing Fall Goes Gate to Wire in Just a Game
Sportsnetwork – Report: Erik Karlsson hoping for competitive offers from Senators, Canadiens
Phil has a question:
After the havoc that Erik Karlsson’s wife wreaked on the Senators dressing room is Dorion sharp enough to know when he’s being played.
How much does Erik clear the candle flames by when his wife says jump.
Bloodhorse – Shulman – Majid Wires Easy Goer to Kick Off Belmont Stakes Action
TDN – Shackleford’s Majid Wires the Easy Goer
Phil has a question:
Where’d they get that towel.
Phil has a question:
What’s the new regime over at Horse Racing Alberta doing to try and get the thoroughbred handle past 50% of 2018 mark.
Is it not time to eliminate that waste of taxpayers’ money called Horse Racing Alberta and subsume horse racing under AGLC.
SportsNet – Raptors fans line up for Jurassic Park three days before Game 5
National Post – In basketball, as in life, everything is more random than it seems
Paulick Report – Pender Suspended 30 Days By CHRB For ‘Animal Welfare’ Violation
The New Yorker – Wickenden – The United States Constitution on Broadway, and What It Means to Us
The Atlantic – Khan – The Tony-Nominated Play That Savages the U.S. Constitution
Phil M Stockmen
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