Phil’s Phinal Countdown to the
2020 Kentucky Derby
Uno
Esquire – What I’ve Learned – Muhammad Ali
Road to the 2020 Kentucky Derby
Quanta Magazine – Mutalik – COVID-19 Is Raging. How Safe Is Your Backyard Party?
Esquire – Dr. Michael DeBakey: What I’ve Learned
Phil has a question:
What have you learned today.
Garden and Gun – Special Collection: Off to the Races
Food & Wine – Kentucky Derby Food Ideas
Garden and Gun – Tierney – Watch the Derby in Style
Southern Living – Beeler – Kentucky Derby Party Checklist
Phil’s Kentucky Derby Party Checklist
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TwinSpires Blog – Johnson – 10 little-discussed Kentucky Derby records
TwinSpires Blog – Hanson: Thoughts on each prospective Kentucky Derby entrant
TwinSpires Blog – 2020 Kentucky Derby News & Notes
The Derby 20 Presented By NYRA Bets: 18 Will Go Forward In Rescheduled Run For The Roses
Bloodhorse – King – The Final Lineup
TDN Derby Top 12 for September 2
Because the demands on the goalie are mostly mental, it means that for a goalie the biggest enemy is himself. Not a puck, not a opponent, not a quirk of size or style. The stress and anxiety he feels when he plays, the fear of failing, the fear of being embarrassed, the fear of being physically hurt, all symptoms of his position, in constant ebb and flow, but never disappearing. The successful goalie understands these neuroses, accept them, and put them under control. The unsuccessful goalie is distracted by them, his mind in knots. His body quickly follows.
Ken Dryden
Playing goal is like being shot at.
Jacques Plante
Phil has a question:
Do the goalies really do what Dryden is talking about or is anyone willing to face le disque at 150 km/hr too crazy to know.
MSG Networks – Gilles Gratton The Man Behind The Tiger Mask
The Hockey Writers – Seide -Hockey Goalies – A Breed Apart
The Hockey Writers – Top 10 Weirdest Goalies in NHL History
Phil has a question:
How many coats of paint did Glenn Hall put on the barn out by Stony Plain.
NHL – Stubbs – Hall’s memories rooted on Alberta farm
John Jeremiah Sullivan – Horseman Pass By
Hunter S Thompson – The Kentucky Derby is Decadent and Depraved
The Derby Room
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Dennis Fitzgerald’s New OTB is open for business.
Come down and watch the Kentucky Derby on Saturday, September 5, 2020.
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Paulick Report – Hughes – NTRA – Weekend Lineup: Kentucky Derby Has Finally Arrived
LA Times – Cherwa – What time does the 2020 Kentucky Derby start? What TV channel is it on?
Bloodhorse – Ehalt – Only in 2020: A Late-Summer Kentucky Derby
Bloodhorse – Hovdey – On Racing: Our Sport Needs a Derby for Our Time
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way—in short, the period was so far like the present period, that some of its noisiest authorities insisted on its being received, for good or for evil, in the superlative degree of comparison only.
TDN – DiDonato – Bumpy Road to Derby Finally Reaches Louisville
Horse Race Insider – Pricci – OLD SCHOOL LOOKS TO UPSET OLD SCHOOL IN 146th KENTUCKY DERBY
TDN – McGrath -Hoping for a Horse to Lighten Our Darkness
Knowlton referred to the Grade 2 Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes, in which Tiz the Law came third behind Silver Prospector and Finnick the Fierce. There was a lot going on for Tiz the Law in that race last November – he didn’t break well and was stuck behind a slow pace, jammed in at the rail for most of the race.
“The jockeys here were race riding,” Knowlton. “They were doing what they were supposed to do, giving themselves the best chance to win.
“After the race, Manny Franco said it wasn’t the track, it was the trip.”
Phil has a question:
Were Keith and Bobby riding in that race.
Bloodhorse – Churchill Downs Bugler to Play ‘My Old Kentucky Home’
US Racing – Rosenblatt – Tiz the Law Team Hoping to Smell the Roses on Delayed Kentucky Derby Day
US Racing – Facts before the 146th Kentucky Derby
NBC Sports – Zanzucchi – What to know about the 2020 Kentucky Derby
A figure with curves always offers a lot of interesting angles.
Wesley Ruggles
Paulick Report – Kentucky Derby Pedigree Corner: Winning Impression, Necker Island, And Money Moves
Bloodhorse – Angst – This Year’s Derby Horses Bring Added Experience
Bloodhorse – Graded Stakes Capsules for a Busy Kentucky Derby Day
vendredi 4 septembre
TDN – Finnick the Fierce Withdrawn from Kentucky Derby
Paulick Report – Finnick The Fierce Withdrawn From Kentucky Derby, To Undergo Independent Evaluation
Bloodhorse – Hammonds – Gamine and Swiss Skydiver Face Off in Kentucky Oaks
DRF – Russo – Kentucky Oaks: Division leaders Gamine and Swiss Skydiver square off
Bloodhorse – Churchill Believes Derby Can Bring Community Together
Horse Race Insider – Pricci – IN SEARCH OF THE FINAL FOUR ON KENTUCKY OAKS DAY
Too many people spend money they haven’t earned to buy things they don’t want to impress people they don’t like.
Will Rogers
NY Times – Drape and Hoppert – Expert Picks: Who Will Win the Kentucky Derby
LA Times – Cherwa – Horse racing newsletter: Final Kentucky Derby rankings
Brisnet – Scully – Kentucky Derby Report: Analysis and picks
Spy – The Best Bourbon That’ll Put Hair on That Smooth Chest in 2020
Bloodhorse – Litfin – Speech, Honor A. P. Offer Betting Appeal in Oaks, Derby
Reading made Don Quixote a gentleman, but believing what he read made him mad.
George Bernard Shaw
Bloodhorse – Hall and King – King Guillermo to Miss Kentucky Derby With Fever
DRF – Nicole Russo – Kentucky Derby: King Guillermo has ‘little problem,’ didn’t train Thursday
Bloodhorse – Churchill Downs a Sloppy Playground for Tiz the Law
A catcher must want to catch. He must make up his mind that it isn’t the terrible job it is painted, and that he isn’t going to say every day, ‘Why, oh why with so many other positions in baseball did I take up this one.’
Bill Dickey
DRF – Grening – Kentucky Derby: 17 years later, the Sackatoga gang is back
Sportico – Williams – Marshawn Lynch Inks Content Partnership with SportsBettingDime.com
Spotics – Novy-Williams – Michael Jordan Takes Equity In DraftKings, Will Advise Board
DRF – Russo – Kentucky Derby has first Black owners in 13 years
Phil has a question:
How does the horse racing industry in North America plan to survive when it’s failing to market to significant portions of the North American public.
Good painting is like good cooking; it can be tasted, but not explained.
Maurice de Vlaminck
DRF – David Grening – Kentucky Derby: Rice disappointed but rooting for Max Player
Bloodhorse – Daugherty – One-Eyed Finnick the Fierce Forges Path to Derby
I don’t recall your name but you sure were a sucker for a high inside curve.
Bill Dickey
jeudi 3 septembre
Bloodhorse – Hall and King – King Guillermo to Miss Kentucky Derby With Fever
But Carmouche understands how important it is for people to see Harbut, along with his business partner Ray Daniels, in the paddock, especially at the Derby.
“We have to show people what is possible,” Carmouche said. “The way you avoid conflict is you give people love and respect.”
None of the three owners of Necker Island — Harbut, Daniels and Wayne Scherr, who is white — fit the profile of old-money, deep-pocketed thoroughbred owners.
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“It’s a great portal for African-Americans into what is a multibillion-dollar industry and one we have too small a footprint in,” said Daniels, who has explained to local civil rights leaders the importance of participating in the Derby. “There’s pretty conclusive data that inclusiveness wins — it makes for a more creative business. Horse racing is setting itself up to fail if it chooses to continue to be an older white gentlemen’s club.”
NY Times – Drape – Pull Out of the Kentucky Derby? Pressure on a Black Owner Mounts
Phil has a question:
What would Branch Rickey tell Harbut.
What would John Thompson Jr. tell Harbut.
What would John Wooden tell Harbut.
What would Malcolm X tell Harbut.
What would Muhammad Ali tell Harbut.
What would Martin Luther King Jr. tell Harbut.
What would Rosa Parks tell Harbut.
What would Abraham Lincoln tell Harbut.
What would Roberto Clemente tell Harbut.
What would Jackie Robinson tell Harbut.
Phil has an answer.
Fuck them, you’ve crashed whitey’s party and anything other than running your horse and respectfully thumbing your nose is unacceptable.
Bloodhorse – Speaking Up at the Downs – By Evan Hammonds
Bloodhorse – Hall – Churchill Mulls Presentation of ‘My Old Kentucky Home’
Paulick Report – Derby Notes: Tiz The Law Splashes Through First Day At Churchill Downs
LA Times – Cherwa – Horse racing newsletter: Getting closer to Kentucky Derby Day
Phil had a question about Del Mar the other day. Sent John Cherwa an e-mail and got a response within 30 minutes.
Bloodhorse – Derby Weekend Brings Busy Radio/TV Schedule
The rule is perfect: in all matters of opinion our adversaries are insane.
Mark Twain
Paulick Report – Rey Hernandez Not Worried About Inside Post With One-Eyed Finnick The Fierce
Bloodhorse – The Field for the 2020 Kentucky Derby
Phil had a question about Finnick the Fierce breaking from the rail.
Slide 4 answered it.
Paulick Report – Kentucky Derby Pedigree Corner: Storm The Court, Attachment Rate, And Sole Volante
Bloodhorse – Oser – Enforceable Second Derby Horse for Dam Justwhistledixie
Bloodhorse – Crosby – High Hopes for Tiz the Law’s Siblings as Derby Looms
Maya Angelou
Bloodhorse – King – Churchill Downs a Sloppy Playground for Tiz the Law
Paulick Report – Here’s To Longshots!’ Mott-Trained Derby Entrant South Bend ‘Tries Hard Every Time’
Superstition is the poetry of life.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
TDN – Mike Smith Talks Honor A. P., Derby Memories On TDN Writers’ Room
Sportico – Novy-Williams – DraftKings, Cubs Partner on Deal With A Sports Book Outside Wrigley Field
Matt Groening
ESPN – Heat go up 2-0 on Bucks as Jimmy Butler sinks free throws after time expires in wild finish
Phil has a question:
With the score is tied and no time on the clock why did Butler shoot the second free throw when the first one puts the Heat Up.
ESPN – AP – Preakness Stakes will be held without fans at Pimlico in October
mercredi 2 septembre
“I think it’s important, in every instance that I can, to make sure that I don’t put myself as governor ahead of the people of Kentucky,” Beshear told reporters. “So if we’re asking the people of Kentucky to watch it at home, I’m going to watch it at home, too.”
ESPN – AP – Kentucky governor will watch Derby from home this year
Paulick Report – South Bend Joins Derby Cast Just Before Post Position Draw
Bloodhorse – The Field for the 2020 Kentucky Derby
Phil had a question about Finnick the Fierce breaking from the rail.
Slide 4 answered it.
Forbes – Martin – Kentucky Derby 2020: The Draw, The Odds, And Why The Race Is Tiz The Law’s To Lose
TDN – DiDonato – Heavy Hitters Draw Outside for Derby
Horse Race Insider – Pricci – # 17 TIZ THE LAW MADE 3-5 FAVORITE FOR KENTUCKY DERBY-146
Man can now fly in the air like a bird, swim under the ocean like a fish, he can burrow into the ground like a mole. Now if only he could walk the earth like a man, this would be paradise.
Tommy Douglas
Bloodhorse – King – Tiz the Law Arrives at Churchill, Honor A. P. Gallops
I had been playing for a while, and I asked Louisville Slugger to send me a dozen flame treated bats. But when I got it, I realized they had sent me a box of ashes.
Bob Uecker
Bloodhorse – Ron Mitchell and King – Jockey Hernandez Tests Positive for COVID-19
We talked the matter over and could have settled the war in thirty minutes had it been left to us.
Unknown Confederate Soldier referencing a meeting he had with a Union soldier between the lines.
The Night They Drove old Dixie Down
mardi septembre 1
Wake Me Up When September Ends
Bloodhorse – Art Collector Out of Kentucky Derby With Foot Issue
TDN – Gamine Draws Five, Made the Even-Money Choice for the Longines Kentucky Oaks
TSN – Tiz the Law looms as Kentucky Derby favourite
I never knew what basketball was. I started playing on the playground. People used to laugh at me and joke at me because I was so tall and I didn’t know the game and couldn’t play it.
Patrick Ewing
Bloodhorse – Hammonds – Favored Gamine Draws Post 5 for Kentucky Oaks
A man can’t be too careful in the choice of his enemies.
Oscar Wilde
Bloodhorse – King – Max Player Tops Kentucky Derby Activity at Churchill
You can calm down a fool before you can resurrect a corpse.
John Thompson
Nr. 1 Die Vorstellung des Chaos
TDN – Bill Finley – Kentucky Derby Q & A With B. Wayne Hughes
Bloodhorse – Shulman – Necker Island a Derby Horse With a Timely Cause
Bloodhorse – Oser – Joseph Continues Upward Trajectory Into Kentucky Derby
Those who understand only what can be explained understand very little.
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
TDN – Bill Finley -Op/Ed: A Critical Step Forward for the Sport
What this country needs is a credit card for charging things to experience.
Tom Wilson
Paulick Report – Derby Notes: Asmussen ‘Extremely Excited’ About Max Player After Final Breeze
Paulick Report – ‘Take Nothing For Granted’: Fate Puts Albaugh Family Stables Back In The Derby Game
Nolan Ryan is pitching much better now that he has his curve ball straightened out.
Joe Garagiola
lundi aout 31
Paulick Report – Oaklawn Stakes Winner Mr. Big News A Late Declaration For Kentucky Derby
Bloodhorse – Baffert Chasing Record-Tying Sixth Kentucky Derby Win
Paulick Report – Lamoreaux: Old Trainers Never Die – They Just Win The Derby
Sportico – McCann – Maximum Security Loses Derby Appeal as Judge Cites Belichick’s Spygate Precedent
Kentucky Derby 2020: Tiz The Law’s Clincher
Horse Racing Nation – Flatter – Pletcher will run Money Moves in Kentucky Derby
One of the best pieces of advice I ever got was from a horse master. He told me to go slow to go fast. I think that applies to everything in life. We live as though there aren’t enough hours in the day but if we do each thing calmly and carefully we will get it done quicker and with much less stress.
Viggo Mortensen
Things in our country run in spite of government, not by aid of it.
Will Rogers
Paulick Report – Derby Notes: Attachment Rate, Authentic Turn In Final Breezes
Horse Racing Nation – Rushie opting for Pat Day Mile over Kentucky Derby
Phil has a question:
Have you ever seen a thoroughbred close from that far back to win, win, win in the slop.
What does the mud and the rain do to the corona-virus.
de dimanche 30 aout
A question that sometimes drives me hazy: am I or are the others crazy?
Albert Einstein
If you’re looking for one tip on handicapping:
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 – What I’ve Learned – Richard Petty
The trees that are slow to grow bear the best fruit.
Moliere
Phil will wait to make his prognostications once posts are drawn and weather is clearer.
Vox – Resnick – How chaos theory helps explain the weirdness of the Covid-19 pandemic
Phil has a question:
Will the 2020 Kentucky Derby be run at I I/IV miles.
I speak Spanish to God, Italian to women, French to men, and German to my horse.
Charles V
Paulick Report – Campbell: Should The Derby Be Cancelled? It Depends On Who You Ask
Bloodhorse – King – Shirl’s Speight, Dr Post Out of Kentucky Derby
Horse Racing Nation – Kentucky Derby 2020: Final works and final decisions
Bloodhorse – Ehalt and King – Kentucky Derby Jockeys Must Be at Churchill by Aug. 31
Let your hook be always cast. In the pool where you least expect it, will be fish.
Ovid
DRF – Privman – Kentucky Derby: After months of waiting, the song remains the same
Bloodhorse – Ehalt and King – Tiz the Law, Enforceable Lead Kentucky Derby Workers
DRF – Grening – Kentucky Derby: Tiz the Law beats the rain with fast five-furlong drill
Phil has a question:
Is that Leonard Cohen at the window.
Paulick Report – Ny Traffic Has ‘Very Good Chance’ After Successful Final Breeze
Paulick Report – ‘Really Strong’ Art Collector Tops Derby Workers Friday Morning At Churchill Downs
Bloodhorse – Angst – Tiz the Law Carries New York Banner Into Kentucky Derby
Paulick Report – Tiz The Law ‘A Different Horse’ This Year, Return To Churchill Won’t Be A Problem
Silence is one of the great arts of conversation.
Marcus Tullius Cicero
Phil M. Stockmen
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Fall update of the HRA accountability failure.
HRA 2019 annual report was finally posted in mid August a record for ineptitude in informing stakeholders!
Highlights none! PG 28 400k given by Century for marketing ininactives. Derby room in Chinatown has been opened for months still links to closed Santos! River Cree taps OTB shutdown last month, still in web site, why? Because the powers to be are out to lunch.
Positive PG 28 CFO terminated after fudgate 111k tribunal expense, with a excessive golden handshake!
The recent Stock article about 280% increase in live betting with the Trudeau sunny days are ahead theme is a disgrace!!! Page 9 report 40 mil revenue, 34 slots and 6 HRA,with a 85/15% pie, Clark Kent must be sampling Sinclair’s promotional samples!!
Two long term racing participants did call the comments as erroneous, and one remarked about the high cost of popcorn, apathy is past rock bottom!
Minister Toews finalization of horse racing assistance on June 11 was before the revised deficit of 8 to 25 billion.
Thunderstorms are on the horizon for the industry, long after Thunder leaves on Oct 1!