February 19, 2022 3 Year Old Stakes
Fairgrounds
Risen Star GII 1 1/8 Miles
Rachel Alexandra GII 1 1/16 Miles
Thoroughbred Racing Commentary – Hayward – If we don’t clean up our act, we won’t have a sport
TDN – Letter to the Editor: The Real Reason for the Negativity
Paulick Report – Road To Kentucky Derby Notes: 85-Point Risen Star Kicks Off Championship Series
TDN – Carasso – Smile Happy, Zandon Square Off in Risen Star
Bloodhorse – King – Risen Star Draws Smile Happy, Other Leading 3-Year-Olds
Horse Racing Nation – Stahl – Kentucky Derby trail: Risen Star is set to feature a stacked field
Bloodhorse – Oser – La Crete Aims to Keep Rachel Alexandra Stakes in Family
CBC News – 23 historical black Canadians you should know
One cannot and must not try to erase the past merely because it does not fit the present.
Exclaim – Gregory – Foo Fighters Announce Western Canadian Tour Dates
Thoroughbred Racing Commentary – Hayward – If we don’t clean up our act, we won’t have a sport
Phil has a question:
Is horse racing holding the cheating trainers to a higher standard than the owners who hired the cheating trainers.
Paulick Report – Spence – Guest Viewpoint: Industry Unity Not Likely Without Change In Structure
Bloodhorse – Smile Happy Closes at 8-1 in Derby Future Wager Pool 3
Bloodhorse – Gander Winner Barese Possible for Wood Memorial
Bloodhorse – 2022 Triple Crown Nominations
Apprehend owned by Peter Redekop B C Ltd by Arrogate (Unbridled’s Song) out of Hero’s Amor (Street Hero) is nominated.
Hero’s Amor won many Stakes in western Canada for her breeder and owner Elevated Bloodstock.
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Bloodhorse – King – Classic Causeway Climbs Five Spots in ‘Dozen Rankings
Horse Racing Nation -Kentucky Derby 2022 Contenders
Racing Dudes – 2022 Kentucky Derby
Belmont Stakes Racing Festival
Bloodhorse – Classic Causeway Likely to Return in Tampa Bay Derby
Paulick Report – Henry – Top Two In Sam F. Davis Expected To Return In Tampa Bay Derby
Bloodhorse – King – Classic Causeway Victorious in Sam F. Davis Return
TDN – Classic Causeway All the Way in Sam F. Davis
Paulick Report – Classic Causeway Handles Pace Pressure, Bursts Clear In Sam F. Davis
DRF – Privman – Road to the 2022 Kentucky Derby: Sam F. Davis Stakes analysis
Bloodhorse – Rollins – Blackadder Edges Mackinnon in El Camino Real Derby
Phil has a question:
Will CDI’s spat with Baffert benefit the Preakness and Belmont fields.
DRF – Privman – Road to the 2022 Kentucky Derby: El Camino Real Derby analysis
Paulick Report – Yates – Reylu Gutierrez To Regain Mount On Barber Road For Oaklawn’s Rebel
Bloodhorse – King and Rollins – Nest Outclasses Rivals in Suncoast Romp
TDN – Nest Takes Off with Suncoast Victory
TDN – Bill Finley – Pletcher Lays Out Plans For Top 3-Year-Olds
TDN – Smile Happy, White Abarrio Top Individual Choices in Derby Future Wager Pool 3
Phil has a question:
Without Baffert’s horses how much of a joke is the Derby Future Wager.
Horse Racing Nation – Islanders’ new arena cuts capacity for 2022 Belmont Stakes
And in breaking news from the 2021 Kentucky Derby:
Bloodhorse – Bill Finley – Baffert Legal Team Optimistic After KHRC Hearing
Bloodhorse – Report: Medina Spirit Stewards’ Hearing Pushed Back
TDN – Thornton – Medina Spirit’s Derby Drug Positive Hearing Reportedly Postponed
Paulick Report – Report: No Timeframe Yet On Stewards’ Decision In Medina Spirit Derby Case
Bloodhorse – Kinchen Suspended From NHC Tour for Two Years
Sports Illustrated – Wertheim – ‘The Melody Is the Game’: Al Michaels Still Loves the Booth
Sports Business Journal – Madkour – Forum: Executive shake-ups illustrate owners’ urgency
There’s no such thing as good money or bad money. There’s just money.
Lucky Luciano
Phil’s Valentine’s Day Drink and a Flick
The Candy Store – The Most Popular Valentine’s Day Candy By State
Southern Living – Valentine’s Day Poems and Romantic Poems About Love
Town and Country – Hubbard and Dangremond – The 12 Top Wines for Valentine’s Day
Tasting Table – 21 Best Valentine’s Day Chocolates Ranked
Thrillist – Sager – 8 Wines to Pair with Chocolate for Valentine’s Day
BBC – Ghosh – Paralysed man with severed spine walks thanks to implant
Phil has a question:
How many guitar players know the difference between 4/4, 3/4 and Mars.
Does a $9kUS guitar make a guitar player sound better.
The Spruce Eats – Alfaro – What Is the Cajun Trinity?
The Ringer – Surrey – Death on the Disney Vine
Sports Business Journal – NASCAR’s Clash garners widespread praise, excitement for future
Phil has a question:
How many Centuries behind is thoroughbred marketing in Alberta.
Never mistake activity for achievement.
John Wooden
When I started the Kings, I was told there were a quarter-million ex-Canadians in L.A. Now I know why they left Canada. They hate hockey.
Jack Kent Cooke
Phil has a question:
Is there a bigger joke in professional sports than Gary Bettman.
Phil has a question:
Is Plaschke saying that the players should be held to higher standards than the owners.
ESPN – Seifert – Commissioner Roger Goodell says NFL ‘fell short’ in hiring of minority head coaches
Sports Business Journal – NFL hiring questions dominates State of the League
Goodell’s favourite colour may be whitewash, he knows how to use it and he understands damage control. Unlike the Blackhawks’ Wirtz Goodell anticipates the areas of contention that the media scribes hope to hammer him on, controls the information tightly or lies about it and controls the conversations on the contentious areas in his main speech deflating the scribes efforts to dig out more controversial dirt.
Phil has a question:
What is the hardest button to button.
For The Win – Curtis – Ranking the 9 new NFL head coaches: Who made the best hire?
Phil has a question:
Would you have your NFL team coached by a person called Lovie.
After preening that beard how much time does Lovie have to devote to coaching.
Why do you think that Bill Belichek often looks like he slept in his clothes.
The Ringer – Devine – 2022 NBA Trade Deadline Winners and Losers
The Ringer – Kram – The Harden-for-Simmons Blockbuster Raises a Whole New Set of Questions
Paste – Ryan – Ranking the Letters of the Alphabet, From Lamest to Coolest
Los Angeles Times – Whipp – Oscar nominations 2022: Complete predictions in all 23 categories
The Ringer – Gruttardo and Jenkins – The Winners and Losers of the 2022 Oscar Nominations
Los Angeles Times – Whipp – Oscar nominations 2022: All the snubs and surprises
Los Angeles Times – Klein – Rams rally to win Super Bowl
Sportsnet – Bennett – Super Bowl LVI: A comprehensive ranking of the best commercials
TVLine – Schwartz – Super Bowl: Best & Worst Commercials
Arkells – 108th Grey Cup Halftime Show
Phil has a question:
Who would be in the half time show if the Buffalo Bills made the Super Bowl.
The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill
TSN – ESPN – Purdum – Super Bowl LVI expected to be most heavily bet game ever
The Ringer – Siegel – When ‘The Simpsons’ Bet Big on the Super Bowl
Phil has a question:
Is the Super Bowl a football game or a spectacle.
How many sports betters know the difference between 6, 6 1/2 and Dukes.
If you must order delivery pizza for Super Bowl LVI do yourself and your partiers a favour, break the chain and order from your local ma and pa that has their own driver or drivers instead of the gouging Uber, Doordash, Skip the Dishes or other Barf Bag delivery disservices that deliver for the ubiquitous tasteless chains that up-charge you for a dipping sauce to make their pizza almost palatable.
No architect troubled to design houses that suited people who were to live in them, because that would have meant building a whole range of different houses. It was far cheaper and, above all, timesaving to make them identical.
Michael Ende
Of puns it has been said that those who most dislike them are those who are least able to utter them.
Edgar Allan Poe
I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free.
Michelangelo
If you’re thinking of serving frozen pizza on Super Bowl Sunday, don’t think of it or serve it.
National Post – Raymond J. de Souza: In Sunday’s Super Bowl, all roads lead back to Cleveland
That which is not good for the bee-hive cannot be good for the bees.
Marcus Aurelius
Sports Illustrated – Nashawaty – The Long, Strange Relationship Between the Super Bowl and Hollywood
Los Angeles was the kind of place where everybody was from somewhere else and nobody really droppped anchor. It was a transient place. People drawn by the dream, people running from the nightmare. Twelve million people and all of them ready to make a break for it if necessary. Figuratively, literally, metaphorically — any way you want to look at it — everbody in L.A. keeps a bag packed. Just in case.
Michael Connelly
When its 100 degrees in New York, it’s 72 in Los Angeles. When its 30 degrees in New York, in Los Angeles it’s still 72. However, there are 6 million interesting people in New York, and only 72 in Los Angeles.
Neil Simon
FiveThirtyEight – Paine – Rams Or Bengals? Our Guide To Super Bowl LVI.
Phil has a question:
How many Centuries behind is thoroughbred marketing in Alberta.
The Ringer – Jones – The Rams’ Other Guys Are the Key to the Team’s Super Bowl Run
Los Angeles Times – Column: This Super Bowl prediction is Plaschke-proof: Rams will dominate Bengals
The Ringer – Solak and Ruiz – The Game Plans That Could Decide the Super Bowl
The Ringer – Princiotti – Von Miller Is More Than Just Happy to Be Here
Do you know people who insist they like ‘all kinds of music’? That actually means they like no kinds of music.
The Globe and Mail – Wheeler – Howard Hesseman’s WKRP character Dr. Johnny Fever moved the dial
NFL – Ways To Watch Super Bowl LVI
Rolling Stone – Chan – Super Bowl 2022 Live Stream: How to Watch Super Bowl LVI Online
Phil’s Ways to Watch Super Bowl LVI and any other sporting event
Sound off – Good Tunes playing
Good Beer, Wine or Bourbon
Good Pizza from a local ma and pa or Phil’s oven
Good Book or magazine
Keep a peripheral eye on screen for cheering action and then watch 2 or 3 of the 89 or 99 replays they show.
Playing football is very simple, but playing simple football is the hardest thing there is.
Johan Cruyff
The Ringer – Clark – The Bengals Rebuild Will Be the Envy of the NFL. How Replicable Is It?
Taste – Turkell – The At-Home Pizza Revolution Is Here
Delish – Flager and Villarosa – 83 Super Bowl Party Foods That Are Better Than A Touchdown
The Pioneer Woman – Cavoto – 85 Best Super Bowl Recipes That Are Worthy of a Touchdown Dance
Epicurious – 107 Super Bowl Recipes for the Best Game Day Ever
Bon Appetit – The 20 Recipes BA Readers Love the Most
The Pioneer Woman – Kastner – 6 Spreads to Elevate Your Sandwich
Bon Appetit – Lahey – No-Knead Pizza Dough
Giadzy – DiLaurentiis – Football Pizza
Los Angeles Times – Why SoFi Stadium may have the best cheap seats in football
KTLA – Super Bowl LVI is at SoFi Stadium, but what exactly is SoFi?
Phil has a question:
How many Centuries behind is thoroughbred marketing in Alberta.
Never mistake activity for achievement.
John Wooden
Los Angeles Times – Ballinger – Curious about SoFi Stadium? Some key questions, answered
Sports Illustrated – Gonzalez – SoFi Stadium Went Up—and Then Everything Changed
Bloodhorse – Hammonds – Hollywood Park Grandstand Demolished
And while Phil’s off on his Super Bowl CoTangent Bud may have the most sentimental tear-jerker commercials, but ditch their beer and try some local craft beer this year.
No architect troubled to design houses that suited people who were to live in them, because that would have meant building a whole range of different houses. It was far cheaper and, above all, timesaving to make them identical.
Michael Ende
If you didn’t see that one coming don’t even waste your time reading any further.
Nothing shows a man’s character more than what he laughs at.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Vox – Jones – The extinction crisis that no one’s talking about
Vine Pair – We Asked 14 Sommeliers: What Are You Drinking on Super Bowl Sunday?
Phil has a question:
How many more clowns could have escaped in an old Volkswagen.
Phil has a question:
How many Centuries behind is thoroughbred marketing in Alberta.
NY Post – Sarner – Super Bowl 2022: Full schedule of commercials to watch for
Life is rarely about what happened; it’s mostly about what we think happened.
Phil M Stockmen
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