Countdown to the
2022 Kentucky Derby 148
Kentucky Derby Day
samedi 7 mai
WNKY – Stamps – What’s our Kentucky Derby weather forecast?
Equibase – Today’s Race Changes – Churchill Downs
It does not do to leave a live dragon out of your calculations, if you live near one.
J.R.R. Tolkien
Front Office Sports – Gentrump – Kentucky Derby Looks To Hit Its Pre-Pandemic Stride
Being an activist is about getting things done. It’s not about standing around shaking your fist in anger.
Christine Quinn
TDN – Carasso – Some Derby Day Fact ‘N Figs
Bloodhorse – Crosby and Byron King – Ethereal Road Out of KY Derby, Rich Strike Draws In
Taste – Rodriguez – A Better Pancake Is Possible
Sal says that May 7, 2022 the first Saturday in May is Kentucky Derby Day and May 8, 2022 the second Sunday in May is Mother’s Day.
Sweet Phi – Mother’s Day Gift Ideas
Sweet Phi – 30 Brunch Recipes to try this weekend
An adventure isn’t worth telling if there aren’t any dragons in it.
Sarah Ban Breathnach
TDN – McGrath – This Side Up: Hoping for a Weekend of Rejuvenation
Sal says if you’re looking for an inside tip Mike Smith may be getting a lifetime supply of canned vegetables if he wins the Derby.
Sal says that’s the usual question.
Matching Food and Wine – Beckett – How to throw a hot dog party
Mel – Taylor – The Man Who Went Viral for Dipping His Hot Dogs in Beer Isn’t Sorry
A crook is a crook, and there’s something healthy about his frankness in the matter. But any guy who pretends he is enforcing the law and steals on his authority is a swell snake. The worst type of these punks is the big politician.
Thistle Hills Farms – Sauerkraut
Sal says if you think $12.00 CDN is a tad steep for a Mason Jar of Sauerkraut look for the Holden Colony as they’re $10.00 and their dill and bread n butter pickles are to die for.
Sal says that Sal brought back a few empty jars a few years back and asked the kid behind the counter if they took them back for re-use. From the look he gave Sal Sal quickly understood that that was a pretty stupid question that no farm kid would ever ask.
Boxing is like jazz. The better it is, the less people appreciate it.
George Foreman
Sal says that if you want some fancier sausages for your hot dog party or to serve with the pancakes for your Mother’s Day Breakfast try fresh local rather than grocery store over processed.
The country is making a big mistake not teaching kids to cook and raise a garden and build fires.
Loretta Lynn
Sports Illustrated – Forde – If You Gamble on Sports, You Must Place a Wager on the Kentucky Derby
Sports Illustrated – Taddeo – Kentucky Derby Best Bets: Messier Provides Strong Betting Opportunity
Sal says that if either Taiba or Messier win the 2022 Kentucky Derby 148 you’ll hear Bob’s my Uncle muttered more than once.
Speaking of Uncles Mark Messier’s Uncle Ray passed away a few days ago.
Edmonton Journal – Matheson – Oilers made memorable birthday visit to Muhammad Ali
You cannot be a successful horse player if you are going to get the worst of the price all the time.
Pittsburg Phil
He doesn’t need to be reminded that Messier’s namesake was one of hockey’s greatest leaders and most spirited, hard-nosed competitors, a player known for elevating his game on the biggest stage.
“I would say this horse is peaking at the right time, that he knows it’s his time and you can see that in his eyes and attitude. You can sense that he’s ready. I think this horse’s willingness and attitude stands out for me. His appetite for work is insatiable and his physique – how he’s developed from a yearling to a two-year-old to a three-year-old – is like going from junior hockey to the NHL. He’s really taken that step. He’s not in the farm league anymore. He’s got potential to be an all-star.”
But what can’t be seen also makes Messier special.
“He has that intelligent look in his eye,” Ryan said. “People might underestimate intelligence in an animal but they shouldn’t, it’s very important.
“You need a horse that isn’t intimidated, you need a horse that enjoys racing, you need a horse that has the appetite to go through a hole that sometimes it needs to fight for. We see all of those things in Messier.”
Come not between the dragon and his wrath.
William Shakespeare
I Make The Dough, You Get The Glory
If you have to ask what jazz is, you’ll never know.
Louis Armstrong
Bloodhorse – Epicenter Favored in Early Kentucky Derby Wagering
Front Office Sports – Unlikely Kentucky Derby Favorite Zandon Eyes $1.9M Prize
A good jockey, a good horse, a good bet.
Pittsburgh Phil
Bloodhorse – Angst – In Baffert’s Absence, Trainers Seek Derby Breakthrough
The proper study of Man is anything but Man; and the most improper job of any man, even saints (who at any rate were at least unwilling to take it on), is bossing other men. Not one in a million is fit for it, and least of all those who seek the opportunity.
J. R. R. Tolkien
ESPN – Betting tips for the 148th running of the Kentucky Derby
Don’t interfere with something that ain’t botherin’ you none.
Cowboy Wisdom
It’s everything else that the song became: a mainstay of minstrel shows produced and performed by white people in blackface, a symbol of the romanticized “Lost Cause” version of the Confederacy, a one-size-fits-all prop for patriotism, and the underpinning of a Kentucky state park and tourist attraction based almost entirely on fraudulent narrative.
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“In South Africa they don’t sing songs about apartheid before a cricket game,” Bingham says. “In Germany they don’t sing songs about the Holocaust before a soccer match. How did it come to have this kind of weight in our sport and our state?”
Sports Business Journal – Lefton – Progressive to sponsor 10 jockeys in Kentucky Derby
TDN – Record Handle On Oaks Day
The activist is not the person who says the river is dirty. The activist is the person who cleans up the river.
H. Ross Perot
Paulick Report – Coached To Perfection, Secret Oath Impressive In 148th Kentucky Oaks
TDN – Carasso – It’s ‘Oath‘ and Coach in the Oaks
Sal says that the Coach made a smart call on the switch to Saez.
I hold it that a little rebellion now and then is a good thing, and as necessary in the political world as storms in the physical.
Thomas Jefferson
NY Times – Draper and Hoppert – Expert Picks: Who Will Win the 2022 Kentucky Derby
Life is a lot like jazz… it’s best when you improvise.
George Gershwin
Jazz came to America three hundred years ago in chains.
Paul Whiteman
Mel – Shonfeld – The Mysterious Jewish Roots of Yosemite Sam
Know when to put a good bet down and when not to. Don’t temper your bet to the price.
Pittsburg Phil
National Post – Canadian Mattea Roach’s ‘dream’ Jeopardy! winning streak ends at 23
I am not a speed reader. I am a speed understander.
Isaac Asimov
FiveThirtyEight – Paine – Dusty Baker Was An All-Time Great Manager Long Before His 2,000th Win
The Ringer – Walker – All You Have to Do Is Plunge In
Paulick Report – The Haiku Handicapper Presented By NYRA Bets: 2022 Kentucky Derby
#1 – Mo Donegal
Copy/paste Zandon
Pretty much the same thing here
But less intriguing
#2 – Happy Jack
Least resistant path
To a stall in the big gate
He’s gonna get thwomped
#3 – Epicenter
Best of Bourbon Street
Crushed this season’s deepest prep
A “must” on tickets
#4 – Summer Is Tomorrow
Brave run in Dubai
But he hit a hard ceiling
Doubt he stays the trip
#5 – Smile Happy
Trending the right way
Feels more like a Preakness threat
But should run fine here
#6 – Messier
Did the class catch up
In his So-Cal second place
Or did he need one?
#7 – Crown Pride
Whether Dubai win
Or hometown Hyacinth dud
I’ve yet to be wowed
#8 – Charge It
Maturing quickly
But he fits the profile of
A Belmont winner
#9 – Tiz the Bomb
If Churchill burns down
And they move this to Turfway
He’d be worth a look
#10 – Zandon
Love his bravery
Tough race for a deep closer
If clear, he hits board
#11 – Pioneer of Medina
Needed defections
But Fair Grounds was deep this year
Could sneak a small check
#12 – Taiba
Hey, remember when
Zedan said he wouldn’t run
If Bob wasn’t here?
#13 – Simplification
A versatile style
But his class, distance limits
Are well short of this
#14 – Barber Road
Has some closing jets
That never have enough gas
He’d be an upset
#15 – White Abarrio
Unmatched at Gulfstream
Not sure how deep that group was
Foresee a step back
#16 – Cyberknife
He’s grown up a lot
From his wide-run Lecomte dud
Worth examining
#17 – Classic Causeway
Came back from the bench
To run about as well as
The horse he nudged out
#18 – Tawny Port
Solved the dirt riddle
Not sure he’s good enough here
But he’ll win plenty
#19 – Zozos
He held on gamely
Once Epicenter blew by
Grits into top half
#20 – Ethereal Road
Third start in five weeks
Each harder, none on the board
He shouldn’t be here
#21AE – Rich Strike
Hung on the fringes
In a weak Turfway platoon
An allowance horse
#22AE – Rattle N Roll
The wheels have come off
After such promise last year
It’s not happening
Prediction
Epicenter is
Who everyone thought he was
Ten, twelve fill the tri
America’s Best Racing – Curry – A Beginner’s Guide to the Kentucky Derby
John Jeremiah Sullivan – Horseman Pass By_(Secretariat)
Kentucky Derby is Decadent and Depraved – Hunter_S_Thompson
Brisnet – Get to know the 2022 Kentucky Derby contenders
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TDN – Bill Finley – TDN Kentucky Oaks Top 10 for April 14
TDN – Thornton – TDN Kentucky Derby Top 20 For Apr. 26
Bloodhorse – King – Derby Dozen: Epicenter Tops Zandon in Closing Derby Dozen Rankings
Horse Racing Nation -Kentucky Derby 2022 Contenders
Racing Dudes – 2022 Kentucky Derby
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