Bloodhorse – Letter to the Editor: KY HBPA Needs Reform
Paulick Report – Manganaro: Undemocratic Kentucky HBPA Needs Reform
Phil has a question:
How many sexual innuendo puns can we swallow.
I used to be Snow White, but I drifted.
Mae West
I’m not bad; I’m just drawn that way.
Jessica Rabbit
There’s a hell of a distance between wise-cracking and wit. Wit has truth in it; wise-cracking is simply calisthenics with words.
Dorothy Parker
The right-wing of the Republican party isn’t so much a political agenda as a plea for help.
Larry Flynt
Phil has a question:
How many brain-cells do the maggots have to eat before a MAGAT earns a MAGA hat.
Have any of the MAGATs read Thomas Wolfe.
Have any of the MAGATs heard of Thomas Wolfe.
FiveThirtyEight – How Bad Is The Indictment For Trump?
The Ringer – Derek Thompson – How Strong Is the Case Against Donald Trump?
Vox – Narea and Millhiser – Your biggest questions about Trump’s indictment, answered
Phil has a question:
Who are the poor bastards that have to sift through never ending hours of Trump’s Twitter Trifles gleaning out the incriminating statements.
Los Angeles Times – Wire – Trump charged with 34 felony counts in alleged hush money cover-up case
Daily Beast – Fiallo – Read All 34 Charges Against Donald Trump Here
The Guardian – Blumenthal – Every indictment will make Trump stronger – and Republicans wilder
The Guardian – Pengelly – Galloping Grant: the day a sitting president of the US was arrested
Phil’s reprising these articles.
According to Cummings’s research, in the past two decades, adjusting for inflation, total betting on US horseracing from the general public decreased 63 per cent. Betting from CAWs, meanwhile, increased 150 per cent. Cummings called Gulfstream Park, the track I went to with McKeever, “ground zero” for the computer groups. “Horseracing is not in a position to reject customers. Yet we have accepted and embraced these whales, with little to no consideration of the damage that they do if left unchecked,” Cummings told me. “It’s not a good thing to be losing Joe Q Horseplayer, and we’ve lost a lot of them.”
McKeever, for his part, sees himself on Joe Q Horseplayer’s side. His team of 13 full-time employees and contractors at EquinEdge wanted to do its own CAW wagering. But McKeever refused. “I am for the small guy, that’s what I’m pushing for,” he told me. “I give them every bit of information that I have, everything we develop, all of our technology. Everything I do is for the little guy. The big guy thinks he knows it already. It’s the little guy I want to take care of.”
Financial Times – Roeder – I used AI to bet on horse-racing. Here’s what happened
Phil has a question:
Are McKeever and the rest of the CAWs willing to give their rebates to the little guys.
How will horse racing attract new customers when a new customer looks at sports betting and sees a fairly level wagering field with fixed odds with a small vig (takeout) and then looks at horse racing where the tracks themselves provide more information and easier ways to bet for the CAWs, the takeout is usurious and the CAWS get a rebate that’s pretty close to the vig in sports betting.
To quote Craig Bernick – Good luck.
There is always room for losers in the football business. They are the mother’s milk of gambling, and why not? Somebody has to do it, or there won’t be any winners.
Hunter S. Thompson
Bloodhorse – McCeoskey – Sagans’ Two Phil’s Restores Faith in the ‘Little Guys’
Two Phil’s ($150,000 KEESEP) has appeal as a 4-for-8 blue-collar closer/stalker whose strengths are versatility and adaptability. He’s won sprinting and routing over fast dirt, the Churchill Downs slop, and now the Tapeta surface at Turfway, where he uncorked an eye-opening 101 Beyer Speed Figure. His racing resume includes wins well off the traditional Derby path at tracks like Colonial and Canterbury, and he’ll train up to the first Saturday in May at Hawthorne for connections (jockey Jareth Loveberry, trainer Larry Rivelli, and co-owners Patricia’s Hope LLC and Phillip Sagan) who have no Derby experience among them.
TDN – Thornton – The Week In Review: Opposites Attracting Attention
This Week’s Races on the Road to the 2023 Kentucky Derby 149
Apr 8, 2023
Aqueduct
Wood Memorial 100-40-30-20-10
Keeneland
Blue Grass 100-40-30-20-10
Santa Anita Park
Santa Anita Derby 100-40-30-20-10
Phil’s Drink ‘n a Flick
Better to sleep with a sober cannibal than a drunk Christian.
TDN – All Eyes on Final Round of Major Derby Preps
Bloodhorse – Ehalt – Crupi Brings High Hopes, Famous Name Into Wood Memorial
Bloodhorse – Ehalt – The Road: A Big Saturday Will Shape Derby Field
Paulick Report – Kentucky Derby Notes: Travel, Workout Schedules Coming Together
Phil has a handicapping question:
When have you seen Pletcher enter a maiden in a Graded Stake.
When have you seen Pletcher enter 2 maidens in the same Graded Stake.
Can you figure out what’s happening with the jockey musical chairs at Aqueduct and Keeneland.
Bloodhorse – Slip Mahoney a Success for Breeders Steinberg, Sikura
Bloodhorse – Ehalt – Wood Could Shake Up Point Race for Kentucky Derby Spots
Paulick Report – Martin – Cox, Pletcher Bring Loaded Arsenals For Wood Memorial
Bloodhorse – Tapit Trice to Fulfill Owner’s Dream in Blue Grass
Bloodhorse – Byron King – Tapit Trice, Verifying Battle in 11-Horse Blue Grass
Bloodhorse – Fujita Keeps Faith in Mandarin Hero After Slow Breeze
Paulick Report – Willman – Practical Move Draws Eight Rivals In Santa Anita Derby
Bloodhorse – Gantz – Practical Move, Mandarin Hero Vie in SA Derby
Bloodhorse – Kimura to Team With Mandarin Hero in Santa Anita Derby
Bloodhorse – Ehalt – General Banker Sparks Derby Dreams for Ferarro, Forma
Bloodhorse – NBC, FOX Plan Coverage of April 8 Kentucky Derby Preps
Thoroughbred Racing Commentary – Dennis – Reliving the Triple Crown: ‘This one is a smasher, and no mistake’ – Secretariat adds a new dimension to his game
TDN – Woodford Reserve Derby Bottle Celebrates Secretariat Anniversary
Phil is advised that the Woodford Reserve Derby Bottle is now available at most Alberta locations of Wine and Beyond. The Edmonton Southgate store has it on their shelves as Phil picked up a couple of bottles already.
Updated Kentucky Derby Leaderboard
Bloodhorse – Byron King – Mage, Disarm Climb Into Derby Dozen Rankings
TDN – Thornton – TDN Derby Top 12: The Real Running Starts Now
Horse Racing Nation – Kentucky Derby 2023 Contenders
The Bitter Southerner – Ruffin – Big Freedia
Bloodhorse – Byron King – Wonder Wheel Takes Another Spin at Keeneland in Ashland
Bloodhorse – Occult, Shidabhuti Give Brown Two Threats in Gazelle
Bloodhorse – America’s Best Racing – Ehalt – At a Glance: Faiza Looks Formidable in Santa Anita Oaks
Updated Kentucky Oaks Leaderboard
TDN – Bill Finley – Kentucky Oaks Top 10: Wet Paint Steps Up
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FanSided – Williams – UConn national championship parade day, time, route details
Phil has a question:
With Jill Biden inviting the women’s winner and loser to the White House will Justin Trudeau invite the Huskies to Parliament Hill.
ESPN – Borzello – UConn completes dominant run, wins 5th national championship
The Ringer – Sherman – Winners and Losers of the NCAA Tournament Championship Games
ESPN – Adelson – ‘Very emotional’ Mulkey leads LSU to elusive national title
The Ringer – Becoats – LSU Had the Stars to Outshoot and Outshine Iowa’s Caitlin Clark
March is a month without mercy for rabid basketball fans. There is no such thing as a ‘gentleman gambler’ when the Big Dance rolls around. All sheep will be fleeced, all fools will be punished severely… There are no Rules when the deal goes down in the final weeks of March. Even your good friends will turn into monsters.
Hunter S. Thompson
Phil has a question:
Why was bunny not the Wordle Word on Easter Sunday.
Bloodhorse – Ehalt – New Format Puts Derby Hopefuls with 40 Points in Limbo
DRF – Welsch – Pletcher sends out Kingsbarns, Major Dude in team work for Kentucky Derby
DRF – McGee – Pletcher planning to send Kentucky Derby brigade to Churchill on April 16
Bloodhorse – Hovdey – Long Ago Santa Anita Derby Lives in Big Red’s Shadow
Brisnet – Hanson – Wood Memorial serves up another stunner with 59-1 winner Lord Miles
TDN – Curlin Colt Shocks at 59-1 in Wood Memorial
Bloodhorse – Ehalt – Lord Miles Stuns Field in Wood Memorial Upset
TDN – Carasso – Tapit Trice Outslugs Verifying In Toyota Blue Grass Thriller
Brisnet – Reilly – Tapit Trice wears down Verifying in Blue Grass
Bloodhorse – Angst – Tapit Trice Wears Down Verifying in Blue Grass
Paulick Report – Tapit Trice Denies Verifying In Blue Grass Thriller
Brisnet – Scully – Practical Move noses out Mandarin Hero in Santa Anita Derby
TDN – It’s Practical Move Narrowly in Santa Anita Derby
Bloodhorse – Gantz – Practical Move Edges Mandarin Hero in SA Derby
Paulick Report – Practical Move Edges Japan’s Mandarin Hero, Skinner In Runhappy Santa Anita Derby
TDN – Gazelle Produces Yet Another Longshot Winner on Oaks Trail
Bloodhorse – Gantz – Faiza Powers Home in Santa Anita Oaks
TDN – Defining Purpose To Prep For Oaks at Churchill
Southern Living – It’s Just Not Easter Without Pineapple Casserole
Garden and Gun – Burke – Where Have All the Tarpon Gone?
Let us put our minds together and see what life we can make for our children.
Sitting Bull
TDN – Sue Finley – Bill Walmsley, Iowa HBPA File Suit Against FTC Over HISA
Study Finds – Naughton – Happy Easter — unless you’re the one hosting dinner, survey shows
Bloodhorse – Byron King – Defining Purpose Springs Ashland Upset
Bloodhorse – Keickhefer – Mo Stash Leads All the Way to Transylvania Victory
TDN – Corona Bolt Turns Away Hejazi in Keeneland’s Lafayette
Bloodhorse – McCroskey – Corona Bolt Goes Wire-to-Wire in Lafayette
The Ringer – Nayman – ‘Air’ Knows Exactly What It Is
Phil has a question:
Is Paul Reddam’s brain infested with maggots or MAGATs.
Why would Reddam name a horse that he paid $192k for Low Expectations and a home bred out of Mrazek, named for a hockey player, Barely Functional.
Did Reddam give us the answer – I Don’t Get It.
Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.
Erroneously attributed to Sigmund Freud
Speaking of hockey Phil has a hockey question:
Do they wait for a stoppage in play to change the electronic ads on the boards or have they learned to change on the fly.
The curve is more powerful than the sword.
Mae West
Mental Floss – Kontolemos – Why Are Horseshoes Considered Lucky?
TDN – J.N. Campbell – An Invitation To Keeneland Opening Day
Front Office Sports – MLB Ready to Sell Sponsorship for Popular Pitch Clock
Paulick Report – ‘My Heart Is In Horse Racing’: Kelly Breen Saddles 1,000th Winner At Gulfstream
TDN – Bill Finley – Wagering Does An About Face, Increases In March
TDN – Sal Sinatra To Serve As HISA Adviser
TDN – Thornton – Judge Orders Gulf Coast vs. HISA Case Transferred To Same Division As NHBPA Suit
The Ringer – Reiff – The Curious Love Affair Between Jason Isbell and America’s Sportswriters
Bloodhorse – Coulter Accepts New Position at CTHS National
Bloodhorse – Downey – One Baltas Lawsuit Against CHRB Dismissed by Judge
NY Times – The Wirecutter – Reeve – 51 Easter Basket Ideas We Love
Paulick Report – ‘I Just Want To Look Forward’: Rick Dutrow Resumes Training In New York
The Ringer – Belloni – Disney vs. DeSantis: Who Will Win
Garden and Gun – Standout Southern Easter Dishes
Garden and Gun – An Egg Salad Sandwich to Rival Augusta National’s
Sports Business Journal – Coyotes countersue Phoenix over Tempe deal
TDN – Petrunyak – Bloodstock Agents Try Hand in Restaurant Business
Garden and Gun – Gaines – An Alabama Kidnapping That’s Stranger Than Fiction
Up next, on Friday, May 12th, there will be a first baseman Anthony Rizzo Mandalorian bobblehead on Star Wars night.
May the force be with you!
2023 Yankees Promotional Bobblehead Giveaways
Southern Living – Wells – 56 Easy Easter Appetizers To Help You Hop Into Spring
Sports Illustrated – There Are Many Reasons to Go See ‘Air’
Asterisk – Alexender – Is Wine Fake?
Bloodhorse – McCroskey – KHRC on Plans to Keep Kentucky Racing Strong for 2023
TDN – Bruno Mars to Headline Preakness Live
Horse Race Insider – FINALLY, RICK DUTROW BACK TO DOING WHAT HE LOVES
TDN – Bill Finley – Rick Dutrow Returns to Work
TDN – Affirmative Lady Launches AMO Racing’s U.S. Operation
Bloodhorse – Eric Mitchell – Wagering Integrity Committee Pushing To Be More Active
Garden and Gun – Russell – A Hole-by-Hole Ranking of the Masters Plants
TDN – 1/2 to Forte’s Dam Tops Fasig-Tipton April Digital Sale
Paulick Report – NTRA Top 3-Year-Old Poll: Forte Secures Lead, Angel Of Empire Jumps To Second Spot
Paulick Report – UK’s Dani Jackson To Return As Guest Race Caller At Turf Paradise
The Ringer – Cohen – Wednesday’s Teenage Dirtbag Hymnals
Asterisk – Eaton – Cows vs. Chemists: The Health Debates Over Plant-Based Meat
Study Finds – Rozzano – Best Italian Cookbooks: Top 5 Recipe Collections Most Recommended By Experts
Southern Living – Simms – Grandma’s Favorite Easter Recipes
“Man, I even love the old subway sandwiches they used to serve at the old Pacific Coliseum,” said Bublé, who grew up a Vancouver Canucks fan. “It’s the yellow jerseys that the Canucks or the L.A. Kings used to wear. It’s like I see the jerseys now that they brought back, and it just brings it all right back. The happiest parts of my childhood were watching and listening.”
ESPN – Ryan S. Clark – How Michael Bublé became part owner of a hockey team
In this country we are a peace loving people, and great tasks lie before us in the peaceful development of our resources. We have no lasting quarrel with the German people, who have great qualities and whose achievements in every important sphere of human progress are conspicuous, although they are temporarily misled by the militarism of Prussia; but we will fight to the death against the vain attempt of an arrogant militarist oligarchy to impose upon the world its ideals of force and violence and to achieve its unworthy purpose by “blood and iron”.
Robert Borden
Chemistry World – Trager – Musical periodic table being built by turning chemical elements’ spectra into notes
NY Times – The Wirecutter – Stockton – The Best Creamy Peanut Butter
Vintage BC Lions Glass – Joe Kapp Squirrel Peanut Butter
Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwich
Bloodhorse – McCroskey – Forte on Path to Finish Legacy Violence Left Unfinished
Bloodhorse – Turfway Park Concludes with 62% Increase in Handle
More than $145 million was wagered at the meeting, nearly $56 million more than 2022.
TDN – Total Handle Increases at Turfway Meet
Phil has a question:
What was the total amount of horse racing wagering for the entire province of Alberta in 2022.
TDN – Thornton – No Foul Claim, Inquiry or DQ, Yet Geroux Suspended for Winning Oaklawn Ride
Southern Living – Howard – Carrot Cake With Maple-Cream Cheese Frosting
Paulick Report – Nevills – The Price Of Success: Practical Joke’s March To The Top Of His Division
The Ringer – Sayles – The Once and Future Sneaker King
TDN – Bill Finley – Florida Derby Time Adjusted
Southern Living – Wells – 100 Easter Brunch Recipes For Your Best Menu Yet
Front Office Sports – Perez – UFC Owner Endeavor Nears Deal to Purchase WWE
Bloodhorse – Angst – Kentucky Tracks Excited to Offer Sports Wagering
CBC – Nixon – How broader sports gambling has fared in Ontario and how it may change next
Phil has a question:
Why is AGLC in Alberta monitoring instead of acting.
Why does AGLC and the UCP government in Alberta continue to allow millions of $$ to leave the province on grey area gambling sites without one fucking nickel heading into the Alberta coffers.
Why doesn’t every VLT parlour in have a betting machine where you can place wagers on the horses and on sporting events.
Why is Phil saying this instead of useless fish-eyed fools like Clark Kent.
Why is Alberta so far behind on gambling revenues.
Why do all the right wing fanatics who manipulate Danielle Smith and the UCP not want any control for guns, but want to control Albertans gambling like a bunch of fish-eyed fool ninnie nannies.
Thanks Mucka and Topo.
There’s no place for the state in the bedrooms of the nation.
Pierre Elliot Trudeau
Repole added, “I knew it was going to be a big test for him. I didn’t mind him having the 11 post. I thought he got an incredible education. I, too, at the eighth pole was saying, we’re going to get second or third, and he just kept going and going and going. It was pretty special.”
TDN – Forte Guts It Out in Curlin Florida Derby
Bloodhorse – McCarthy – Forte Runs Down Mage in Florida Derby Thriller
Paulick Report – Forte’s Late Rally In Florida Derby Solidifies Status As Kentucky Derby Favorite
While watching the races from Oaklawn on Saturday Phil was reminded of one of his pet peeves.
Phil is sick and fucking tired of the useless fucking wailers who treat the National Anthems like fucking funeral dirges.
Over my lifetime, heavy usage has woefully eroded profanity’s power.
Lionel Shriver
The lyrics to the first line are:
O_ say can you see.
Not
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Saaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay caaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan yooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooou seeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.
Roger knew that the fans came to the venues for the games and he belted out the anthems with class and speed.
Roger did take some liberty with the lyrics and delved into his book for a couple of tweaks. Roger new that when you added some emphasis and a little drag to free and brave they stood out and were remembered.
Over my lifetime, heavy usage has woefully eroded profanity’s power.
Lionel Shriver
Phil has a solution and MLB is already using it. Bring in the anthem clock. On 8 Notes The Star Spangled banner clocks in at 59 seconds. Set the anthem clock at 102.9 seconds and when it hits zero the singer is out of there. Pretty soon the fans would catch the drift and start the countdown.
Over my lifetime, heavy usage has woefully eroded profanity’s power.
Lionel Shriver
If you want a funeral song:
Bloodhorse – Ehalt – Angel of Empire Shines in Arkansas Derby
TDN – Angel of Empire Sprouts Wings in Arkansas Derby
Paulick Report – Cox-Trained Angel Of Empire Overpowers Arkansas Derby Rivals
Phil has a question:
What’s happening with the Yakferts.
What’s happening with the Bafteens.
Bloodhorse – McCroskey – Wet Paint Proves a Master of Her Craft in Fantasy
TDN – From Last to First, Blame’s Wet Paint Takes the Fantasy
Bloodhorse – Rollins – Affirmative Lady Delivers Gulfstream Park Oaks Win
TDN – Arrogate’s Affirmative Lady Upsets Gulfstream Park Oaks
Paulick Report – Road To Kentucky Oaks: Affirmative Lady Kicks Clear In Gulfstream Park Oaks
TDN – Sioux Nation Represented By First U.S. Stakes Winner in Cutler Bay
Garden and Gun – Schipa and Carter – Smoked Trout Cakes
Paulick Report – The Friday Show Presented By Icon Global: Jareth Loveberry Talks Two Phil’s
Garden and Gun – Russell – How to Cook the Perfect Steak in a Cast-Iron Skillet
Phil M Stockmen
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CLARK KENT JR aka hra CFO, reply that their expense accounts from last July would be updated before he undergoes shoulder operation?? It is rumoured that it is from sharpening pencils or working Tenile’s budget abacus not from golfing. Strange 16 expense entries from Jan to July, and approval of Clark’s $876 Phoenix flight for December but none since, for 20 jr HRA executives !
ONTARIO HBPA signs only a 2 yr not usual 4yr with Lawson woodbine. Major issues such as a revenue,horse populations and reduction in race days lead to moving meet back one week. The remark from Copland of negotiating with another thoroughbred group, such as harness change in 2009 is worth noting.
TRACY woes should be resolved by mid June, as a double positive from Louisiana downs from Jan 5/6 just got resolved, better than tribunal a year.
Clark Kent next state of the union address boosting of 830 stall apps from 2022 with only 591 different runners should hopefully not add in assigned tack rooms. Century Mile year end filing did show 200k for track drainage and 200k for barn/track repairs x 1.30 or 520k Canadian. Century Downs showed 200k for new carpet and 200k for gaming tables, with operator takeout from 15% to 17% starting April 1, for casino upgrades, meaning 2ply toilet paper.