NOVEMBER 1 – 2, 2024
In 2024, the Breeders’ Cup returns to San Diego’s iconic racing venue: Del Mar, where the turf meets the surf.
Bloodhorse – Del Mar to Host Back-to-Back Breeders’ Cups 2024-25
Bloodhorse – Jay Hovdey – One Last Wish for a Boy and His Horse
Bloodhorse – Eric Mitchell – Heart of the Breeders’ Cup, Cody Dorman Dies at 17
Paulick Report – Hours After Breeders’ Cup Triumph, Cody Dorman Dies At 17
Horse Racing Alberta Announces Dates for 2024 and 2026
Bloodhorse – ‘All Others‘ 4-5 at Closing of KD Pool 1 Future Wager
Phil has a question:
With All Others basically destroying the odds and interest that you normally get in a Futures Wager isn’t there someone at CDI smarter than a HRA window gazer who breaks the All Others into segments based on something like the first letter of their name or their racing status.
Bloodhorse – Byron King – ’60 Minutes’ to Air Nov. 12 Segment on Racing Reform
Bloodhorse – Lauren Gash – Young Sires Buoy ‘Realistic’ Market at November Sale
The Ringer – Matthew Belloni – The End of the Actors Strike With Duncan Crabtree-Ireland
Sports Business Journal – Austin Karp – NASCAR Cup Series viewership down 5% this season
The five trainers who were stabled in Barn F are Kevin Reynolds, Jr., Lee Morris, Edgar Clarke, Allison Kolesar and Daniel Harvey. All their horses and racing equipment were burned in the fire. It was also reported that trainer Edgar Clarke suffered facial and arm burns.
HarnessLink – Tioga Downs barn fire arsonist caught
Former Alberta trainer Edgar “Sparky” Clarke was housed in that barn and suffered burns.
Sports Business Journal – Astros GM says he, not owner, will choose manager
Phil has a question:
What say does Mattress Mack get.
Bloodhorse – Frank Angst – Flutter Report Notes Decline in Pari-Mutuel Wagering
Front Office Sports – Doug Greenberg – Major U.S. Sports Leagues Pull In Record $6.7B in Ad Revenue
The Ringer – Rob Harvilla – The Rich History of the Rock ’n’ Roll Sellout
Phil has a question:
Is there a sellout that the Taylor Swift machine has missed.
The Score – AP – Report: Michigan tells Big Ten commish he doesn’t have discipline authority
The Ringer – The Ringer Staff’s 2023 NFL Midseason Playoff Predictions
Bloodhorse – Frank Angst – Getting a Handle on 2023 Breeders’ Cup Wagering Decline
Garden and Gun – Virginia Kinnier – Voodoo Pizza and the Hurricane Baby
The Ringer – Kevin O’Connor – Five Thoughts on James Harden’s Ugly Los Angeles Clippers Debut
Phil has a question:
Will the Clippers need a new arena to house all the bloated egos.
Southern Living – 106 Thanksgiving Side Dishes That’ll Steal The Show
Bloodhorse – Eric Mitchell – Fewer Sparks, But Weanling Market Solid at Fasig-Tipton
Paulick Report – Breeders’ Cup Winner Auguste Rodin Among Nominees For Cartier Horse Of The Year
Southern Living – Keep Warm All Season With These Satisfying Soup And Stew Recipes
Bon Appetit – Antira Sinha – You Don’t Have to Make Everything From Scratch on Thanksgiving
Bon Appetit – Joe Sevier – 71 Festive Christmas Desserts to Bring Joy to Your Mouth
TDN – Without A Fight Lands the Melbourne Cup-Caulfield Cup Double
Paulick Report – Natalie Voss – This Week In History: Secretariat’s Final Curtain Call
TDN – Tamara Sidelined With Fractured Hind Splint Bone
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Bloodhorse – Molly Rollins – Moore, Irad Ortiz Jr. Face Penalties After BC Rides
Front Office Sports – Doug Greenberg – CBS Already ‘Virtually Sold Out’ Super Bowl Ad Inventory
Paulick Report – Michael Wrona – Can Gold Trip Win Back-To-Back Melbourne Cups?
The Ringer – Howard Beck – James Harden Can’t Win His Legacy Back
Phil has a question:
Will the Clippers games be played with 4 balls.
Bloodhorse – Bob Ehalt – Butler Delighted With a ‘Brilliant’ Breeders’ Cup
Bloodhorse – Bob Ehalt – Trip to Saudi Arabia Next for White Abarrio, Dutrow
TDN – White Abarrio to Aim for Saudi Cup
Bloodhorse – Tracy Gantz – With Two Seconds, Baffert Adds to Leading BC Earnings
Bloodhorse – Tracy Gantz – Mott Runners Doing Well After Breeders’ Cup Triple
TDN – Bill Finley – The Week in Review: The Case for Idiomatic as Horse of the Year
Paulick Report – Darley Sets 2024 Stud Fees For Cody’s Wish, Proxy
The Score – Dan Wilkins – Key takeaways and analysis from Week 9 in the NFL
The Ringer – Ben Solak – The Hot Read, Week 9: The Philadelphia Eagles Are in Control of the NFC
Garden and Gun – Rachel Garbus – How Soccer Is Gaining a Southern Foothold
Southern Living – 62 Must-Have Thanksgiving Casseroles For Your Holiday Feast
NPR – Deena Prichep – ‘Louie Louie’: The story behind the song everyone knows but no one understands
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Let us put our minds together and see what life we can make for our children.
Sitting Bull
Southern Living – Jenna Sims – Grandma’s Favorite Fall Pies
Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent.
Victor Hugo
TDN – Alan Carasso – Breeders’ Cup Friday Aftermath
Phil has a question:
Did the MMXXIII Breeders’ Cup XL seem anti-climatic.
The more wonderful the means of communication, the more trivial, tawdry, or depressing its contents seemed to be.
Arthur C. Clarke
TDN – 2023 Breeders’ Cup Attendance Up, Handle Down
Bloodhorse – All-Sources Wagering Down 6.7% at Breeders’ Cup 2023
Paulick Report – Wagering Dips 6.7 Percent On Two-Day Breeders’ Cup Championships
When you have expectations, you are setting yourself up for disappointment.
Ryan Reynolds
Phil has a question:
How close is sports and sports betting to the saturation of its market.
With sports and sports betting reaching the saturation point who’ll win the survival of the fittest battle.
Garden and Gun – Rachel Garbus – How Soccer Is Gaining a Southern Foothold
The Ringer – Bryan Curtis – How the NFL Network Became Football Media’s Assignment Editor
Front Office Sports – Doug Greenberg – YouTube Cuts NFL Sunday Ticket Price in Half at Midseason
Front Office Sports – Eric Fisher – Fox Defends Sports Assets, Cable Bundle Amid Industry Challenges
Front Office Sports – Doug Greenberg – CBS Already ‘Virtually Sold Out’ Super Bowl Ad Inventory
Music is the shorthand of emotion.
Leo Tolstoy
Paulick Report – Explanations And Excuses: Connections React To Saturday’s Breeders’ Cup Aftermath
| Nov. 3 | 2023 NetJets Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Santa Anita Park | Juvenile Fillies | Just F Y I |
| Nov. 3 | 2023 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint Santa Anita Park | Juvenile Turf Sprint | Big Evs (IRE) |
| Nov. 3 | 2023 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf Santa Anita Park | Juvenile Fillies Turf | Hard to Justify |
| Nov. 3 | 2023 FanDuel Breeders’ Cup Juvenile presented by Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance Santa Anita Park | Sentient Jet Juvenile | Fierceness |
| Nov. 3 | 2023 Prevagen Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf Santa Anita Park | Juvenile Turf | Unquestionable (FR) |
| Nov. 4 | 2023 PNC Bank Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Sprint Santa Anita Park | Filly and Mare Sprint | Goodnight Olive |
| Nov. 4 | 2023 Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint Santa Anita Park | Turf Sprint | Nobals |
| Nov. 4 | 2023 Big Ass Fans Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile Santa Anita Park | Dirt Mile | Cody’s Wish |
| Nov. 4 | 2023 Maker’s Mark Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Turf Santa Anita Park | Filly and Mare Turf | Inspiral (GB) |
| Nov. 4 | 2023 Qatar Racing Breeders’ Cup Sprint Santa Anita Park | Sprint | Elite Power |
| Nov. 4 | 2023 FanDuel Breeders’ Cup Mile presented by PDJF Santa Anita Park | Mile | Master of The Seas (IRE) |
| Nov. 4 | 2023 Longines Breeders’ Cup Distaff Santa Anita Park | Longines Distaff | Idiomatic |
| Nov. 4 | 2023 Longines Breeders’ Cup Turf Santa Anita Park | Longines Turf | Auguste Rodin (IRE) |
| Nov. 4 | 2023 Longines Breeders’ Cup Classic Santa Anita Park | Classic | White Abarrio |
The Haiku Handicapper had a question on Saturday:
#3 – White Abarrio
Ran out of his shoes
In a freak Whitney effort
Does he have one more?
TDN – Steve Sherack – Dutrow Back In the Limelight as White Abarrio Scores in the Classic
Bloodhorse – Bob Ehalt – White Abarrio Scores Decisively in BC Classic
The voyage of discovery is not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes.
Marcel Proust
Music, in performance, is a type of sculpture. The air in the performance is sculpted into something.
Frank Zappa
Paulick Report – Ryan Moore Sculpts Perfect Trip For Auguste Rodin In Breeders’ Cup Turf
Bloodhorse – Jay Hovdey – Auguste Rodin Finds a Way in Breeders’ Cup Turf
TDN – Alan Carasso – Auguste Rodin Pretty As a Picture in the BC Turf
For those of you thinking that the Japanese did not have much impact on MMXXIII Breeders’ Cup XL check the breeding on Auguste Rodin.
Bloodhorse – Byron King – Master of The Seas Nips Mawj in Breeders’ Cup Mile
TDN – Master of the Seas Leads Home Godolphin 1-2 in the Breeders’ Cup Mile
Junior Alvarado showed the proper way to handle a bad break. Alberta race fans will recognize the wrong move as they’ve seen it and the face far too many times. Your horse breaks bad so let’s see how fast we can get back in contention and leave nothing in tank for the last half of the race. Alvarado on the other hand did the right thing. Settle the horse down after the bumping and then move up gradually watching how the race progresses before making your closing move.
Phil agrees with the unanimous decision of the stewards to leave the result as it played out on the track and was impressed with the prompt transparency of the decision.
Bloodhorse – Bob Ehalt – Cody’s Wish Completes Fairytale Ending in BC Dirt Mile
TDN – Ortiz Wins Shoemaker Award
Bloodhorse – Frank Angst – Juddmonte’s Idiomatic Wins Hard Fought Distaff
Bloodhorse – Byron King – Elite Power Caps Career With Repeat BC Sprint Win
Paulick Report – Sprint Score Makes Elite Power Third Repeat Winner At 2023 Breeders’ Cup
TDN – Stephanie Grimm – Elite Power Goes Out On Top With Successful Title Defense In Sprint
Bloodhorse – Tracy Gantz – Nobals Takes the Rail to a Blazing Turf Sprint Win
TDN – Alan Carasso – Rivelli Reveling Following Nobals’s BC Turf Sprint Win
Paulick Report – Nobals Rallies Up Rail To Land Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint
Phil has a question:
Which is worse – getting gelded or having your name broadcast to the world that you’re gelded.
It is said that the night brings counsel, but it is not said that the counsel is necessarily good.
Jules Verne
Bloodhorse – Joe Perez – Goodnight Olive Repeats in BC Filly & Mare Sprint
Bloodhorse – Brown Salutes Goodnight Olive as Her Racing Career Ends
Bloodhorse – Tracy Gantz – Cheveley Homebred Inspiral Rockets to F&M Turf Win
The Ringer – Danny Chau – The Ringer’s Guide to the NBA In-Season Tournament
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The only difference between the saint and the sinner is that every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future.
Oscar Wilde
The Haiku Handicapper had a question on Friday:
#9 – Fierceness
Is the real Fierceness
The one from his freak debut
Or the Champagne dud?
Pletch being more loyal to winning than to jockeys made the switch to John R Velazquez after the bush track move that Alberta fans are so familiar with by Ortiz Jr. in the Champagne. Your horse breaks bad so let’s see how fast we can get back in contention and leave nothing in tank for the last half of the race. Alberta race fans will recognize the move and many the face.
“Look, not everyone would do that (enter this race off a seventh-place finish in the Champagne (G1)),” Pletcher explained. “We talked about it, we covered every base after the Champagne. The horse trained awesome all summer (at Saratoga); he was a monster since his debut. We took a shot today and it worked out. He had a beautiful trip and he showed what he is all about. A lot of the tactics in a race like this, you have to leave in your rider’s hands. I could make a case for five horses being the pacesetter, possibly. It was really about getting in a good rhythm with him and letting him get comfortable with him. (John Velazquez) was able to do that. It did look easy. It was a helluva race. Very impressive.”
Paulick Report – Fierceness Rebounds Brilliantly In Breeders’ Cup Juvenile
Pletch says it more tactfully than Phil.
TDN – Steve Sherack – City of Light’s Fierceness Leads Home a ‘Rising Star’ Sweep in the Juvenile
Bloodhorse – Repole’s Fierceness Puts Away a Deep Juvenile Field
Bloodhorse – Repole Reflects on Fierceness’ Breeders’ Cup Triumph
Aidan O’Brien also showed his loyalty to winning over jockeys with the switch to Ryan Moore on Unquestionable in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf after River Tiber was scratched. Moore was paying attention to how the turf was playing and got his horse in closer contention while schooling Juan J Hernandez three wide on Endlessly. Alberta race fans will recognize the Hernandez ride and many the face.
TDN – Christina Bossinakis – Wootton Bassett Colt Leaves No Doubts in the Juvenile Turf
Bloodhorse – Unquestionable Tops O’Brien Exacta in BC Juvenile Turf
The Tip sheets that only pick horses without providing any commentary are fucking useless for anything else except lining your kitty litter tray.
The Breeders’ Cup Handicapper’s Sheet used the comment “Tries to make amends for failing as the favorite” a few times.
$2 across on each of the horses with that comment would have left a CNote + in your pocket.
TDN – All-Sources Breeders’ Cup Handle Tops $60M for Third Year
TDN – Alan Carasso – Hard to Justify Gives Sire a Double in Juvenile Fillies Turf
Bloodhorse – Joe Perez – Hard to Justify Surges to Win BC Juvenile Fillies Turf
TDN – Just F Y I a First BC Winner for Justify In the Juvenile Fillies; Tamara Seventh
Bloodhorse – Krikorian’s Just F Y I Prevails in Juvenile Fillies
Take the hype with a grain of salt.
Phil almost never bets the horse on the front cover of the print edition of the Daily Racing Form. On Friday Muth was there. On Saturday Arabian Knight.
Bloodhorse – Tracy Gantz – Big Evs Leads Euro Trifecta in BC Juvenile Turf Sprint
Their brisk decisiveness was fitting for the trial of a man whose rise and fall always felt like a crime speedrun. In the defense team’s closing arguments on Wednesday—in an attempt to argue that his busy client didn’t realize the extent of his worsening situation until it was too late—attorney Mark Cohen quoted Ernest Hemingway’s line from The Sun Also Rises about how a character went bankrupt: “Gradually, then suddenly.” But there was never anything particularly gradual about the trajectory of Bankman-Fried and FTX.
The Ringer – Katie Baker – “A Clear Message”: Sam Bankman-Fried Is Found Guilty on All Seven Counts
Mark Cohen may have done his client in when he quoted Hemingway. Reminded the jurors of another Hemingway quote:
The most essential gift for a good writer is a built-in, shockproof, shit detector.”
Ernest
The Ringer – Ben Lindbergh – Five Thoughts About the Beatles’ Last Song, “Now and Then”
Sports Business Journal – Eric Bacharach – MLB: Global Series Success
Bloodhorse – Hovdey: The Future Is Now for Most of Friday’s Stars
It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.
William Shakespeare
Phil M Stockmen
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HRA FUTURE REVENUES from 10q filings
CENTURY 3rd qtr financials out today with declining racino revenues
CENTURY DOWNS slots down 0.9 million/6.1% decrease from 2022, 9 month comparison, blaming it on competition/ace casino?
CENTURY MILE slots up 7% in 3rd qtr, however operator takeout on slots on April 1 /2023 increased from 15% to 17% this 13%+ means decline.
Parimutuel,sports betting and igaming down 10% ,7.690 mil /23 from 8.455 mil/22 for first 9 months, therefore hra commissions % $ reduced.
CENTURY purchased downs land in September 2023 for $29.1 million CA
TOTAL slot revenues for 4 Alberta casinos 34.606 mil in 2023, versus 33.728 in 2022 for first 9 months,with increase % takeout, is market saturated??
CENTURY declines to provide a consent disclosure from CPMA for A track meet handle,replying it’s on equibase. Remember when HRA says it up up it’s down down, a 20% drop in thoroughbred handle from 28 million to 22.6 million in 2023. The HRA performance metrics truly suck!!
CENTURY DOWNS track lightning was on their masterplan section 5.2 pg 24
“The racetrack lighting is angled at 30 degrees downward and focused using optical lenses/shrouds to optimally light the racetrack,while emitting as little light pollution as possible. A mouthful of bs that was never implemented.
VICI / CENTURY MASTER sale / leaseback agreement of their 4 Alberta casinos for 221.7 million Canadian in Sept 2023, has a annual lease rent of $,,.17.3 million per year for the next 15 years. MACROAXIC index has century at 47.3% of bankruptcy within the next 2 yrs, 3rd qtr financials out tomorrow.
POSITIVE NEWS HRA 2022 annual report was tabled in Legislature on Oct 31, grateful that minister released in late august. Board expenses up to date,they met in Lethbridge in late June and Lacombe in late august.
DOWNS marketing harness labelled wine due to overwhelming requests??No thoroughbred wine due to majority Coors beer drinkers and unconfirmed rumour of Mormon racing participants objecting to this marketing plan.