Bloodhorse – Dick Downey – Horseman Ruis Prevails in Justify Disqualification Suit
Phil has a question:
Where do the dominoes stop.
Is this a case of the old lady who swallowed a fly.
Bloodhorse – Byron King – Arizona HBPA: Turf Paradise to Reopen Jan. 29
TDN – Report: Racing To Resume at Turf Paradise in January
The following Letter to the Editor dated NOV 7 was published in the most recent edition of Paulick Report and is reprinted verbatim in its entirety. The conclusion of its author is obvious: The racing deck is stacked against the rank and file horseplayer. As much sense as it makes to eliminate CAW wagering, it won’t happen as long as racing organizations own, in part, anyway, the companies that make this process possible. But as bad as CAW is, the real enemy of the loyal horseplayer are rebates made possible by existing high takeout rates. In the end, rebates will put an end to horse racing as we know it. The only fix is to lower takeout significantly which would result in a universal rebate for all horseplayers.
The Effect Of Computer-Assisted Wagering On Regular Horseplayers
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The Current Race Meet at Century Mile Is Not in Great Shape
A story should have a beginning, a middle, and an end…but not necessarily in that order.
Jean-Luc Godard.
“Most thoughtful hostess gift ever? A timely RSVP.”
Now, don’t get me wrong—flowers, wine, cookies, and candles are classics. Keep ’em coming. Just give them with the intention for your hostess to enjoy them after the party, so she doesn’t feel compelled to vase, pour, plate, or light a fire that makes her powder room smell like a sugarplum fairy was in there for an hour. And give them with the knowledge that they might be regifted. Kay says, “There is a certain candle that is meant to go around the world.”
Garden and Gun – Helen Ellis – What’s the Best Hostess Gift?
Phil has a question:
If you went to someone’s house as a guest and brought a cookbook for a hostess gift wouldn’t you be setting yourself up for a punch in the teeth rather than a thank you.
Bloodhorse – America’s Day at the Races to Expand Oaklawn Coverage
Phil has a question:
When will they offer a degree in the science of drinking beer.
Bloodhorse – Molly Rollins – Stay Hot Sizzles in Cecil B. DeMille Stakes at Del Mar
TDN – Stay Hot Rebounds Off Breeders’ Cup Loss To Take Cecil B. DeMille
Before you say ‘cut,’ wait five more seconds.
Wim Wenders
Bloodhorse – Tracy Gantz – Surge Capacity Tops Brown-Trained Matriarch Superfecta
TDN – More Matriarch Domination: Brown Runners 1-2-3-4 at Del Mar
ESPN – Bill Connelly – How the CFP committee got it all wrong with Florida State
ESPN – Undefeated Florida State left out of College Football Playoff
If you use Boo Corrigan’s lack of logic a 1 win team who played a really good game at the end of the year could get in cuz they’re not the same team that they were through their first 12 blowout losses.
It is an absolute slap in the face to every player who has ever put on a helmet, laced up cleats and marched onto the field to battle for a victory, because a bunch of folks in a conference room in Texas decided their sacrifice was not as important as the Las Vegas line on a potential playoff matchup.
It’s a (Phil would have used an adjective here) joke.
ESPN – David Hale – CFP Anger Index: Unpacking the outrage of Florida State’s snub
This whole situation is essentially a giant advertisement for the College Football Playoff’s expansion to 12 teams, which is scheduled to happen next season. But it’s also a reminder of what’s changed, for better and for worse, and what quiet parts can now be said out loud. Florida State deserved to make the playoff. But deserve’s got nothing to do with it.
The Ringer – Dan Heifetz – The College Football Playoff Has Never Been About Fairness
Front Office Sports – Eric Fisher – After Unbeaten FSU’s Snub, Financial and Legal Fallout
The CFP committee blew it. If they’re going to penalize FSU for an injured quarterback then they should have looked at the absolutely lucky hail Mary pass that was barely caught in bounds to give Alabama their win and say that perhaps Georgia was a better team than Alabama and Alabama just got lucky.
The more successful the villain, the more successful the picture.
Alfred Hitchcock.
The Ringer – Ben Solak – The Hot Read, Week 13: The 49ers Are Back to Peak Form
Paulick Report – Tenacious Remsen Winner Dornoch Has Gargan Derby Dreaming
Bloodhorse – Change in Violence’s 2024 Stud Fee Announced
If a million people see my movie, I hope they see a million different movies.”
Quentin Tarantino
Paulick Report – Saudi Cup Penciled In For Front-Running Cigar Mile Winner Hoist The Gold
The Score – Dan Wilkins – Key takeaways and analysis from Week 13 in the NFL
Sports Business Journal – Coyotes nearing land deal for potential new arena
All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.
New York Times – Joe MooAllem – Michael Stipe Is Writing His Next Act. Slowly.
“And it seems to me that I lived my life like an evil Forrest Gump.
I’m the guy who lied even too much for Donald Trump.
And you all got to laugh at me, and I say lucky you
My candle burned out long before I could flee to Peru.”
George Santos (SNL)
Phil has a question:
Will Bernie Taupin and Elton John get royalties from SNL.
Bloodhorse – America’s Day at the Races to Expand Oaklawn Coverage
Bloodhorse – Byron King – Mage’s Brother Dornoch Determined Winner of Remsen
TDN – Good Magic’s Dornoch Proves Gamest In Remsen Thriller
You’ve Lost That Lovin Feeling
Bloodhorse – Byron King – Zona Verde Uncatchable in Jimmy Durante
Bloodhorse – Molly Rollins – Life Talk Silences Foes in Demoiselle Romp
TDN – Program Trading Gives Brown, Klaravich Another Hollywood Derby
Bloodhorse – Tracy Gantz – Program Trading Bests Webslinger in Hollywood Derby
Sometimes Phil just gotta give in to the URGE. Phil understands that Johnny Cash transcends country.
Can you not understand that liberty is worth more than just ribbons?
Bloodhorse – Molly Rollins – No Stopping Hoist the Gold in Cigar Mile
You can’t help getting older, but you don’t have to get old.
George Burns
TDN – Hoist The Gold Tops Mineshaft 1-2 In the Cigar Mile
Happiness? A good cigar, a good meal, a good cigar and a good woman – or a bad woman; it depends on how much happiness you can handle.
George Burns
Paulick Report – Keith McCalmont – ‘Ran Hard The Whole Way’: Dr B Makes All In Go For Wand Repeat
The Times analyzed documents obtained through public records requests on more than 14,600 dogs euthanized since 2018 in the seven shelters operated by the county — which has contracts with 45 cities to provide animal care and control services. The reasons cited for killing the dogs were that they were too sick or injured to treat, or too dangerous to be safely adopted; that there was not sufficient kennel space to house the animals; and that there was no interest from potential adopters.
Phil has a question:
Why are PETA and the other radical animal activists spending so much resources on harassing the horse racing industry when there’s a much bigger and more pervasive problem with people who don’t realize that animals are a lifetime commitment.
Wired – Sassafras Lowery – The Race to Find What’s Making America’s Dogs Sick
Thoroughbred Racing Commentary – Eoin Harty: I would put down synthetic tracks instead of dirt
ESPN – Dave Wilson – Dr Pepper halftime contest drama ends in two $100K winners
Kudos to Dr. Peppers for having the class to step up, admit their mistake and award both contestants. Good thing that neither is a math major.
The Conversation – David Said and Greg Flynn – Silencing Sarah Jama diminishes Canadian democracy
ESPN – CFP: Michigan, Washington, Texas, Alabama to vie for title
ESPN – Heather Dinich – Projecting the College Football Playoff committee’s final top 6
A lot of the stories I heard at the dinner table were about America as that last beacon of hope. That wasn’t mythology. It was a reality for so many of my family members. My paternal grandfather came here fleeing pogroms in Russia; my stepmother fled communists in Hungary, literally in the dead of night on the train as a young girl with her mother; and my stepfather was a Holocaust survivor.
I couldn’t begin to say my favorite Beatles album, but if I was really forced to choose, it would probably be Revolver or Rubber Soul. But I wouldn’t want to choose.
Esquire What I’ve Learned – Michael Sebastien – Anthony Blinken
TDN – Joe Scurto – Partnerships: Finding the Right Partnership For You–Part I
Phil has a question:
When did fan and money become synonyms.
TDN – Brown Can Equal Whittingham Record In Hollywood Derby
Esquire – Adrienne Westenfeld – The 20 Best Books of 2023
Bloodhorse – Molly Rollins – A Record Oaklawn Meet Begins Dec. 8 With Advent Stakes
Esquire – Bria McNeal – What Will Post Malone’s Next Era Sound Like?
TDN – Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance Partners With Hallway Feeds
Paulick Report – Natalie Voss – You Are Going To Die; What Happens To Your Horse When You Do?
ABC – FiveThirtyEight – Why George Santos was too toxic for the House GOP
ESPN – Jake Trotter – Browns name Joe Flacco starter with Thompson-Robinson out
Los Angeles Times – Granderson: Colin Kaepernick’s exile from the NFL … – Los Angeles Times
The fact that political ideologies are tangible realities is not a proof of their vitally necessary character. The bubonic plague was an extraordinarily powerful social reality, but no one would have regarded it as vitally necessary.
Wilhelm Reich
New York Times – George Santos Is Expelled From the House
The Guardian – Martin Pengelly – Republican George Santos expelled from Congress in bipartisan vote
Ninety percent of the politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation.
Henry Kissinger
Phil has a question:
Will their swimsuit models be AI.
Front Office Sports – Eric Fisher – Ronaldo Sued For $1B In Latest Fallout From Athlete Crypto Deals
Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go.
Oscar Wilde
Southern Living – Alana Al-Hatlani – 50 Dishes For A Vegetarian Christmas Dinner
Bloodhorse – Tracy Gantz – Del Mar’s Matriarch: Brown, D’Amato, or ???
Bloodhorse – Dean Keppler – Lady de Berry Heads Competitive Jimmy Durante
TDN – Pick 4 and Pick 5 Takeout at Delta Downs Drops to 12%
Paulick Report – The Friday Show Presented By Woodbine: What We’d Like To See In 2024 And Beyond
TDN – Striving to Illuminate the Path to Transparency, Light Up Racing Launched
Phil has a question:
Has anyone told them what the slang term “Light Up a Horse” means.
Has anyone told them of the other slang meanings for Light Up.
Publicity is justly commended as a remedy for social and industrial diseases. Sunlight is said to be the best of disinfectants; electric light the most efficient policeman.
Louis D. Brandeis
TDN – Bill Finley – Addressing the 60 Minutes Piece, A Q & A With Stuart Janney III
The Score – Report: LeBron’s manager, Maverick Carter, bet on NBA games with illegal bookie
The Ringer – Mirin Fader – Can Kara Lawson Build Duke’s Next Basketball Powerhouse?
Duke is an ugly word in Kentucky. Nothing in the world compares to the joy of beating those hateful swine from Duke.
Hunter S. Thompson
ESPN – Marcel Louis-Jacques – Dolphins’ Tyreek Hill to cover disciplined NFL photographer’s pay
Ninety percent of the politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation.
Henry Kissinger
Bloodhorse – Tracy Gantz – Trainer Brown Sending Two West for Hollywood Derby
TDN – Equinox Retires to Shadai Stallion Station
Bloodhorse – Riley Mott ‘Home’ at Gulfstream, Appreciates Support
Wired – Matt Simon – Dust Is So Much More Than You Realize
Sports Business Journal – Cuban selling majority Mavs stake comes a surprise due to ownership style
Phil has a question:
How can the NBA allow a casino magnate to own a team when they were reluctant to allow the Raptors to join cuz Canada was too secular and had the evil Sports Select.
Bloodhorse – Bob Ehalt – Mage’s Full Brother Dornoch Tops 10 in Remsen
Bloodhorse – Bob Ehalt – Everso Mischievous Chases Fourth Straight Win in Cigar
Bloodhorse – Byron King – Life Talk Commands Attention in Demoiselle
The Bitter Southerner – Wendell Brock – Sweet as Sugar, Rude as Hell
Phil M Stockmen
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