Bloodhorse – Dick Downey – Agreement: CHRB to Order Justify DQ, Pay Ruis $300,000
TDN – T.D. Thornton – CHRB Settles with Ruis in ’18 Santa Anita Derby Dispute Involving Justify DQ
Bloodhorse – Dick Downey – Baffert Asks for New Judge in Derby Bettors’ Case
TDN – TD Thornton – Bettors-Vs.-Baffert Suit Transferred to Kentucky
Bloodhorse – Dick Downey – Baffert Seeks Default Judgment in Defamation Suit
Phil says it’s time for all horse players who are on Twitter (X) to start bashing responding to that fucking asshole Not that @swifthitter.
@swifthitter sure flaps his jaws at lot, but then hides behind his mother’s skirt when the bailiffs come looking for him. When they came to serve him was he in the basement of his mother’s trailer.
Rhetoric is a poor substitute for action, and we have trusted only to rhetoric. If we are really to be a great nation, we must not merely talk; we must act big.
Theodore Roosevelt
Talk doesn’t cook rice.
Chinese Proverb
Talk that does not end in any kind of action is better suppressed altogether.
Thomas Carlyle
Bloodhorse – Eric Mitchell – NY Commission Upholds Suspension Due to Forte Positive
TDN – Bill Finley – Pletcher, Repole Lose Another Round in Fight to Overturn Hopeful DQ
Paulick Report – No, Justify Isn’t Going To Lose His Triple Crown Title; Here’s Why
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 – Dean Keppler – Racing Commission Approves Turf Paradise Race Dates
TDN – T.D. Thornton – Turf Paradise Approved to Run ’24 Meet, Pending Sign-off by HISA Authority
Bloodhorse – Byron King – Arizona HBPA: Turf Paradise to Reopen Jan. 29
TDN – Report: Racing To Resume at Turf Paradise in January
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The Current Race Meet at Century Mile Is Not in Great Shape
Remember this: classics never make a comeback. They wait for that perfect moment to take the spotlight from overdone, tired trends.
Tabatha Coffey
TDN – Bill Finley – P. Val Eyeing Comeback
Paulick Report – ‘Most Everybody Has Been Encouraging’: Pat Valenzuela Considering Comeback
Paulick Report – Ray Paulick – What I Learned At The Global Symposium On Racing
The Ringer – The 27 Best Albums of 2023
Paulick Report – Economic Indicators: November Handle Nearly Level, Despite Breeders’ Cup Declines
Bloodhorse – Byron King – Symposium: Track Closures Expected to Continue
TDN – TD Thornton – U of A Symposium: Trying to Find a Way Forward Amid Track Closures
Bloodhorse – Juddmonte Lands Teona for $5.7M+ at Tatts December
The Ringer – Paul Thompson – Dangerous Insecurity: ‘May December’ and the Rotting Core of True Crime
The Ringer – Ben Solak – Quarterback Injuries Are Defining the NFL Playoff Race
Front Office Sports – Eric Fisher – NHL Plans To Stage 2024 Draft At $2.3B Vegas Sphere
If you ever injected truth into politics you have no politics.
Will Rogers
The Ringer – Adam Nayman – The Best Movies of 2023
Phil was doing a quick perusal of the Stakes nominations at Fairgrounds to see when the nominations for the Gun Runner close when what to his astonished eyes did appear but a Stakes Race restricted to Alabama breds called the Magic City Classic running on December 8, 2023. Alabama doesn’t even have their own state book on the Jockey Club, but they do have a stakes race restricted to Alabama breds. There are only 6 horses entered and half the field is by a sire aptly named Doc n Bubba G out of the same Cryptyoclearance mare Ausbrook.
Phil’s not gonna denigrate the fine state of Alabama for the state of their thoroughbred breeding industry, but Phil got to wondering if Clark Kent and the Undertaker could manage thoroughbred racing in Alabama.
Bloodhorse – Karen M Johnson – On the Rise: Matt Dinerman
Mommy, why does daddy cuss the TV and call it Howard?
Howard Cosell
ESPN – GM Dana Brown says Astros not trading ‘pillar’ 3B Alex Bregman
Phil has a question:
Will Mattress Mack offer free furniture for life to get Bregman to re-sign with the Astros.
Will Mattress Mack offer free breeding to Runhappy for life to get Bregman to re-sign with the Astros.
Bloodhorse – Bernhards, Bregman Named New Owners of the Year
TDN – Bill Finley – European Riders Murphy and Levey Look to Make Their Marks at Gulfstream
Bloodhorse – Dean Keppler – Ring The Bell, Mistletoe Head Oaklawn Dec. 9 Stakes
Bloodhorse – Lauren Gash – Fasig-Tipton Midlantic Mixed Sale Caps 2023
Paulick Report – Natalie Voss – This Week In History: Man o’ War’s Legacy Overshadows Sir Barton
Southern Living – 26 Easy Cookie Recipes For Once-A-Year Bakers
The cookie recipe once a year bakers really use.
A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer.
Bruce Lee
Sports Business Journal – Bret McCormick – Clippers confirm Levy will handle Intuit Dome F&B
FiveThirtyEight – Geoffrey Skelley – The fourth Republican debate may have just three participants
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
Phil M Stockmen
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