Radar Love

Speed provides the one genuinely modern pleasure. 

Aldous Huxley

Bloodhorse – Frank Angst – Frequent Runners Faring Well in 2024 Triple Crown Races

TDN – Bill Finley – The Sport Can Learn From This Preakness, But Will Anyone Pay Attention

Paulick Report – Ray Paulick – Preakness TV Ratings Up Slightly, Wagering Dips Below $100 Million

Thoroughbred Racing Commentary – ‘A dollop of the dramatic and an uncommon sense of sportsmanship’ – Bill Christine on the great D Wayne Lukas

Bloodhorse – Byron King – NBC: Most Watched Preakness Stakes Since 2021

TDN – T.D. Thornton – The Week In Review: Seize The Grey Won The Preakness; His Trainer’s Glow Illuminates The Sport

Bloodhorse – Joe Perez – Lukas Shows a Coach’s Touch in Preakness Victory

Horse Race Insider – John Pricci – STORIED PREAKNESS PROVIDES A TRUE CLASSIC MOMENT AS LONGEVITY AND YOUTH WIN THE DAY

Bloodhorse – DeVaux Earns MJC’s Top Preakness Weekend Trainer Bonus

The first three horse across the wire in the Preakness ran on 2 weeks rest both races sans Lasix. If Lisa Lazarus was paying attention to her duties instead of looking for photo ops HISA might find a way to make some improvements.

You don’t get muddy if you’re out front gate to wire. Just look at how clean Seize The Grey and Torres are.

Everybody knows that grey horses run better in the mud.

Bloodhorse – Sean Collins – Life’s a Movie for Torres After Preakness Victory

It brings up happy old days when I was only a farmer and not an agriculturist.

O. Henry

The Guardian – Alice Vincent, Alys Fowler, Claire Ratinon, Matt Collins and Gynelle Leon – What even is mulch? 27 of the most basic gardening questions answered

TDN – Christina Bossinakis – Seize the Grey Seizes the Day to take Preakness Gate to Wire

That’s what makes this one special – 2,735 owners

Thoroughbred Racing Commentary – How I won the Preakness Stakes with Seize The Grey at the age of 88 – training legend D Wayne Lukas in his own words

ESPN – The Numbers Behind Seize the Grey’s Preakness Stakes Win

2,570 owners as part of his MyRacehorse ownership

$127 per share for 0.02% equity

Bloodhorse – Bob Ehalt – MyRacehorse Finds a Way to Make 2,570 Owners Happy

Brisnet – James Scully – Seize the Grey upsets Preakness foes to give Lukas seventh win

Bloodhorse – Bob Ehalt – Winning a Triple Crown Race Never Grows Old for Lukas

My Generation

TSN – Hurricanes, Brind’Amour agree to multi-year extension

Seattle Sports – Tim Reynolds and Stephen Whyno – Coaching carousel spins fast in NHL: Job security just doesn’t exist

After watching too many teams get eliminated in the NBA and NHL playoffs trying to protect a lead by playing Kitty bar the door Phil has a question:

Have any of the myopic coaches ever heard of General George S. Patton:

Nobody ever defended anything successfully, there is only attack and attack and attack some more.

George S. Patton

Five Books – Stefanie Van Steelandt – Five Books to Fathom General George Patton

ESPN – Brian Windhorst – 2024 NBA playoffs: New York, Indiana players focused on present

10. Would love to see the game operations at Scotiabank Arena tone down the bells and whistles, the force-fed noise-o-meters and barrage of video engagements. 

Some of the best fan experiences around the league let the moment breathe. They play good tunes and allow fans to sing along. Let the organist riff. They give space for organic chants to emerge from fans who want to cheer.

Every break between whistles doesn’t need to get crammed with an activation.

A few times this season at SBA, especially in the playoffs, a legitimate “Go! Leafs! Go!” chorus or “Sam-my!” serenade would get cut off at the knees by the next programmed pump-up tool, cranked at full blast.

SportsNet – Luke Fox – Now what?: 57 stray thoughts on the Toronto Maple Leafs

Mr. Heinz never had 57 varieties and Mr. Fox doesn’t have 57 thoughts.

Seattle Sports Brent Stecker – The Mariners are sending out free hot dogs with tiny parachutes

Bloodhorse – Bob Ehalt – Seize the Grey Outruns Mystik Dan in Preakness Stakes

Paulick Report – Seize The Grey Gives Lukas Seventh Preakness, A First For Jockey Jaime Torres

Tonight, Tonight

TDN – Alan Carasso – Soggy Conditions Suit California Raider Balnikhov In Dinner Party

Bloodhorse – Sean Collins – Fluffy Socks Wins Gallorette; Dinner Party to Balnikhov

Brisnet – Balnikhov makes fashionable arrival in Dinner Party; soft suits Fluffy Socks in Gallorette

Bloodhorse – Joe Perez –  Frost Free Brings Creighton First Graded Stakes Win

Bloodhorse – Ed McNamara – Corporate Power, Apple Picker Capture Stakes at Pimlico

Brisnet – Corporate Power edges Gould’s Gold, survives inquiry in Sir Barton

Brisnet – Vance Hanson – Super Chow earns third graded win of the year in Maryland Sprint

Bloodhorse – Frank Angst – Cooperative Derby Effort Sees Sports Bettors Try Racing

Southern Living – Kaitlyn Yarborough – 52 Classic Church Recipes Southerners Serve Every Sunday

Paulick Report – Victor Ryan – ‘It’s Great To Be Back’: Joe Talamo Returns To Santa Anita

Black

Think of horse races. People like to bet on the one with three legs and a wheeze.They don’t bet on that one because they think it will win, but because they can see how very glorious it would be if it were to win.

Natasha Pulley

Los Angeles Times – Nardine Saad – Dabney Coleman, the bad boss of ‘9 to 5’ and ‘Yellowstone’ guest star, dies at 92

The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill

Paulick Report – Record $28.4 Million Wagered On Pimlico’s Black-Eyed Susan Day

Bloodhorse – Bob Ehalt – Hennig, Lewis Share Black-Eyed Susan Win With Gun Song

TDN – Christina Bossinakis – Gun Song Fires Best Shot in Black-Eyed Susan

Paulick Report – Gun Song Proves Deserving Favorite In Black-Eyed Susan

TDN – Alan Carasso – Into Mischief’s Pyrenees Scales The Heights In Pimlico Special

Pyrenees, a son of five-time leading North American sire Into Mischief  , had a lot to overcome to get to the winner’s circle in Baltimore. With the win he became the 150th black-type stakes winner for his sire.

Bloodhorse – Eric Mitchell and Joe Perez – Pyrenees Continues to Thrive, Earns Milestone for Sire

Paulick Report – Pyrenees Caps DeVaux Stakes Triple With Stretch-Running Pimlico Special Victory

TDN – Christina Bossinakis – Mo Town’s Mystic Lake Coast To Coast In the Miss Preakness

Bloodhorse – Sean Collins – Mystic Lake Too Quick for Foes in Miss Preakness

TDN – Classy She Feels Pretty Romps in Hilltop Return

New York Times – Eric Asimov – Despite War, Ukrainian Wines Are Finding a Global Audience

There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge. 

Isaac Asimov

SportsNet – Maple Leafs hire Craig Berube as head coach

The New Yorker – Deborah Treisman – Alice Munro Reinvigorated the Short Story

The Conversation – Manina Jones – Alice Munro followed the back roads of stories, mapping routes home to southwestern Ontario

The Globe and Mail – Jimmy Thomson – Alice Munro left her mark on Victoria, where she launched her career

New York Times – Anthony DePalma – Alice Munro, Nobel Laureate and Master of the Short Story, Dies at 92

Munro Books – Celebrating Alice Munro

Phil’s reprising:

ESPN – Arash Markazi – In Preakness infield, party is the only event that matters

Horse Racing Nation – Ron Flatter – Flatter: What really is next for the home of the Preakness?

DRF – Matt Hegarty – It’s the end of Pimlico as we know it, and the people feel fine

ESPN – Michael A. Fletcher – A struggling neighborhood’s big bet on Pimlico’s future

DRF – Matt Hegarty – Bill transferring Pimlico ownership to state passes in Maryland legislature

Pimlico Plumbers

New York Times – Frank Bruni – There’s No Meal Better (or Longer) Than an Italian Sunday Lunch

Paulick Report – Natalie Voss – Three-Year Deal On The Horizon For Arizona Horsemen, Turf Paradise

Front Office Sports – Eric Fisher – Commissioners Grapple with Power Limits Amid Sports Betting Boom

TDN – Monmouth Park, Caesars Celebrate Sportsbook Groundbreaking

The Ringer – Justin Sayles – The Nostalgic Glow of the Movie Soundtrack

The horse that was overlooked time and again became invaluable to the Japanese racing industry as a breed-shaping stallion. Once more, the last word belonged to Sunday Silence.

America’s Best Racing – Tom Pedulla – Sunday Silence: The Star No One Wanted

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Phil M Stockmen