ESPN – AP – Churchill Downs lifts suspension of trainer Bob Baffert
Bloodhorse – Dick Downey – CDI Rescinds Baffert Ban After Zedan Case Dismissal
Bloodhorse – Dick Downey – Bettors Lose Case Against Baffert, CDI in Appeals Court
The complaint alleges that Wunderler and Dicorcia engaged in a “conspiracy to extort money from Baffert, sent a text message demanding a sum certain (sic) of money, with specific payment instructions for wiring money, in exchange for a promise not to release information defendants allege is so damaging that it will end Baffert’s career.
“In furtherance of this conspiracy,” the complaint continues, “Mr. Wunderler instructed a third party to deliver that message to Baffert’s representatives, and that message was in fact delivered to Baffert when it was forwarded to Baffert’s wife.”
Bloodhorse – Dick Downey – Baffert Suit Alleges Extortion, Defamation, Threats
Garden and Gun – Tom Wilmes – Will an Open Bottle of Fine Bourbon Ever Go Bad?
Phil has an answer:
Not if you drink it promptly.
TDN – McGrath – Sikura: No Simple Solutions for a Fractured Sport
After The Symposium Where Does Horse Racing Go
TDN – Letter To The Editor: Breeders Need To ‘Look Within’ As Well
“Turf Paradise LLP is working toward the purchase of Turf Paradise race course,” the statement read. “We plan to keep live racing, to bring this facility into a new era — horse racing for the benefit of everyone involved. We feel the preservation of such a wonderfully historical facility and the preservation of thousands of jobs that horse racing offers can carry the legacy of Turf Paradise on for another 50 years. We plan to completely redevelop surrounding land, all for the benefit of horse racing. We look forward to a new bright future for everyone at Turf Paradise.”
Bloodhorse – Byron King – Reopening of Turf Paradise Tied to Potential Sale
Phil has a question:
Is there any city more appropriate for a track to rise from the ashes.
Bloodhorse – Eric Mitchell – Arizona Horsemen Say Turf Paradise Will Race in January
TDN – Turf Paradise’s Simulcast Extended, Plans To Card Races In Early January
A book exists at the intersection of the author’s subconscious and the reader’s response.
William Gibson
Becoming the Beatles
Thursday, October 12th, 2023 – 7:30 PM
Medicine Hat, Alberta – Esplanade Arts & Heritage Centre
Friday, October 13th, 2023 – 7:30 PM
Camrose, Alberta – Jeanne & Peter Lougheed Performing Arts Centre
Saturday, October 14th, 2023 – 7:30 PM
Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta – Shell Theatre
Wall Street Journal – Maryjean Wall – The Horse That Birthed the Beatles
Bloodhorse – Byron King – $1.7M Earner Somelikeithotbrown Retired Due to Injury
Phil tips his hat to the horse and the person who gave it one of the best names Phil’s ever seen.
TSN – Lions add former 49ers QB Kaepernick to negotiation list
SportsNet – Bassitt’s career night puts Blue Jays on cusp of post-season berth
The Ringer – Miles Surrey – ‘The Creator’ Is Worth More Than Its Middling Story
Southern Living – Ever Wondered How Southern You Actually Are? Take Our Quiz To Find Out
Front Office Sports – Taylor Swift Shaking Up Travis Kelce, Chiefs Prop Betting Market
The Score – Report: Blazers declined Lillard’s request to return if Heat move failed
Bloodhorse – Eric Mitchell – Into Mischief’s 2024 Stud Fee Holds Steady at $250,000
TDN – Secretariat Exhibition To Visit Woodbine Racetrack And Keeneland Race Course In October
Canadian Thoroughbred – A Tremendous Machine Exhibit Comes to Woodbine Oct. 5
Bloodhorse – Lenny Shulman – Woodward Stakes Try Doesn’t Work out for Secretariat
TDN – Horse Racing Women’s Summit Offers Annual Membership
Bloodhorse – Frank Angst – Kentucky Committee Hearing Outlines Racing Industry
Phil has an answer:
Anyone who didn’t watch it.
TSN – CP – Blue Jays look to end scoring drought, move closer to securing a playoff berth
Phil has a question:
What good is a preview if the Jays don’t make the playoffs.
Do the Jays keep losing so they can listen to
ESPN – Jesse Rogers – Braves’ Ronald Acuña Jr. becomes founding member of 40-70 club
When all is said and done, more is said than done.
Lou Holtz
Southern Living – Kaitlyn Yarborough – What Your Favorite Southern Seasoning Says About You
Phil has a question:
What does making your own seasonings say about you.
Bloodhorse – Byron King – Four Asmussen Horses at Santa Anita for Breeders’ Cup
Some very considerable part of the gestural language of public places that had once belonged to cigarettes now belonged to phones.
William Gibson
Front Office Sports – Arlington Heights Looks To Break Stadium Logjam With Bears
TDN – HISA Submits Proposed Enforcement and Registration Rules Changes to FTC
TDN – Kentucky Derby Winner Mage to Stand at Airdrie Upon Retirement
ESPN – Sources: Blazers trading Damian Lillard to Bucks in 3-team deal
The Score – Joseph Casciaro, Joe Wolfond – Where the Lillard trade leaves Bucks, Blazers, and Suns
The Ringer – The Damian Lillard Trade Roundtable
The Ringer – Kevin O’Connor – The Heat Didn’t Panic for Dame. Maybe They Should Have.
The Ringer – Zach Kram – The Damian Lillard Trade Changes Everything for the Milwaukee Bucks
Phil has a question:
Do the Bucks have enough bucks.
If ignorance were enough to make things not exist, the world would be more like a lot of people think it is. But it’s not.
William Gibson
ABC538 – Republican debate highlights and analysis: Candidates squabble in Simi Valley
If you burn your neighbors house down, it doesn’t make your house look any better.
Lou Holtz
Front Office Sports – Michael McCarthy – Taylor Swift NFL Hype Likely To Continue Another Week
Phil has a question:
Do the other Chiefs ask Kelce for concert tickets.
The Ringer – Alan Seigel – Nothing Is Better Than This: The Oral History of ‘Stop Making Sense’
Courage is grace under pressure.
Ernest Hemingway
Sportsnet – Heat’s Jimmy Butler accuses Bucks of tampering after Lillard trade news breaks
Phil has a question:
Could that fucking overpaid under producing Jimmy Butler either make a direct accusation or shut the fuck up.
Bloodhorse – ANZ Bloodstock News – Tim Rowe – Coolmore Buys Iconic Australian Strawberry Hill Stud
ESPN – Horse racing groups introduce competing safety legislation they hope will replace HISA
Paulick Report – Louisiana Congressman Introduces Legislation To Replace HISA
“NAGA’s members were huge Redskin fans precisely because they were the Redskins,” the lawsuit says. “It was the only team in the NFL to honor an actual Native American. They were proud to watch professional football players engage in a different kind of battle, with the stoic face of Chief White Calf on their helmets.”
It goes on to blame Washington Commanders owner Josh Harris for “erasing” the heritage. The suit also purports that a Commanders employee defamed the organization by referring to it as a “fake” group while in conversation with a former luxury box owner.
SportsNet – Shi Davidi – Spoiler Alert: Yankees interrupt Blue Jays’ impressive run
The Score – AP – Mariners snap 4-game losing streak, beat Astros to stay in wild-card hunt
Phil M Stockmen
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