Jockey Flavien Prat adds another GI win to his meet-record 17th stakes win at Saratoga Race Course.
TDN – ‘Rising Star’ Chancer McPatrick Rallies Late For Hopeful Victory
Bloodhorse – Teresa Genaro – Chancer McPatrick Rallies to Hopeful Score
Paulick Report – Christian Abdo – Chancer McPatrick Upstages Favorite Ferocious In Hopeful
Jockey Flavien Prat lands meet-record 17th stakes win at Saratoga Race Course.
Bloodhorse – Highland Falls Scores Grade 1 in Jockey Club Gold Cup
TDN – Curlin’s Highland Falls Runs Huge In Jockey Club Gold Cup At The Spa
Paulick Report – Highland Falls Scores Top-Level Breakthrough In Jockey Club Gold Cup
Bloodhorse – Sean Collins – Fun of Horse Ownership Lured Kelce to Swift Delivery
Garden and Gun – Lindsey Liles – The Florida Panther Finds an Unlikely Ally
The Ringer – Kyle Wilson – The Tale of Two Tim Burtons
TDN – Mike Kane – Saratoga Season Wraps Up On a High
Paulick Report – Saratoga Meet Concludes With Handle Gains
Bloodhorse – Sean Collins – KY Derby Also-Ran Closes Out Virginia Derby’s Turf Era
If my critics saw me walking over the Thames they would say it was because I couldn’t swim.
Margaret Thatcher
Phil has a question:
Will the UCP’s pronoun laws save Alberta when the rivers all run dry.
The Ringer – Anthony Dabbundo – What Are the Best Futures Bets for the 2024 NFL Season?
Bloodhorse – Tracy Gantz – Formidable Man Wins Del Mar Derby for Sire’s Team
TDN – Formidable Man Sports Strong Late Turn Of Foot To Win Del Mar Derby
Paulick Report – Del Mar Summer: Frey ‘Consumed With Gratitude’ Following Pacific Classic Win
TSN – Reese becomes WNBA’s single-season rebounding leader in loss to Lynx
SportsNet – Stephen A.: Caitlin Clark is WNBA ROY, in conversation for MVP
In most years Angel Reese is a shoo-in for WNBA rookie of the year. But she’s butting heads with Caitlin Clark. And we all know that when it comes to sports awards, offence trumps defence and winning trumps losing. Phil will stop there.
It may be the cock that crows, but it is the hen that lays the eggs.
Margaret Thatcher
Being well dressed hasn’t much to do with having good clothes. It’s a question of good balance and good common sense.
Oscar de la Renta
Phil has a question:
Does Laine need glasses.
Dress shabbily and they remember the dress; dress impeccably and they notice the woman.
Coco Chanel
You can never be overdressed or overeducated.
Oscar Wilde
Paulick Report – Racing Into the Future: How Technology Is Transforming Horse Racing
Paulick Report – Pimlico Shutters Ahead Of Multimillion-Dollar Renovation
TDN – Mike Kane – Saratoga Could Host Extra Weekend of Racing in 2025
New York Times – Michael Wilson – David Copperfield Vanished. The Problem of His Penthouse Remains.
I know enough of the world now to have almost lost the capacity of being much surprised by anything,
Charles Dickens
Sometimes Phil just gotta give in to the Urge
Bloodhorse – Sean Collins – Sapling Victor Crazy Frazy Blame’s 50th Stakes Winner
Sometimes Phil just gotta give in to the Urge
If I had my life to live over again, I would have made a rule to read some poetry and listen to some music at least once every week.
Charles Darwin
Bloodhorse – Sean Collins – O’Meara Thrilled by Bellum Justum’s Nashville Win
TDN – Sea The Stars’s Bellum Justum Bridges The Gap In Nashville Derby
Bloodhorse – Sean Collins – Bellum Justum Earns Big Nashville Derby Win for Europe
Zen does not confuse spirituality with thinking about god while one is peeling potatoes. Zen spirituality is just to peel the potatoes.
Alan Watts
Coach Reid is always going to dial the right plays up. He’s a guru.
Travis Kelce
Bloodhorse – Byron King – Piper’s Factor Turns Away Swift Delivery in Toronto Cup
Where words fail, music speaks.
Hans Christian Andersen
Atlas Obscura – Roxanne Hoorn – Can You Outsmart a Raccoon?
Atlas Obscura – Rebeca Doyle – Moon Time Is a Thing Now—Here’s Why It Matters
On a day when everybody is trying to find a way to process an unbearable grief, what could possibly be said?
The Score – AP – Remembering Johnny Hockey, a star on and off the ice
ESPN – Blue Jackets’ Johnny Gaudreau, brother struck by car, killed
TSN – Blue Jackets F Gaudreau dead at age 31
SportsNet – Blue Jackets forward Johnny Gaudreau, brother dead
Treat every moment as your last. It is not preparation for something else.
Shunryu Suzuki
At the end of the day, you can’t compete with Mother Nature. If you’ve got a great tomato, just a pinch of sea salt is all you need.
Zac Posen
New York Times – Caroline Hopkins – How Healthy Are Tomatoes?
It’s difficult to think anything but pleasant thoughts while eating a homegrown tomato.
Lewis Grizzard
The handle for the 2024 95th Canadian Derby was $1,405,416 with $271,047 being bet on track. To put that in perspective the handle for a 7 race card at Winnipeg’s Assiniboia Downs on Wednesday August 28, 2024 was $1,487,884.
Perhaps that’s why silence prevails at the Century Mile.
TDN – Alan Carasso – Nashville Derby A Very Rich And ‘Grand Ole’ Showdown
Paulick Report – Ray Paulick – Del Mar Summer: Paulick’s Best Bets For Pacific Classic Day
Front Office Sports – NHL’s National TV Broadcast Schedule Centers Star-Stacked Teams
Bloodhorse – Bob Kieckhefer – Asian Racing Conference Urged to Heed Social Demands
Phil has a question:
Why do the MAGAT right wingnuts keep denying that there is a global warming crisis, yet there businesses make adjustments for higher temperatures and sea levels.
Sports Illustrated – Texans Owner’s Wife Clowns Browns for Agreeing to Deshaun Watson Trade in 2022
Never miss the opportunity to shut the fuck up.
Phil’s updated Cowboy Wisdom
Phil has a question:
When the number of horses sold won’t even fill a 6 horse card where will the horses come from.
Phil has a question:
How thick are the lenses on Ambrosie’s rose coloured glasses.
Garden and Gun – Latria Graham – A Southern Childhood Nurtured by Nature
Front Office Sports – Margaret Fleming – The Huge Money Behind College Football’s Wild Realignment
Phil has a question:
Does Stephen A have a diss ready for each one.
New York Times – Would You Pay to Attend a Wedding?
Phil has a question:
Is the most common RSVP response FU.
Bloodhorse – Tracy Gantz – Del Mar Stakes Winners Meet in Del Mar Derby
TDN – Zulu Kingdom Wins Spa’s With Anticipation, Gives Prat Record-Tying Stakes Win
Paulick Report – Off Sizzling Debut, Ferocious Favored In Monday’s Closing-Day Hopeful At Saratoga
Paulick Report – Fierceness Takes Over Top Spot In Breeders’ Cup Classic Rankings
Canadian Cattleman – Debbie Furber – The trials and troubles of feeding monensin to cattle
Phil has a question:
If monensin kills horses how can beef that eats it be safe for human consumption.
“Racing needs that kind of opportunity. You can’t just rely upon your racing products at this point in time to be successful,” Drazin said.
He added, “You have to make it a destination for people to come to. It’s not just for horse racing. You have to bring people into the area with all the other entertainment aspects that you’re going to create in order to get them to cross over into horse racing and sustain the product, that revenue stream for horse racing.”
Bloodhorse – Joe Perez – Monmouth Park Ownership Transferred Under New Lease
SportsNet – CP – King’s Plate winner Caitlinhergrtness skipping Prince of Wales
The Ringer – Steven Hyden – Peace, Love, and Mass Electrocution: The Myth of the Original Woodstock
It’s the little details that are vital. Little things make big things happen.
John Wooden
Phil has a question:
If Belichek speaks on a PhD level how many American footballs fans will understand him.
Hansons are still Number 1 with a bullet.
Please Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood
CBC – AP – Oasis is back for a tour, ending 15-year hiatus
Phil has a question:
Will Liam and Noel have separate tour busses or planes.
Where do you find the odds for when they’ll break up again.
Will this tour set a record for fans buying event insurance.
The Score – Tom Ruminski – Ohtani homers after his dog throws out 1st pitch on bobblehead night
Phil M Stockmen
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