In addition to thrilling racing action, California Crown day hosted multiple musical acts and food promotions. The promotional efforts by 1/ST seemed to draw a younger crowd to the event.

Bloodhorse – Sean Collins – CA Crown Shows Promising Wagering, Attendance Increases

Bloodhorse – Sean Collins – Most Wanted Stays Unbeaten After OK Derby Battle

TDN – Most Wanted Again Caught On Camera, This Time In Oklahoma

Bloodhorse – Sean Collins – Saudi Crown Still Targeting Breeders’ Cup After Scratch

The Ringer – Zach Kram – Why Every Remaining MLB Team Will Win the 2024 World Series—and Why They Won’t

The Score – Dan Wilkins – Key takeaways and analysis from Week 4 in the NFL

The Ringer – Steven Ruiz – The Winners and Losers of NFL Week 4

Sports Illustrated – Five Brutal Stats From Bo Nix’s Performance in Broncos’ Win vs. Jets

Phil has a question:

If Bo Nix was brutal what word(s) would you use to describe the Jets’ offensive performance.

Sunday Morning Coming Down

Riding bulls is like dancing with the devil. You never know what he’s gonna do next.

Chris Shivers

2023 Canadian Finals Rodeo – Bull Riding

Phil has a question:

Do they tell the bulls who is attempting to ride them.

The only good reason to ride a bull is to meet a nurse.

Cowboy Wisdom

TDN – Chiefswood Stables One-Two-Three in Breeders’ Stakes

Me and Bobby McGee

When in doubt, Let your horse do the thinking,

Cowboy Wisdom

Bloodhorse – Karen M. Johnson – Ways and Means Dominates Big A’s Gallant Bloom Stakes

Me and Bobby McGee

Bloodhorse – On to the Classic For Subsanador After California Crown

Loving Her Was Easier (Than Anything I’ll Ever Do Again)

ESPN – Brian Windhorst – How the Knicks’ and Wolves’ unique problems led to this unlikely trade

Watch Closely Now

The Ringer – Michael Pina – The Karl-Anthony Towns Trade Could Haunt the Knicks and Wolves

Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.

Confucius

Front Office Sports – One Year Later, Taylor Swift Effect Stretches Far Beyond NFL

Southern Living – Ann Taylor Pittman – Southern Tomato Sandwich

There is no doubt in the sanctity of Mecca, but a donkey won’t become a Hajj pilgrim by just going through the motions.

Rahman Baba

Deacon Blues

Paulick Report – Canterbury Park Meet Concludes With Gains In Handle, Average Field Size

Bloodhorse – Bob Kieckhefer – “Euro Road to the Kentucky Derby” Winners Excel on Turf

Phil has a question:

Why does CDI give points to European turf races, but not North American turf races.

TDN – Nyquist’s Johannes Secures BC Mile Berth In City of Hope Mile

Bloodhorse – Tracy Gantz – Subsanador Wrestles CA Crown Victory From Baffert Duo

TDN – Steve Sherack – Subsanador Outbattles Baffert Duo in Heart-Stopping Inaugural California Crown

I Got You Babe

TDN – Stephanie Grimm – Zulu Kingdom Stays Perfect, Punches BC Ticket With Pilgrim Win

Pilgrim

Agriculture is a business that has been up to its bib overalls in politics since the first Thanksgiving dinner kickback to the Indians for subsidizing Pilgrim maize production with fish head fertilizer grants.

P. J. O’Rourke

Sometimes Phil just gotta succumb to the Urge.

I can resist everything except temptation.

Oscar Wilde

Bloodhorse – Bob Ehalt – Zulu Kingdom Wins Pilgrim, Earns Breeders’ Cup Spot

Patience is also a form of action.

Auguste Rodin

Bloodhorse – Dresden Row Bests Older Rivals in Durham Cup

Horse Racing Nation – Brian Zipse – As stars exit, a pair of 2-year-olds will be fun to watch

Thoroughbred Racing Commentary – Jay Hovdey – Ouija Board: ‘A force of nature, a moveable feast, pushing the limits of what a truly great Thoroughbred could accomplish’

Everything you can imagine is real.

Pablo Picasso

TDN – Dornoch Retires to Spendthrift Following Training Setback

Bloodhorse – Auguste Rodin Retiring to Coolmore After Japan Cup

Every Picture Tells a Story

People say I think too much about women, yet, after all what is there more important to think about?

Auguste Rodin

Los Angeles Times – Bill Plaschke – Shohei Ohtani pitching out of bullpen in playoffs? Why not?

Phil has a question:

With horse racing continually prematurely retiring their stars to the breeding pen how can the industry expect fans to remain loyal.

Garden and Gun – A Promising New Tool in the Fight to Preserve Bobwhite Quail

Words easy to be understood do often hit the mark; when high and learned ones do only pierce the air.

John Bunyan

Bloodhorse – Bob Kieckhefer – Revamped European Road to the KY Derby Adds Dubai Race

The Ringer – Dante Lee – Why Has the NFL’s Explosive Passing Game Disappeared?

Front Office Sports – Daniel Roberts – Nike’s New CEO Choice Was Cheered. Now He Must Fix the Brand

TDN – Inaugural California Crown Highlights Massive Weekend of Racing

Paulick Report – Victor Ryan – Baffert’s California Crown Triple Threat: ‘I Wouldn’t Be Surprised If Any Of The Three Won’

Horse Race Insider – John Pricci – HUGE BREEDERS’ CUP PREP AGENDA THIS SATURDAY; POTENTIAL TOTE BUSTER PLAYS FROM HRI

New York Times – Jack Nicas – What Does Baseball Lose When the A’s Leave Oakland?

Taxi

The towels were so thick there I could hardly close my suitcase.

Yogi Berra

ESPN – Tim Keown – Athletics win final game in Oakland before sellout crowd

Sitting On The Dock of the Bay

SportsNet – AP – Athletics bid emotional farewell to Oakland Coliseum that they called home since 1968

In The End

TSN – CP – Athletics are last major pro sports team still standing in Oakland after other departures

There’s an old saying that pigs get fat and hogs go to market. Well, some of the players these days aren’t even pigs or hogs–they’re gluttons. We have to keep salaries within reason. If we just rolled over and gave them what they wanted, we’d price ourselves out of business.

Charlie O. Finley

Leaving on a Jet Plane

Phil’s reprising:

The Ringer – Dan Moore – The Long, Sad Story of the Stealing of the Oakland A’s

The Emptiness Machine

The Conversation – Ravi Menon – Resiliency and concussion: Why do some athletes develop neurodegeneration and others don’t?

Thoroughbred Racing Commentary – Amanda Duckworth – A life after racing: the Thoroughbred Makeover – get ready for the world’s largest racehorse retraining competition

Cochrane News – Tim Kalinowski – Alberta’s ‘King of the Fish’ says he is broke and desperate for help

Paulick Report – Three-Time Breeders’ Cup Mile Winner Goldikova Inducted Into British Hall Of Fame

The Ringer – Nora Princiotti – The Browns Have No Way Out of the Deshaun Watson Mess They Created

The Ringer – Miles Surrey – What’s the Best Four-Film Run by a Director? Francis Ford Coppola Has Competition.

Thoroughbred Racing Commentary – Nicholas Godfrey – What’s been happening: Breeders’ Cup Classic news in Japan, Frankie Dettori returns, Adare Manor retired and more