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Saturday November 2, 2024

Del Mar


Saturday in The Park

When you rise in the morning, give thanks for the light, for your life, for your strength. Give thanks for your food and for the joy of living. If you see no reason to give thanks, the fault lies in yourself.

Tecumseh

This is It

Phil has a question:

Where are all the prop bets.

You’re off to great places! Today is your day! Your mountain is waiting, So get on your way!

Dr. Seuss

Phil has a reminder:

All the feel good stories and $2.95US will get you a coffee at Starbucks.

NPR – Alina Selyukh – Starbucks hopes faster drinks, fewer upcharges and nicer mugs bring people back

Los Angeles Times – Dodgers World Series parade: Thousands celebrate in the streets and at Dodger Stadium

Paulick Report – Chelsea Hackbarth – Breeders’ Cup Buzz Presented By Xpressbet: What Is Hall Of Fame Jockey Mike Smith’s Gym Routine?

Paulick Report – Joe Nevills – The Haiku Handicapper Presented By FanDuel Racing: 2024 Breeders’ Cup Classic

#1 – Forever Young
Back for redemption
Next clunker will be his first
Clean start, and he’s live

#2 – Highland Falls
Strong prep on paper
Paper-thin competition
What does that leave us?

#3 – City of Troy
Giant’s Causeway’s ghost
Has taken a new vessel
Tiznow can’t save us

#4 – Mixto
Pacific upset
A flimsy field in hindsight
Not convinced he’s good

#5 – Senor Buscador
Saudi Cup victor
Middle East bounce hit him hard
Best going shorter

#6 – Derma Sotogake
Flair for surprises
But his form’s sideways this year
Can’t get too enthused

#7 – Ushba Tesoro
Far-behind closer
Might not always hit target
But he’ll sure get close

#8 – Pyrenees
If this were the Clark
I’d be much more excited
As it stands, passing

#9 – Fierceness
Two Eclipse Awards
Decided by his effort
One of them is gold

#10 – Tapit Trice
Beat three in Woodward
At some point in these races
Someone had to win

#11 – Sierra Leone
Needs more real estate
Like Century 21
Always runs his race

#12 – Arthur’s Ride
“Lead hypnosis” type
That tactic could have worked here
With a better post

#13 – Newgate
Good layoff return
Del Mar record is shaky
Wins or off the board

#14 – Next
Marathon titan
Shouldn’t be hindered starting
From the parking lot

#15AE – Rattle N Roll
Back from a long rest
Live in any Grade 3 race
Far from comfort zone

Prediction
U.S. blanked in tri
Forever Young over “Troy”
Nine, fourteen follow

Paulick Report – Chelsea Hackbarth – Breeders’ Cup Buzz Presented By Xpressbet: It Was City Of Troy’s Destiny To Be A Dirt Horse

Secretariat.com – Steve Haskin – Breeders’ Cup Classic: Three Potential Live Overlays

Secretariat.com – Steve Haskin – Breeders’ Cup Analysis: So Much to Sort Out

TDN – Steve Sherack – Selections for Breeders’ Cup Saturday at Del Mar

Bloodhorse – Byron King – Forever Young Seeks BC Classic After KY Derby Near Miss

Forever Young

Thoroughbred Racing Commentary – Graham Dench – Breeders’ Cup analysis: will City Of Troy provide the star turn for European team on Day 2 at Del Mar?

Paulick Report – ‘We Think He’s As Bulletproof As We Can Have Him’: City Of Troy Ready For Classic Challenge

The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face

TwinSpires – James Scully – Betting with, and against, City of Troy in Breeders’ Cup Classic

TwinSpires – Kellie Heilly – Top five questions of 2024 Breeders’ Cup: A Classic for the ages?

Paulick Report – ‘He’s Made Us All Proud’: Next Enters Classic On Seven-Race Win Streak

Paulick Report – Classic Win Would Rocket Fierceness To Top Of Mike Repole’s Greatest Hits

TwinSpires – The Breeders’ Cup Betting Guide: Expert Picks & Handicapping Analysis 2024

Horse Racing Insider – Dave Rosenthal – HRI’s BREEDERS’ CUP SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT DISSECTS SATURDAY’S LOADED PROGRAM

Alcohol may be man’s worst enemy, but the bible says love your enemy.

Frank Sinatra

TwinSpires – James Scully – Longshots to consider for 2024 Breeders’ Cup

TwinSpires – James Scully – 2024 Breeders’ Cup: Betting the Breeders’ Cup Saturday Late Pick 5

Bloodhorse – Brewster Looking Forward to Cogburn’s Turf Sprint Try

TDN – Katie Petrunyak – One Last Breeders’ Cup Dance for Moira, Then on to Fasig-Tipton

Horse Race Insider – Dave Rosenthal – HRI’s BREEDERS’ CUP SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT DISSECTS SATURDAY’S LOADED PROGRAM

Bloodhorse – Molly Rollins – Carl Spackler’s BC Mile Bid a ‘Family Affair’

TwinSpires – John Mucciolo – Tipsheet: 2024 Breeders’ Cup Mile

TwinSpires – John Mucciolo – How to bet the 2024 Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile

Paulick Report – South Africa’s Isivunguvungu Hopes To Take Breeders’ Cup By Storm

Bloodhorse – Sean Collins – South African ‘Storm’ Set to Hit Breeders’ Cup

TwinSpires – John Mucciolo – Tipsheet: 2024 Breeders’ Cup Turf

TDN – HISA Calls for Delay to Start of Turf Paradise Meet

Saturday Night’s Alright for Fighting

Bloodhorse – Byron King – Henri Matisse Wins Juvenile Turf, O’Brien’s 20th BC Win

Brisnet – Kellie Reilly – Henri Matisse paints masterpiece in Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf

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Phil has a question:

What is the favourite software at Horse Racing Alberta.

Phil has an answer:

Windows.

Bloodhorse – Bob Ehalt – Citizen Bull Wires Field in Breeders’ Cup Juvenile

ESPN – AP – Baffert’s horses finish 1-2 in $2 million Juvenile at Del Mar

Bloodhorse – Jay Hovdey – Lake Victoria Delivers in BC Juvenile Fillies Turf

Paulick Report – Chelsea Hackbarth – ‘Like A Jet’: Immersive Dominates Rivals In Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies

Bloodhorse – Sean Collins – Unbeaten Immersive Rolls to Juvenile Fillies Win

TDN – Magnum Force Gets Europe On The Board First In Juvenile Turf Sprint

Bloodhorse – Tracy Gantz – Magnum Force Overhauls Field in BC Juvenile Turf Sprint

Phil has a question:

Does he put ketchup on his hot dogs.

Clint Eastwood

Friday I’m In Love

Every day is a gift. But some days are packaged better.

Sanhita Baruah

This is It

Phil has a question:

Where are all the prop bets.

The Ringer – Lex Pryor – In the End, the Yankees Were Unserious, Relentless Losers

The Ringer – Ben Lindbergh – Everything Went Wrong for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Until Everything Went Right

Los Angeles Times – Richard Winton and Nathan Solis – A crowd of 100,000 is expected at Dodgers parade — and security will be tight

Front Office Sports – Eric Fisher – World Series Delivers 7-Year Ratings Record, Marking MLB’s Big Comeback

Garden and Gun – Tom Wilmes – Meet the Woman Behind the Bourbon Judged Tops in the Country

New York Times – Joe Drape – Breeders’ Cup Arrives in California, Where Horse Racing Is Struggling

Phil has a question:

Which set of sports fans gets more pissed at Drape – the sports fans who could care less about horse racing for Drape wasting paper on horse racing or the horse racing fans for Drape always managing to rain on their big day parades with negative racing articles.

Paulick Report – Ray Paulick – The More Things Change … The More They Change

Today you are you, that is truer than true. There is no one alive that is youer than you.

Dr. Seuss

The problem is that social scientists don’t seem to know how to incorporate the nonlinearity of chaos. For how can disciplines such as psychology, sociology, economics and political science anticipate the world-changing effects of something as small as one consequential day of sightseeing or as ephemeral as passing clouds?

Chaos theory, to this day, explains why our weather forecasts remain useless beyond a week or two. To predict meteorological changes accurately, we, like Laplace’s demon, would have to be perfect in our understanding of weather systems, and – no matter how advanced our supercomputers may seem – we never will be. Confidence in a predictable future, therefore, is the province of charlatans and fools; or, as the US theologian Pema Chödrön put it: ‘If you’re invested in security and certainty, you are on the wrong planet.’

Aeon – Brian Klaas – The forces of chance

I believe in luck: how else can you explain the success of those you dislike? 

Jean Cocteau

Barbara Ann

TDN – Steve Sherack – Breeders’ Cup Weekend is Here!

Phil has a reminder:

All the feel good stories and $2.95US will get you a coffee at Starbucks.

TwinSpires – Kellie Reilly – Five questions to be answered on 2024 Breeders’ Cup Future Stars Friday

Secretariat.com – Steve Haskin – Breeders’ Cup Analysis: So Much to Sort Out

TwinSpires – J Keeler Johnson – Breeders’ Cup 2024: Friday contenders under the radar

Twin Spires – John Mucciolo – How to bet the 2024 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf

The Waco Kid

What did you expect? ‘Welcome, Sonny?’ ‘Make yourself at home?’ ‘Marry my daughter?’ You’ve got to remember that these are just simple farmers. These are people of the land. The common clay of the new West. You know. Morons!

The Waco Kid

Rio Bravo

The Open Window

Q. Why don’t the minions at Horse Racing Alberta stare out their windows in the morning.

A. Then, they’d have nothing to do in the afternoon.

Sometimes Phil just gotta give in to the Urge.

Morning at the Window

T.S. Eliot

They are rattling breakfast plates in basement kitchens,
And along the trampled edges of the street
I am aware of the damp souls of housemaids
Sprouting despondently at area gates.,

The brown waves of fog toss up to me
Twisted faces from the bottom of the street,
And tear from a passer-by with muddy skirts
An aimless smile that hovers in the air
And vanishes along the level of the roofs

TDN – Steve Sherack -Saratoga: The Fall Place to Be

This Is Horse Racing – Joe Clancy – Breeders’ Cup conversations

Bloodhorse – America’s Best Racing – Mike Curry – Plenty of Reasons to Land on East Avenue in Juvenile

Phil has a question:

Have you ever met anyone who has won a prize in McDonald’s Monopoly for collecting properties or airports.

Twin Spires – John Mucciolo – Tipsheet: 2024 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile

Necessity is the mother of taking chances.

Mark Twain

Mongo

America’s Best Racing – J Keeler Johnson – Citizen Bull a Good Bet to Post Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Upset

Radioactive

Bloodhorse – Bob Ehalt – Rigney Hopes to Hit the Exacta in BC Juvenile

Bloodhorse – Bob Ehalt – Mage Paved the Way to BC Juvenile for Ferocious

Bloodhorse – Frank Angst – Plenty of Common Ties for Thought Process, Iron Man Cal

TwinSpires – John Mucciolo – Betting with, and against, Lake Victoria in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf

TwinSpires – John Mucciolo – How to bet the 2024 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies

Twin Spires – John Mucciolo – How to bet the 2024 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint

TwinSpires – 2024 Breeders’ Cup Special Daily Doubles & Special Pick’n’ Betting Guide

TwinSpires – The Breeders’ Cup Betting Guide: Expert Picks & Handicapping Analysis 2024

TwinSpires – James Scully – Longshots to consider for 2024 Breeders’ Cup

Horse Race Insider – Dave Rosenthal – HRI’s BREEDERS’ CUP SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT DISSECTS SATURDAY’S LOADED PROGRAM

Bloodhorse – Three Things You Might Not Know About: Thorpedo Anna

Forbes – Guy Martin – Breeders’ Cup 2024: How Thorpedo Anna Will Win The $2-Million Distaff

TwinSpires – John Mucciolo – Tipsheet: 2024 Breeders’ Cup Distaff

TwinSpires – John Mucciolo – Betting the 2024 Breeders’ Cup Classic on different budgets

TwinSpires – J Keeler Johnson – Breeders’ Cup 2024: Saturday contenders under the radar

TwinSpires – John Mucciolo – Tipsheet: 2024 Breeders’ Cup Turf

Twin Spires – John Mucciolo – Tipsheet: 2024 Breeders’ Cup Mile

Bloodhorse – Molly Rollins – Carl Spackler’s BC Mile Bid a ‘Family Affair’

Paulick Report – South Africa’s Isivunguvungu Hopes To Take Breeders’ Cup By Storm

Bloodhorse – Sean Collins – South African ‘Storm’ Set to Hit Breeders’ Cup

Secretariat.com – Steve Haskin – Breeders’ Cup Classic: Three Potential Live Overlays

Thoroughbred Racing Commentary – Graham Dench – Breeders’ Cup analysis: will City Of Troy provide the star turn for European team on Day 2 at Del Mar?

Paulick Report – ‘We Think He’s As Bulletproof As We Can Have Him’: City Of Troy Ready For Classic Challenge

Paulick Report – ‘He’s Made Us All Proud’: Next Enters Classic On Seven-Race Win Streak

TDN – HISA Calls for Delay to Start of Turf Paradise Meet

Paulick Report – Classic Win Would Rocket Fierceness To Top Of Mike Repole’s Greatest Hits

Paulick Report – Chelsea Hackbarth – Breeders’ Cup Buzz Presented By Xpressbet: What Is Hall Of Fame Jockey Mike Smith’s Gym Routine?

Sports Illustrated – Gilberto Manzano – Blame the Texans for Keeping the Jets Relevant for At Least Another Week

Five O’clock World


Speedmeister’s half sister, Awesome Result, the 7 for 7 Japanese based mare is in mighty tough against Thorpedo Anna in the Breeders’ Cup Distaff at Delmar on Saturday, November 2, 2024 but you gotta take a chance when you get it. The daughter of  Justify has caught 6 off tracks in 7 races and only one fast track and had no difficulty in handling distance.

Speedmeister who stands at Empire Equestrian southeast of Sherwood Park, AB is by Bodemeister out of the Deputy Minister Mare, Blossomed, Awesome Result’s dame.

America’s Best Racing – J. Keeler Johnson – Seeking an Awesome Result Betting the 2024 Breeders’ Cup Distaff

Bloodhorse – Three Things You Might Not Know About: Awesome Result

Paulick Report – Counterforce Relocated To Empire Equestrian In Alberta For 2025


Bloodhorse – Keeler Johnson’s 2024 Breeders’ Cup Selections

ESPN – Anita Marks – Betting the 2024 Breeders’ Cup: Picks, odds, favorites

America’s Best Racing – Patrick Reed – 2024 Breeders’ Cup Classic Cheat Sheet: Get to Know the Horses

Bloodhorse – Breeders’ Cup Releases Post Times, Wagering Menu

America’s Best Racing – Breeders’ Cup

America’s Best Racing – Understanding the Language of Horse Racing: Key Terms, Phrases to Know for the 2024 Breeders’ Cup

Phil has a question:

What word do you think they’re missing.

Bloodhorse – America’s Best Racing – Mike Curry – Looking at Historical Trends in Breeders’ Cup Classic

Men do not learn much from the lessons of history, and that is the most important of all the lessons of history.

Aldous Huxley

Horse Race Insider – Dave Rosenthal – THE KEY TO BREEDERS’ CUP BETTING SUCCESS? TREAT IT LIKE IT’S ANY OTHER DAY AT THE RACES


Eight Days a Week

Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant.

Robert Louis Stevenson


Thursday’s Child

Humpty Pumpkin sat on a wall
Humpty Pumpkin had a great fall
All the ghoul’s horses and all the goblin men
Enjoyed pumpkin pie again and again and again.

Black Magic Woman

Los Angeles Times – Kevin Rector – Arnold Schwarzenegger, California’s former Republican governor, endorses Kamala Harris

Anyone could see that the wind was a special wind this night, and the darkness took on a special feel because it was All Hallows’ Eve.

Ray Bradbury

Mr. Sabathia’s wife, Amber Sabathia, is essentially the executive producer of the operation. She estimates that between 2,000 and 3,000 children stop by their home each year.

New York Times – Years After His Yankees Retirement, C. C. Sabathia Is Mr. October 31st.

Los Angeles Times – Jack Harris – Dodgers beat Yankees to win another World Series, cement ‘golden era’ of franchise dominance

The Score – Simon Sharkey-Gotlieb – Dodgers hold off Yankees to win 8th World Series title

Front Office Sports – Eric Fisher – Money Well Spent: Dodgers Top Yankees in World Series

The Ringer – Zach Kram – An Anatomy of the Inning That Doomed the Yankees’ Season

Phil has a question:

Did the Yankee fan flashing the “It ain’t over, til it’s over” sign realize that maybe Yogi was talking about a game when you have a no hitter and 5 run lead.

ESPN – Alden Gonzalez – Dodgers defeat Yankees in World Series after Game 5 comeback

ESPN – Jorge Castillo – Yankees lament fifth-inning meltdown in World Series finale

Sports Illustrated – Tom Verducci – Backed Into a Corner, Dodgers Call On Unlikely Hero to Complete Historic Comeback

Welcome To The Black Parade

You wouldn’t have won if we’d beaten you. 

Yogi Berra

Bloodhorse – Frank Angst – European Horseplayers Strongly Backing City of Troy

Thoroughbred Racing Commentary – Graham Dench – Breeders’ Cup analysis: will City Of Troy provide the star turn for European team on Day 2 at Del Mar?

Be wary of Greeks bearing gifts.

Virgil

Sweet Transvestite

Bloodhorse – Tracy Gantz – MyRacehorse Hopes for Seize the Grey in Dirt Mile

Black Magic Woman

Anyone could see that the wind was a special wind this night, and the darkness took on a special feel because it was All Hallows’ Eve.

Ray Bradbury

Aeon – Pam Weintraub – Witches around the world

Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn, and cauldron bubble.

The Three Witches

Bloodhorse – Racing Post – Invincible Spirit Retired From Stud Duties at 27

There are four questions of value in life, Don Octavio. What is sacred? Of what is the spirit made? What is worth living for and what is worth dying for? The answer to each is the same. Only love.

Lord Byron

Werewolves of London

TDN – Steve Sherack – Wednesday’s Breeders’ Cup Report: Thorpedo Anna ‘Owned it Out There’

By the pricking of my thumbs, something wicked this way comes.

The Three Witches

TSN – CP – Elks name Morris as team president and CEO

Werewolves of London

A deed without a name.

The Three Wicthes

Werewolf

Bloodhorse – Sean Collins – Breeders’ Cup Contenders Train at Del Mar Oct. 30

My theory on life is that life is beautiful. Life doesn’t change. You have a day, and a night, and a month, and a year. We people change – we can be miserable or we can be happy. It’s what you make of your life.

Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum

Paulick Report – ‘She Has Shown Up Every Time’: War Like Goddess Running In Fourth Straight Breeders’ Cup

When shall we three meet again
In thunder, lightning, or in rain?
“Fair is foul and foul is fair
Hover through the fog and filthy air.”

The Three Witches

Paulick Report – Frank Mitchell – Bloodlines Presented By Walmac Farm: Sovereignty Has A Rich History In More Ways Than One

Midnight Special

Q. What is a witch’s favourite subject in school.

A. Spelling.

Bloodhorse – America’s Best Racing – Tom Pedulla – DeVaux Has Strong Breeders’ Cup Presence

Bloodhorse – Sean Collins – Attard Looks to Clinch First BC Victory in F&M Turf

The moon’s a nice place to visit, but you wouldn’t want to live there.

John M. Grunsfeld

Midnight Train

Bloodhorse – Byron King, Joe Perez and Sean Collins – Abreu Looking for First Breeders’ Cup Win

Pure solitude and tranquility. That was the best thing the moon could give a person.

Haruki Murakami

Rocket Man

TDN – Steve Sherack and J.N. Campbell – Stallion Share in Flightline Brings $2.5 Million, Tops Keeneland Championship Sale

Paulick Report – Flightline Share Brings Top Price At Inaugural Championship Sale At Del Mar

Twilight Zone

Twin Spires – John Mucciolo – How to bet the 2024 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf

Twin Spires – John Mucciolo – Tipsheet: 2024 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile

Bloodhorse – America’s Best Racing – Mike Curry – Plenty of Reasons to Land on East Avenue in Juvenile

Phil has a question:

Have you ever met anyone who has won a prize in McDonald’s Monopoly for collecting properties or airports.

TwinSpires – John Mucciolo – Betting with, and against, Lake Victoria in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf

TwinSpires – John Mucciolo – How to bet the 2024 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies

Twin Spires – John Mucciolo – How to bet the 2024 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint

TwinSpires – The Breeders’ Cup Betting Guide: Expert Picks & Handicapping Analysis 2024

She was like the moon, half here and half somewhere else.

Meeta Ahluwalia

The Ringer – Alan Seigel – Don’t Fall Asleep: The Oral History of ‘A Nightmare on Elm Street’

Man On The Moon

In Between Days


Kellogg's Wednesday Cereal - 12.4oz, 1 of 10

Each year, the Great Pumpkin rises out of the pumpkin patch that he thinks is the most sincere.

Linus

Phil has a question:

Was Linus waiting in the pumpkin patch on the wrong night.

Does the great pumpkin rise just after midnight as Halloween Day begins or just before midnight on All Halloweds’ Eve.

Tonight, Tonight

America’s Best Racing – Mike Curry – 2024 Breeders’ Cup Live Longshots and Value Bets for All 14 Races

Paulick Report – Steve Asmussen ‘Has Run Out Of Superlatives’ For Record-Setting Cogburn

Bloodhorse – Tracy Gantz – Domestic Product Favored in Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile

Immigrant Song

Have you come to sing pumpkin carols?

Linus

Forbes – Dan Alexander – Here’s How Much Money Trump Owes And Who Stands To Collect

Phil has a question:

If Don the Con wins will the US Bankruptcy Code have Chapter 24 added – Don the Con pays no one.

The Conversation – Raphael Fischler – Choices made nearly a century ago explain today’s housing crisis

Bloodhorse – Racing Post – Tom Peacock – BC Hopefuls on Offer in Championship Sale at Del Mar

Q. How do you fix a broken Jack O’Lantern.

A. With a pumpkin patch.

Sometime Around Midnight

Midnight Special

With freedom, books, flowers, and the moon, who could not be happy?

Oscar Wilde

TDN – Bill Finley – Emma-Jayne Wilson in ICU With Neck and Pelvic Fractures

Paulick Report – Chelsea Hackbarth – Breeders’ Cup Presents Connections: Longshot Filly Has A Chance To Fly High At Del Mar

Midnight Train

Twin Spires – John Mucciolo – How to bet the 2024 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf

TDN – Steve Sherack – Tuesday’s Breeders’ Cup Report: Classic Contenders Take the ‘City’ by Storm

Twilight Zone

It is a beautiful and delightful sight to behold the body of the moon.

Galileo Galilei

Horse Race Insider – John Pricci – BREEDERS’ CUP BABIES ARE ABOUT TO GO THROUGH THEIR A-B-C’s

Paulick Report – Will Walden: ‘A Week Like This Puts Everything In Perspective’

The Ringer – Steven Ruiz – NFL QB Rankings

Man On The Moon

Ruby Tuesday

We could have saved the Earth but we were too damned cheap.

Kurt Vonnegut

Los Angeles Times – Bill Plaschke – Column: Get ready for a parade! Dodgers one win away from World Series greatness

Phil has a question:

Will the witches bee out with their brooms tonight.

ESPN – Jeff Passan – World Series: Inside the 48 hours that got Shohei Ohtani back

ESPN – Jorge Castillo – Yankees again let down by offense in World Series Game 3 loss

How can you think and hit at the same time?

Yogi Berra

DRF – David Grening – Breeders’ Cup: Non Compliant, Out On Bail scratched

The pool features 38 individual betting interests as well as options for “All Fillies Foaled in 2022” and “All Other Colts and Geldings Foaled in 2022.”

Bloodhorse – First 2025 Kentucky Derby Future Wager Begins Oct. 30

The Dog Days are Over

DRF – Marcus Hersh – Breeders’ Cup Friday: Discount the overseas shippers at your peril

Bloodhorse – Byron King – Brown’s Zulu Kingdom Battles Europeans in Juvenile Turf

The Waco Kid

Why should I obtain by force that which I can obtain by cheating?

Doc Holliday

Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door

The Conversation – Julia Yates and Katie J. Shillington –  The upside of adversity: Children learn resilience from coping with difficulties

Sports Business Journal – Joe Lemire – Bengals-Cowboys land Simpsons-themed alt-cast from ESPN, Disney

Paulick Report – Joe Nevills – What Do Farms Owe Us When One Of Their Horses Dies?

Garden and Gun – Helen Bradshaw – In the Hurricane-Ravaged South, Old-School Seed Saving Becomes More Important than Ever

The Ringer – Tyler Parker – Into the Bowels of Steve Ballmer’s Toiletopia

DRF – David Grening – Breeders’ Cup: City of Troy lands post 3 as Classic favorite

TDN – Alan Carasso – City of Troy Draws Three, Made 5-2 Choice For Breeders’ Cup Classic

Bloodhorse – Byron King – Fierceness, City of Troy Among Stars in BC Classic

Paulick Report – City Of Troy Favored Over Fierceness For Breeders’ Cup Classic

Bloodhorse – Joe Perez – Will Distaff be Cherry on Top of Thorpedo Anna’s Year?

Bloodhorse – Sean Collins – War Like Goddess Gets Preferred Distance in F&M Turf

Bloodhorse – Bob Ehalt – Rebel’s Romance Looking to Make History in Turf

Bloodhorse – Milly Rollins – Euros, Led by Notable Speech, Loom Tough in BC Mile

Bloodhorse – Jay Hovdey – Straight No Chaser, Federal Judge to Tangle in Sprint

Bloodhorse – Frank Angst  -Top European Sprinters Await Cogburn in Breeders’ Cup

Bloodhorse – Bob Ehalt – Chancer McPatrick Takes Aim at Breeders’ Cup Juvenile

Bloodhorse – Sean Collins – Immersive, Others Eye Championship in Juvenile Fillies

Bloodhorse – Jay Hovdey – Juvenile Fillies Turf Awaits Undefeated Lake Victoria

Bloodhorse – Jay Hovdey – Society Leads Homebred Cohort in BC Filly & Mare Sprint

Bloodhorse – America’s Best Racing – Melissa Bauer-Herzog – Meet This Year’s International Breeders’ Cup Runners

Bloodhorse – Racing Post – Jack Haynes – Arc Winner Bluestocking Retired From Racing

Bloodhorse – America’s Best Racing – Tom Pedulla – Jockey Davis Looks Forward to 2024 Breeders’ Cup

Bloodhorse – Canadian Horseman Edwards Dies at 59

Tuesday Afternoon

I like to think that the moon is there, even if I am not looking at it.

Albert Einstein

I Don’t Like Mondays

Twist and Shout

Phil has a question:

Is there a name when a tangent goes off on a tangent and then the tangent on the tangent does off on another tangent.

 

The Definitive Chicago Style Hot Dog Recipe

If you were to [walk] into any vendor of fine hot dogs, and ask for a hot dog sandwich, they would probably report you to the FBI.

Anthony Bourdain

2 Coney Island Hot Dogs topped with mustard, cheese and onions

Clint Eastwood

It is not acceptable past the age of eight.

President Barack Obama, when asked if ketchup is acceptable on a hot dog

Killing Thyme – Sheet Pan Sausage and Peppers on a Bun

Mrs. Robinson

Noblest of all dogs is the hot-dog; it feeds the hand that bites it.

Dr. Laurence Johnston Peter

Twist and Shout

Let’s Go

merging traffic ahead sign

Sunday Morning Coming Down

Los Angeles Times – Bill Plaschke – Column: Ouch-tani! Shohei Ohtani’s injury could place a Dodgers World Series win at risk

Front Office Sports – MLB Wants to Use 2024 World Series to ‘Amplify’ Marketing Efforts

Phil has a question:

How is Alberta ever going to build on the marketing success of the Breeders Cup when the fucking useless window gazing Clark Kent and the fucking useless window gazing Undertaker and their equally fucking useless staff would only notice it if it was a banner behind a slow moving hot air balloon.

Has the Undertaker ever checked a Holybull.ca post on other than company time.

Has Clark Kent ever checked a Holybull.ca post after the Undertaker scurries to his office and rats on Phil or Sal  on other than company time.

Painting By Numbers

With each new day in Africa, a gazelle wakes up knowing he must outrun the fastest lion or perish. At the same time, a lion stirs and stretches, knowing he must outrun the fastest gazelle or starve. It’s no different for the human race. Whether you consider yourself a gazelle or a lion, you have to run faster than others to survive.

Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum

Phil has a question:

How long would a gazelle or lion survive if they gazed out a window all day.

Bloodhorse – Sean Collins – Top Juvenile Hopefuls Enter Final BC Works at Churchill

Horse Race Insider – John Pricci – UPDATE FINAL: THE OVERVIEW OF BREEDERS’ CUP FUTURE STARS FRIDAY NOW COMPLETE

Eight Miles High

Front Office Sports – Eric Fisher – In World Series Full of Stars, Shohei Ohtani Stands Alone

A book has got smell. A new book smells great. An old book smells even better. An old book smells like ancient Egypt.

Ray Bradbury

Good Vibrations

The Ringer – Ben Lindbergh – The Dodgers and Yankees Are Even in Almost Everything But Health

The Ringer – Lex Pryor – These New York Yankees Are Built Different

The Globe and Mail – Corey Mintz – Taking (Halloween) candy from a baby: A parent’s guide

The Emptiness Machine

SportsNet – CP – Randy Ambrosie to end term as CFL commissioner after Grey Cup

The Emptiness Machine

Thoroughbred Racing Commentary – Jerry Bailey: I’d like to see a national commissioner for US racing – with some teeth

The Ringer – Ben Lindbergh – The MLB Postseason Was Overdue for an Unforgettable Managerial Mistake. Aaron Boone (and Freddie Freeman) Delivered.

Phil has a question:

Who you gonna call when you don’t have the Wild Thing.

The Conversation – Brandi Goddard –  ‘We knew she was a fairy when we saw her:’ How Irish folklore around spinning instructed women artisans

Spinning Wheel

TDN – The Factor Colt Atitlan Breaks Through in Twilight Derby

Bloodhorse – Bob Kieckhefer –  Atitlan Gets Clean Trip to Win Twilight Derby

The Conversation – James Deaville  and Érico Bomfim – Meet the composer who claimed her music channelled the spirits of classical music icons

Spirit in the Sky

TDN – Keeneland Closes Record-Breaking Fall Meet

Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It’s not.

Dr. Seuss

California Dreaming

Bloodhorse – Karen M Johnson – Goichman’s Moment Is Here With Scythian

Paulick Report – ‘I Just Don’t Have Words’: Glassmans Enjoying First Breeders’ Cup Ride With ‘Arthur’

Radar Love

Paulick Report – Breeders’ Cup Scratches: O’Brien Team Declines By Eight, McKinzie Street Out Of Juvenile

Bloodhorse – Kentucky Derby Winner Mystik Dan Resumes Breezing

TDN – Sierra Leone, Chancer McPatrick Among Eight Breeders’ Cup Workers at Belmont Park for Chad Brown

Forever Young

Bloodhorse – Sean Collins and Milly Rollins – Carl Spackler, Chili Flag Finish Fast in Turf Workout

TDN – Baffert, D’Amato Breeders’ Cup Runners Highlight Santa Anita Worktab

Paulick Report – Breeders’ Cup Hopefuls For Phil D’Amato, Bob Baffert Anchor Santa Anita’s Saturday Work Tab

Paulick Report – Fierceness Training ‘Every Bit As Good, If Not Better’ Than Before Travers Victory

Bloodhorse – Eric Mitchell – Fierceness, Mentee Unique as Same-Year BC Starters

The Globe and Mail – What is the best Halloween candy of all time? Cast your vote now

The only thing that really scares me about Halloween is running out of candy.

Melanie White

Bloodhorse – Racing Post – David Milnes – Gosden: Dettori to Reunite With Emily Upjohn in BC Turf

Relax

Bloodhorse – Byron King – O’Brien Chases an Elusive BC Classic With City of Troy

Garden and Gun – Caroline Hatchett – Why Do Greens Taste Sweeter After the First Frost?

Bloodhorse – Frank Angst – Ortiz Jr., Prat Take Rivalry to Breeders’ Cup

Bloodhorse – Bob Ehalt – Far Bridge Battles Foreign Dominance in BC Turf

Bloodhorse – J Keeler Johnson – Analyzing Japan’s 2yo Breeders’ Cup Contenders

Hotel California


British Columbia CTHS President Darien Edwards passed away just two weeks after his Willow Creek Farms secured its second consecutive leading-owner title.


The Ringer – Ben Lingbergh – There’s No World Series Like a Dodgers-Yankees World Series

I Am I Said

Sometimes Phil just gotta give in to the Urge

ESPN – David Schoenfield – The history behind the Dodgers-Yankees World Series rivalry

I’ve heard people say that the trouble with the world is that we haven’t enough great leaders. I think we haven’t enough great followers. I have stood side by side with great thinkers – surgeons, engineers, economists; people who deserve a great following – and have heard the crowd cheer me instead.

Babe Ruth

Centrefield


Canada’s National Observer – Mateo Cimallero – Churchill at a Crossroads: looking forward from the past

The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter. 

Winston Churchill

Sometimes Phil just gotta give in to the Urge

Never hold discussions with the monkey when the organ grinder is in the room.

Winston Churchill


Phil M Stockmen

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