We should do three things every day of our life. Number one is laugh. You should laugh every day. Number two is to think, we should spend some time in thought. And, number three is you should have your emotions moved to tears.
Jim Valvano
Both the dirt and the turf at Keeneland were playing a tad quirky for the 2026 Breeders Cup, leading to some questionable riding strategy. Phil’s always been a believer that you gotta go with the game that brought ya to the big dance.
Bloodhorse – Sean Collins – Mott Reflective on Career After Sovereignty’s Classic
TDN – Bill Finley – This Was Bill Mott’s Finest Hour
In our everyday lives, if we intentionally set out to learn new things or do familiar things in new ways (such as commuting to work via a new route or taking the bus instead of a car), we effectively rewire our brains and improve them. A physical workout builds muscle; a mental workout creates new synapses to strengthen the neural network.
Deepak Chopra
Bloodhorse – Sean Collins – Sovereignty Caps Career With Breeders’ Cup Classic Win
TDN – Steve Sherack – Sport of Kings: Sovereignty Reigns Supreme in Breeders’ Cup Classic
Brisnet – Vance Hanson – Sovereignty reigns supreme in Breeders’ Cup Classic
Things ain’t what they used to be and never were.
Will Rogers
Bloodhorse – Slight Drop in Wagering on 2026 Breeders’ Cup Races
TDN – Two-Day Breeders’ Cup Attendance Up, Handle Down Over 2025
All his life, he tried to be a good person. Many times, however, he failed. For, after all, he was only human. He wasn’t a dog.
Snoopy
Bloodhorse – The Puma Connections Look Forward to 2027 Campaign
TDN – Breeders’ Cup Followup: Sovereignty Retires as King of the Hill, Nitrogen to Return in 2027
Bloodhorse – Eric Mitchell – BC Classic Winner Sovereignty Enters Stud at $150,000
TDN – After Classic Triumph, Sovereignty Set at $150,000; Knightsbridge, $75,000
Trading Hughes and Kucherov would at least ensure Guerin and BriseBois get a haul back for their players.
Phil has a question:
How does thoroughbred racing get a haul back for the stars it loses to the breeding shed.
Isn’t it ironic that Breeders’ Cup celebrates the part of the industry that is destroying the racing part of the industry.
Some painters transform the sun into a yellow spot, others transform a yellow spot into the sun.
Pablo Picasso
Bloodhorse – Frank Angst – Benvenuto Cellini Rallies Late to Capture BC Turf
You can’t buy happiness, but you can buy a ticket to the rodeo.
Hunter S. Thompson
Bloodhorse – Olivia Newman – Kathynmarissa Reels in Gimme a Nother in F&M Turf
Bloodhorse – Byron King – Nitrogen Takes Air Out of Breeders’ Cup Distaff Rivals
Bloodhorse – Nicole Russo – BC Distaff Winner Nitrogen has D. J. Stable Flying High
Bloodhorse – Eric Mitchell – Deterministic Turns Tables on Notable Speech in Mile
Bloodhorse – Byron King – Keeneland King Further Ado Wins Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile
TDN – Further Ado Outbattles Owen Almighty in Dramatic Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile
Everything in moderation, including moderation.
Oscar Wilde
TDN – J.N. Campbell – Bacio Kisses Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint Field Ciao Ciao!
Bloodhorse – Sean Collins – Bacio Flashes to Impressive Turf Sprint Triumph
Paulick Report – Bacio Brings Thousands Along For The Ride In Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint
Bloodhorse – Bob Ehalt – T O Elvis Flies Past Englishman to Take BC Sprint
Nothing wilts faster than laurels that have been rested upon.
Percy Bysshe Shelley
TDN – Chris McGrath – Englishman Will Bounce Back
Bloodhorse – Jay Hovdey – Ways and Means Leaves the Stage a Star Alone at the Top
TDN – Steve Sherack – Ways and Means Blasts Home in Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Sprint
Power is like being a lady… if you have to tell people you are, you aren’t.
Margaret Thatcher
Paulick Report – Breeders’ Cup Triple: Flavien Prat Wins Bill Shoemaker Award
Believe nothing you hear, and only one half that you see.
Edgar Allan Poe
If an interesting monster can’t have an interesting hairdo I don’t know what this world is coming to.
Bugs Bunny
Bloodhorse – Euros Who Swept Juvenile Turf Races Exit in Good Shape
A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer.
Bruce Lee
Bloodhorse – Byron King – Unstoppable Aidan O’Brien: Haffner Claims Juvenile Turf
In a world full of lions and tigers entertaining the masses, have you ever seen a wolf performing in a circus?
Akilnathan Logeswaran
Bloodhorse – Bob Ehalt – Hughes Repels All Challengers to Win BC Juvenile
The last temptation is the greatest treason: to do the right deed for the wrong reason.
T.S. Eliot
Bloodhorse – Frank Angst – Sun Goddess Enters Breeders’ Cup Pantheon With Win
Bloodhorse – Sean Collins – Emphatic Stays Undefeated in BC Juvenile Fillies
Bloodhorse – Jay Hovdey – Libertango All Class in BC Juvenile Turf Sprint Win
Age appears to be best in four things; old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old authors to read.
Francis Bacon
TDN – Chris McGrath – Breeding Digest: Justifying His Status
Most people don’t know that wrestling came out of the circus.
Billy Corgan
You should never be proud of doing the right thing. You should just do the right thing.
Dean Smith
We can learn from history, but we can also deceive ourselves when we selectively take evidence from the past to justify what we have already made up our minds to do.
Margaret MacMillan
The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
We’re not playing for the goddamn politicians here, alright? We’re not playing for the goddamn politicians. We’re playing the Red Army, we’re playing for our way of life.
Frank Mahovlich
Speed is often confused with insight. When I start running earlier than the others, I appear faster.
All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.
They that are against superstition oftentimes run into it of the wrong side. If I wear all colors but black, then I am superstitious in not wearing black.
John Selden
Worry never robs tomorrow of its sorrow, it only saps today of its joy.
Leo Buscaglia
Some people never go crazy, What truly horrible lives they must live.
Charles Bukowski
Bloodhorse – Field Backed to Even Money in First Derby Future Wager
Most animals show themselves sparingly. The grizzly bear is six to eight hundred pounds of smugness. It has no need to hide. If it were a person, it would laugh loudly in quiet restaurants, boastfully wear the wrong clothes for special occasions, and probably play hockey.
Craig Childs
Phil M. Stockmen