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
DRF – Brad Free – Baffert unveils 2026 plans for Breeders’ Cup trainees
Bloodhorse – Byron King – Preakness Stakes Winner Journalism to Race in 2026
Things ain’t what they used to be and never were.
Will Rogers
Salon – Sophia McClennen – How Donald Trump broke the American mind
Secretariat.com – Steve Haskin – A King Is Crowned In Absentia
Bloodhorse – Jay Hovdey – Breeders’ Cup Raises as Many Questions as Answers
A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer.
Bruce Lee
Bloodhorse – Bob Ehalt – There Will Be More to Come From Forever Young
Paulick Report – 2025 Breeders’ Cup Saturday In Photos: A Made-In-Japan Classic
TDN – Post-Breeders’ Cup Notes: Journalism’s Future TBD, Stable Stars Head Off for Retirement
TDN – Emma Berry – Frankie Dettori to Retire at the Breeders’ Cup
White Abarrio…”there’s nothing wrong with him.”
What caused the stewards to scratch White Abarrio (Race Day) shortly before the running of the GI Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile? Co-owner Mark Cornett doesn’t have a clue.
“There’s nothing wrong with him,” Cornett said Sunday. “I have no idea why they scratched him. No one has told us why yet. This is unbelievably frustrating. We have a perfectly sound horse. I’ve been with this horse since September of his 2-year-old year and he’s never missed a race, never missed a work, never missed a day of training. What a wonderful way to spend our Breeders’ Cup day.”
Cornett said White Abarrio will run next year at age seven and his first main goal of the 2026 season with be the GI Pegasus World Cup Invitational at Gulfstream Park.
Phil has a question:
Were the track veterinarians making up for missing Gin Gin’s gate problems and the 7 horse in the first race rearing in the gate by scratching White Abbario.
Paulick Report – White Abarrio ‘Doing Great’ Day After Breeders’ Cup Scratch
My psychiatrist told me I was crazy and I said I want a second opinion. He said okay, you’re ugly too.
Rodney Dangerfield
Bloodhorse – Byron King – Forever Young Gives Japan a Breeders’ Cup Classic Win
Brisnet – Vance Hanson – Forever Young claims Breeders’ Cup Classic for Japan
Phil has a question:
Will Sierra Leone’s progeny bear in down the stretch interfering with other horses like Sierra Leone always did.
TDN – Steve Sherack – Japan’s Forever Young Rises to the Occasion in the Breeders’ Cup Classic
Third, fifth, and eighth-place trainer Todd Pletcher (Fierceness, Mindframe, and Antiquarium) – “(Fierceness) was in a difficult position. He’s inside of the pacemaker, so you either have to commit to try to make the lead and have a pacemaker pushing you or try to settle into a spot. He settled into a comfortable spot. He seemed like he was handling it pretty well. Johnny said the Japanese horse was kind of pushing him around around the far turn. He finally, finally got clear when some horses went on the outside. He got a decent run at him. It wasn’t an ideal scenario, but when we drew the one-hole we knew that it kind of handcuffed us a bit. That’s just kind of the way it worked out.”
Bloodhorse – Sean Collins – Patience Pays Off as Nysos Fights for Dirt Mile Win
TDN – Steve Sherack – Baffert Duo Throws Down Late, Nysos Wins the Photo for Dirt Mile Glory
Bloodhorse – Sean Collins – Shisospicy is Too Fast for Older Rivals in Turf Sprint
TDN – J.N. Campbell – Filly Shisospicy Gives The Boys Heartburn By Wiring Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint
Phil has an observation:
When you have to explain your pun it drains the humour.
Bloodhorse – Frank Angst – Brant’s Gezora Delivers BC Filly and Mare Turf Victory
Bloodhorse – Jay Hovdey – Notable Speech Surges to Breeders’ Cup Mile Win
TDN – Alan Carasso – Notable Speech Gives Godolphin a Fourth BC Mile Score In Five Years
Bloodhorse – Racing Post – Denis Harvey – Ethical Diamond’s First Trainer Thunderstruck After BC
Bloodhorse – Bob Ehalt – Ethical Diamond Sets Course Record in BC Turf Win
TDN – Alan Carasso – ‘Diamond’ In the Rough: Mullins Runner Causes Major Surprise in the Turf
Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)
Bloodhorse – Byron King – Splendora Pounces in Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Sprint
TDN – Splendora Best Of The Bafferts In Filly & Mare Sprint
Gin Gin and Seismic Beauty were eased and they each walked off the track. Trainer Brendan Walsh suspects Gin Gin wasn’t the same after breaking through the gate before the start but said he thinks she’ll be fine.
Bloodhorse – Frank Angst – Scylla Dominates the Breeders’ Cup Distaff
Phil has a question:
Was the Del Mar gate crew in a rush to get home and watch game 7 of the World Series.
Phil has an observation:
Go back and watch the replays of race 1 and the BC Distaff. The 7 horse in each race had gate trouble and instead of being checked by the track veterinarian was stuffed back into the gate and the latch sprung. Neither 7 horse received a fair start after having gate problems and the betting public was stiffed as both finished last with no refunds.
TDN – Jill Williams – Juddmonte Homebred Scylla is Sublime in Breeders’ Cup Distaff
Bloodhorse – Tracy Gantz – Bentornato’s Sprint Win the Second for D’Angelo at BC
TDN – BC Friday Debrief: Ted Noffey ‘More Convincing’ Than Winning Margin Suggests
TDN – Irad Ortiz Jr. Wins Sixth Bill Shoemaker Award
TDN – Breeders’ Cup Handle Ranks as Third Highest
TDN – Mystik Dan Out Of Dirt Mile; Retires To Airdrie Stud
The Ringer – Jordan Ritter Conn – No One Is Having a Worse Time Than Bill Belichick
ESPN – Bill Belichick feels ‘great’ after first ACC win with UNC
The less men think, the more they talk.
Montesquieu
TDN – ‘All Others’ 6-5 Favorite, Ted Noffey 10-1 In KY Derby Future Wager Pool 1
To doubt everything or to believe everything are two equally convenient solutions; both dispense with the necessity of reflection.
Henri Poincaré
TDN – Breeders’ Cup Friday Handle Tops $60 Million For Fifth Straight Year
Paulick Report – Explanations And Excuses: Breeders’ Cup Connections React After Future Stars Friday
Bloodhorse – Byron King – Gstaad Takes Juvenile Turf for Record-Setting O’Brien
TDN – Alan Carasso – Nothing Neutral About Gstaad In the Juvenile Turf As O’Brien Passes Lukas
Bloodhorse – Bob Ehalt – Undefeated Ted Noffey Wins Breeders’ Cup Juvenile
TDN – Ted Noffey Completes Undefeated Season in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile
Bloodhorse – Sean Collins – Balantina Dazzles in Juvenile Fillies Turf
TDN – Stefanie Grimm – Balantina Explodes Late To Capture Juvenile Fillies Turf
Bloodhorse – Frank Angst – Cy Fair Tops Males in Winning BC Juvenile Turf Sprint
TDN – J.N. Campbell – A Lone Star Down The Lane, Cy Fair Takes Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint
Bloodhorse – Tracy Gantz – Super Corredora Triumphs in BC Juvenile Fillies
Phil M. Stockmen
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