Handicatting with Floyd…
Down $19.60 and going with Captain's Cat.
…and with Imp and Furlong
Imp's up $27.70, with Furlong down $36. He goes with Tycoon Cat, she takes Captain's Cat.
Madison’s fund for feline welfare
The cat horse winners during the Belmont spring meet added up to about $250, which was donated to All About Spay Neuter, the organization that helps take care of the Belmont cat colonies.
$155, representing the money made by cat horse winners at Saratoga, was donated to New York City Animal Care & Control
Monthly Archives: November 2007
A sudden celebrity…no, not me…
So clearly there is little point in my trying to craft interesting, timely reflections about horse racing. All I have to do is pray for one of the cats to hit a bomb, note it online…and voilá! Record traffic; multiple … Continue reading
Lava Cat
It was bound to happen: my cat picked a huge winner and I didn’t. I recognize that the presence of my felines on the left might lend a note of frivolity to my endeavors here; when I first began thinking … Continue reading
"A big toxic waste dump"
You might recall that those are the words that Jay Privman of ESPN and Daily Racing Form used to describe the synthetic surfaces in California during an ESPN telecast in early October. Recently, a commenter on the discussion boards at … Continue reading
Whither goest New York racing?
As Ed Fountaine notes in Monday’s NY Post, there are thirty racing days left in 2007, and still no word on who will be running New York racing on the first day of 2008. The mind boggles; when this process … Continue reading
Thoughts on Sunday
A few days ago I wrote about horses who somehow get into your imagination; you see them race once, and for some reason, they make an impression. Be Bullish is one, though unfortunately he’s not done much that’s interesting; he … Continue reading
Way to go, Dave!
Congrats to hometown (Saratoga) hero Dave for winning the Red Smith Handicap at Aqueduct yesterday for his second win of the year, the first coming at Belmont last month under Alan Garcia. Saturday Garcia was on Kiaran McLaughlin’s Encinas, who … Continue reading
More High Praise for Hennegan Brothers’ First Saturday in May
On Thursday, November 8th, Steve Haskin was on The Blood-Horse’s “Talking Horses” feature, and in response to a question about positive stories and movies about horse-racing said this: The documentary First Saturday in May has been shown at several film … Continue reading
Today at the Big A
As if we needed it, another sign of winter arrives this weekend, with the end of stakes grass racing in New York for 2007. Today a full field goes in the Grade II, mile and an eighth Red Smith Handicap; … Continue reading
Be Bullish at the Big A
I forgot to enter Aqueduct SHOWdown last night (I know, I know—how could I write about it and then forget? But I did), and tried to do so from work today…but as it’s illegal to fund gambling in New York … Continue reading
Giving, in one way or another
Is it bad and boastful beginning blogging behavior to note that my previous post was linked on Equidaily? If so…guilty as charged. That amazing little StatCounter was telling me on Sunday morning that I was getting all kinds of traffic … Continue reading
