Handicatting with Floyd…
Down $46.60. Promise Me a Cat and a $1 catzacta box of that one with Wildcat Aly.
…and with Imp and Furlong
Furlong's down $95.30; Imp's out $11.30. He takes Promise Me a Cat, she goes with Wildcat Aly. Both play a $1 catzacta box of those two.
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: May 2008
Better (a year) late than never
I first heard of T.D. Thornton’s Not By A Long Shot last May, a year ago, when it came out; listening to a podcast of the WBUR sports program Only A Game focusing on the Derby, I was captured by … Continue reading
Friday morning quick picks
Katie, winner of the Brooklyn Backstretch Take Ten! mini-league, has decided to donate her money to the Permanently Disabled Jockeys Fund, which is a part of NTRA charities. When Katie let me know where she wanted the money to go, … Continue reading
Issue #1: track surfaces
In the aftermath of Eight Belles’s breakdown in the Derby, we have no shortage of suggestions about where to put our energy and attention into making racing safer. Commenters on yesterday’s post offered their opinions; elsewhere, ideas—both informed and uninformed—are … Continue reading
Wednesday quick picks
I regret to inform Superterrific Stables of Green but Game that based on updated Take Ten! standings, I must unfortunately remove her blanket of roses as the winner of the Brooklyn Backstretch mini-league, and toss it over to Katie at … Continue reading
Moving forward…but where?
I’ve got several posts in the pipeline that I’ve been waiting to put up: about my trip to Delaware Park a week ago; about a great article on Saratoga Russell and Ready’s Image sent to me by a Bloomberg reporter … Continue reading
The morning after (updated)
So the comments have started, in blogs and on comment boards and in conversations, wherever the Derby is being talked about. Porter and Jones should never have raced Eight Belles against the boys. All tracks need be changed from dirt … Continue reading
Derby picks, by the letters
I have until now managed to avoid the dreaded Derby pick. My TBA colleagues are handicapping in depth, Alan quite traditionally; others, not so much. The Quinella Queen goes the bibliographical route, Railbird goes by the numbers, and Dana hits … Continue reading
Friday morning quick picks
Congratulations to Dana at Green but Game and Superterrific Stables for winning our version of the Take Ten! Derby fantasy game. Full standings are not up, but Dana leads our group, finishing 27th overall. Dana thus gets to choose the … Continue reading
Forgive and forget?
As a racing fan, I am filled anticipation as we approach the Kentucky Derby, this country’s most anticipated horse race. As a racing fan, I am dismayed that so much Derby attention is being focused on trainers with, shall we … Continue reading
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