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: February 2009
Brian’s Derby preps: The Sham
The Sham Stakes – Grade III, $200,000 – Santa Anita Park – 1 1/8 Miles,by Brian Nadeau As opposed to the Fountain of Youth, the Sham brings together one known quantity in The Pamplemousse, and several others who have yet … Continue reading
Brian’s Derby prep: The Fountain of Youth
The Fountain of Youth Stakes – Grade II, $250,000 – Gulfstream Park – 1 Mileby Brian Nadeau When I first heard this race was being shortened to 1-mile, and therefore being run at one-turn, I was really disappointed. It’s doesn’t … Continue reading
Bouncing
The wonderfully whimsical world of racing language offers a seemingly unending array of linguistic puzzles. We’ve got “breezed” and “placed,” previously discussed here, and lately, I’ve been thinking about “bounce.” One need not consult a dictionary to determine the word’s … Continue reading
Tuesday morning quick picks
After watching the first week of Jockeys and reading regular updates on subsequent episodes, I haven’t seen/read much that would inspire me to devote much of my viewing time to it. Trust the Quinella Queen to find the little bit … Continue reading
Parker’s "Pear" Takes the Busher
The first person I spoke to at Aqueduct on Sunday told me that he’d come out to the track to cheer on Joe Parker’s filly in the Busher. That person must have been very, very happy at about 3:51 pm. … Continue reading
Busher at Belmont
Busher broke her maiden in her first start, on my birthday in 1944 (several decades before I was born, I hasten to add). That victory kicked off a Belmont-centric two-year-old season in which the filly raced at the big oval … Continue reading
Brian’s Derby prep: The week in review
A look at the week that was in Derby preps, by Brian Nadeau With little in the way of Derby prep races this weekend we’ll just take a look back at the trio of stakes that were run last weekend, … Continue reading
Friday morning quick picks
So the first week of Road to the Roses is in the books, and I’m still in the realm of respectable. The standings: Tied for first: Triple Crown73 Stable, The Aspiring Horseplayer Redux, Grevelis Racing Stable, Big Dreams Stable 5th: … Continue reading
Hollie Hughes
A year ago, I first made the acquaintance of Hollie Hughes, a man who devoted himself to and made a life in horse racing, who is as closely linked to one of racing’s first families as anyone could be—and of … Continue reading
Where are the stories?
Monday at Aqueduct, before the fifth race: A journalism student, covering the Big A for a school assignment, looking bored and utterly uninterested in the goings-on below, asks a veteran turf writer: “So what are you writing about today?” Turf … Continue reading
