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: May 2010
Point Given & Sky Beauty: Assessing the Quality of the 2010 Hall of Fame Class
Nearly every day, I evaluate quality. As a high school English teacher, I collect work from my students, I decide how good it is, and I grade it. The worthiness of the work is, unfortunately and too often, inextricably linked … Continue reading
Met Mile snapshots, 1910
If you were paying attention to racing a hundred years ago this month, some things would look familiar: racing in New York shifted from Aqueduct to Belmont; the Metropolitan Handicap was run at Belmont Park; a former racehorse met a … Continue reading
Wednesday morning quick picks
Checking in here with our regular look at charities and other public services/events. First up, the Northeast Equine Expo, taking place this Saturday and Sunday at Belmont Park. The equine stars of the movies Hidalgo and soon-to-be released Secretariat will perform. Harbor Mist, … Continue reading
Hoping to be wrong
I headed out to Belmont early on Saturday morning, to visit the children at Anna House before watching workouts and visiting the backstretch. As always, Belmont felt like a little city: at Anna House, a half dozen or more teachers … Continue reading
Turf racing at Sheepshead Bay
Today at Belmont, eight fillies and mares will take to the turf for the 57th renewal of the Sheepshead Bay (GII). Sheepshead Bay is a small body of water in the southernmost part of Brooklyn, between the “mainland” and the … Continue reading
Another Kind of Lucky
Last Saturday, the eyes of the racing world were turned towards Baltimore, where Bob Baffert’s Lookin at Lucky reversed his racing fortunes with a Preakness win. About 600 miles to the west, another Lucky was hanging out in a paddock, … Continue reading
Preakness pics
I approached my first Preakness with trepidation: I’m not a Big Event kind of person (with the exception of this kind of Big Event) and I hate crowds. But this year’s Preakness presented some opportunities too good to pass up, … Continue reading
The Dude
We’d waited two weeks to see what would happen next. We wondered whether, after waiting so long for his first Kentucky Derby win, Todd Pletcher would find himself in the enviable position of bringing a Triple Crown candidate to his … Continue reading
Brian’s Preakness preview
One down, two to go. Super Saver relished the slop and the rail-and Calvin Borel-and dominated what was thought to be a wide-open Kentucky Derby. Can he do it again two weeks later in Baltimore, under what figure to be … Continue reading
Allen Jerkens’ Shuvee winners
Over the last couple of years, the Shuvee Handicap at Belmont has offered the occasion to consider the magnificent horse who, en route to winning handicap mare honors in 1970 and 1971, twice won the Jockey Club Gold Cup, back … Continue reading
