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: July 2010
Belmont’s Cat Colonies
Three more racing days at Belmont, before the racing action moves upstate. The transition will take place next week, after Belmont ends its spring/summer meet on Sunday; Saratoga opens one week from today. Though the racing action will shift locations, … Continue reading
Summary of the Summit: Transitioning Thoroughbred Racehorses to Second Careers
Moderated by Mike Ziegler, executive director of the NTRA Safety and Integrity Alliance, this panel offered several retirement organizations the opportunity to share the details of their work and inform the audience about the various models of Thoroughbred retirement currently … Continue reading
Summary of the Summit: Racetrack Environment & Safe Training Practices
This session began with a video of a training center in Japan; horses there train over multiple surfaces and over courses of different lengths, and all training is monitored by Japan Racing Association officials. The process is “highly regulated,” and … Continue reading
Saratoga morning
7:15 a.m., Oklahoma training track. Picture perfect: the sun has burned away the early morning fog; the predicted 90 degree heat has yet to descend. As usual, I [inadvertently] time my arrival to coincide with the break, so there’s time … Continue reading
Summary of the Summit: Racing Equipment and Safety
Racing Equipment & Safety Keeneland president and CEO Nick Nicholson talked about racing in relationship to other sports that have an “admitted, inherent risk”; those sports, he said, promote the idea that they are doing everything possible to make the … Continue reading
Summary of the Summit: Equine Injury Database
Equine Injury Database This presentation is the one that has garnered the most attention and coverage, given its preliminary findings about equine injuries. Dr. Mary Scollay, a veterinarian and equine medical director of the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission, presented the … Continue reading
The first filly to win the Suburban Handicap: Imp, 1899
On June 17, 1899, the Suburban Handicap was won, in its 16th running, for the first time by a filly or mare. She set a stakes record (2:04 4/5), and she won by two lengths, in a field of 13. … Continue reading
Summary of the Summit: Updates from NTRA Safety & Integrity Alliance and Thoroughbred Safety Committee
NTRA Safety and Integrity Alliance Update Mike Ziegler, executive director of the NTRA Safety and Integrity Alliance, began his presentation by noting that the Alliance had accredited 18 tracks in 15 months. 17 of those tracks were fully accredited; one … Continue reading
Black Tie Affair, 1986 – 2010
Old Friends is a regular stop on my trips to Kentucky; each time I visit the Bluegrass, I try to say hello to my favorites (Williamstown, Will’s Way, Ogygian, Commentator) and to meet some of the new residents. Michael Blowen … Continue reading
Summary of the Summit: Update from the Racing Medication and Testing Consortium
Racing Medication and Testing Consortium Update I offer this report, truth to be told, with more than a little trepidation–my knowledge of the uses and effects of these drugs is close to nil. I am simply passing on what was … Continue reading
