Handicatting with Floyd…
Down $29.60 and playing around a lot today. Catreign for the win. Also a $1 catzacta box of Catreign and Blondecat,and $1 doubles of R Clever Cat with Blondecat and Catreign.
…and with Imp and Furlong
Imp's up $27.70, with Furlong down $44. She takes Gatto Nero for the win; he goes with Blondecat. Both play a $1 catzacta box of Catreign and Blondecat, and $1 doubles of R Clever Cat with Blondecat and Catreign.
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
Tag Archives: Brooklyn Backstretch
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NYRA in the news
OK, so I go away for a week and all hell breaks loose in New York racing? I guess that we can thank our state government and the New York Racing Association for adding a little spice to a generally … Continue reading
Racing Resolutions, 2010
Happy new year! We wake up this morning looking forward to a fine day of racing to kick off the new year, a day on which all the horses get a year older, and a day on which I hope … Continue reading
Racing Memories, 2009
Greetings from South Florida! With Christmas safely in the rear view mirror, I set off on Boxing Day on the latest Backstretch road trip, arriving yesterday in time to make the third at Calder. This trip is another whirlwind, so … Continue reading
Merry Christmas…
…from all of us at the Backstretch. Teresa, Madison, Floyd, Furlong, & Imp wish you a safe, happy, peaceful holiday. Card: “Winter’s Circle” by Karin Vollkommer
Dear Racing Santa
Dear Racing Santa, With just a few days left before you head out on the big worldwide trek, I figured that it was time that I got my list in to you. I know that you’ve got an awful lot … Continue reading
The Tiger Report: ROI on hunch bets
So it seems that there’s some money to be made in adultery, and not only by the Florida PD, the wronged woman, and those accepting checks for selling their stories. A quick run-down of Wednesday’s Tiger picks, with thanks to … Continue reading
Hunch bets, Tiger Style
For those of you looking for a little, ahem, action, you might try these hunch bets today at Aqueduct: In race 1, you’d have lost had you bet the Believe in Love/Virtues Under Fire exacta. Clearly, betting on Believe in … Continue reading
Giving Racing Thanks, 2009
The unthankful heart… discovers no mercies; but let the thankful heart sweepthrough the day and, as the magnet finds the iron, so it will find, in everyhour, some heavenly blessings! ~Henry Ward Beecher* I am fortunate, particularly in an uncertain … Continue reading
Thank you, BRIS
A couple of days ago, this came across the old Twitter wire from o_crunk: Never did sign up for Bris. Now they’re offering free .pdf charts all the wayback to 1991. Mr/Mrs Pls tear down this USER/PASS wall. Free charts? … Continue reading
