Tag Archives: Brooklyn Backstretch

Bits and pieces of news, in no particular order… Louisiana Downs race-caller Travis Stone, along with Mark Midland and Mike Shutty, have launched Horse Racing Nation, a “free, wiki community focused on racing information, insights and discussion for passionate horse … Continue reading →

I’ve stopped keeping track of the number of racing fans I know who were first brought to the track by their fathers. Count me among them. I know for sure that by the time that I was six and my … Continue reading →

……our regularly scheduled program to bring you this unabashed plea. We were recently discovered in someone’s back yard in Sunset Park, Brooklyn. We have two siblings who are still there, with our mom, but we were smart enough to realize … Continue reading →

Earlier this week, Steve Zorn of The Business of Racing suggested that I write about horses who have been named after hockey players. “Excellent idea!” I thought. He referred to Alex Kovalev and Zubov (two of the first four Russians … Continue reading →

We used to love to read the balanced reporting that Brooklyn BackstretchBlogposted…. but then a NYRA press pass was issued and nary a critical wordabout NY racing has been posted since…We have dropped that blog ad (sic) takenup with Left … Continue reading →

If you’re looking for a little fluff piece on Belmont Day, you’ve come to the right place. At 8:30 am, outside Barn 18, home of Mine That Bird, the self-appointed Official Cat of the Belmont Stakes holds court. The small … Continue reading →

Alex Waldrop’s May 22nd post on his blog at the NTRA site is a sunshiny look at the state of horse racing, pointing out some recent bright spots and offering an optimistic view of the state of the game. At … Continue reading →

Thanks to everyone who wrote with good wishes and comments about my little radio gig yesterday. It was fun and less nerve-wracking than anticipated, likely due to the presence of John “Poppa Fink” Loscalzo, the epitome of a classic racing … Continue reading →

Be warned: this whole post is rather a series of promotions; charitably, one could also characterize them as news. I’ve been invited to be a guest on the Homer Fink Show on internet radio today at 4:00, to talk about … Continue reading →

Over the last couple of months, I’ve been dipping into To the Swift: Classic Triple Crown Horses and Their Race for Glory. The book, edited by Joe Drape, is a collection of New York Times articles, from 1875, the year … Continue reading →