Handicatting with Floyd…
Got the win with Miami Cat on Thursday, but still down $57.20. Today, a $1 catzacta of Devoted Wildcat and Back Catcha Eric; Catnipper and Neatie the Cat for the win.
…and with Imp and Furlong
Imp's down about $97, Furlong's down $22. For both: $1 catzacta of Devoted Wildcat and Back Catcha Eric. She goes with Catnipper and Devoted Wildcat; he takes Back Catcha Eric and Queen'splatekitten.
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: Preakness
The Preakness: The Lost New York Years
The Preakness is Maryland’s race: it’s “Maryland, My Maryland” and black-eyed Susans and blue crabs. It’s so important to the state that when financial difficulties threatened racing in Maryland,the governor stepped in to make sure that the Preakness would stay in … Continue reading
Maryland’s Gabby Gaudet Is Ready For Her Close-Up
Gabby Gaudet grew up almost literally on the racetrack. Her father, Eddie, trained horses in Maryland for more than 50 years; her mother, Linda, has saddled her own horses since 1996 and has 11 top-three finishes from 17 starts this … Continue reading
Brian Nadeau’s analysis: The Preakness
Brian Nadeau of Horseplayer Now returns with his analysis of today’s Preakness Stakes… Pimlico: The Grade I, $1 million Preakness at 1 3/16 miles #1 Tiger Walk (30-1): Underrated sort quietly ran big in Aqueduct’s GI Wood last time … Continue reading
Comparing the ads
Earlier this week, I posted on Twitter and Facebook the ad below for this year’s Belmont Stakes. I wrote, “I love this ad. And I know that it’s stuff like this that makes non-New Yorkers hate us…but I still love … Continue reading
Brian Nadeau looks at the Preakness
Pimlico: The Grade I, $1 million Preakness at 1 3/16 miles #1 Astrology (15-1 ML): Beautifully bred son of A.P. Indy has progressed nicely this year and enters on the upswing off a one-turn run in the sloppy Jerome. However, … Continue reading
My Personal Preakness Party
2004-2005 was the first year that I paid attention to horse racing year round. I’d spent much of the summer of 2004 at Saratoga, and I developed my first major horse crush, on Afleet Alex. I was there for his … 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
