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Tag: meanderings

putting the Saudi Cup in context

(This was originally published February 11, 2020 at thorocap.com. With that site offline, that link point to the copy on … More

horse racing, meanderings, racing culture

what is it going to take?

i had more hope on March 9, 2020 than i have any day since. it was one of the last … More

horse racing, meanderings

an incantation of the present

Horse racing is a game with a past, and it’s a game obsessed with its past. People, myself included, love … More

Arlington, meanderings

August 30, 1981

they breatheheartbeat, batteryhay –they are theatre tryoneabhorrent to thebettor, onenotjet, roar, banterthen onebeat abaryon another, to earn honoron the throne … More

Arlington, Arlington Million, meanderings, poetry

the career maiden – #36

In 2016 and 2017, I wrote a newsletter called The Career Maiden. In May of 2017, I resurrected it today. … More

administrivia, meanderings

Maiden Win Trends Among Kentucky Derby Starters

Most people who follow two-year-old races have a general idea of what kinds of maiden races to follow in order … More

Kentucky Derby, meanderings

Horseplayer Confessions: Just Say No To Lifetime Losers

Over at Brisnet, I make my first visit to the Horseplayer Confession booth, and think about a stern reminder not … More

handicapping, Hawthorne, meanderings

Frontier Red

Frontier Red a bay more brown than blood when shrouded by sweat and twilight only occasionally sparkling when she passes … More

harness racing, Hawthorne, meanderings, poetry

building Catholic Boy’s foundation

When I think of Catholic Boy, I think of the unheralded hard work that goes into building a great horse’s … More

Breeders' Cup, Del Mar, meanderings

Canadian Triple Crown Trifectas

As soon as Wonder Gadot, Aheadbyacentury, and Cooler Mike crossed the wire 1-2-3 in the Prince of Wales, I wondered … More

Fort Erie, meanderings, Woodbine

The Underground Man, two times two, and Justify

So said Fyodor Dostoevsky in his masterpiece “Notes from Underground“: With the ant-heap the respectable race of ants began and … More

Belmont Stakes, meanderings, Triple Crown

Thoroughbred Insider: Withers

In my latest piece for the Thoroughbred Insider Facebook page, I did a little something different: not a Withers Stakes … More

meanderings, Thoroughbred Insider

Thoroughbred Insider: Holy Bull

Today would have been Holy Bull’s 27th birthday. On the Thoroughbred Insider Facebook page, I wrote a short piece remembering … More

meanderings, Thoroughbred Insider

final NTRA poll thoughts

I voted in the NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll for the first time this year.  Some weeks were more difficult than … More

Breeders' Cup, meanderings

A Day At the Races: Presque Isle Downs is the Cheers of racetracks

Of course, the sport on people’s minds was horse racing, not baseball. Deep, stained wood lined saddling stalls, not a … More

meanderings, Presque Isle Downs

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