Sunday Evening Notes
– Teresa has a great post up on Brooklyn Backstretch about our Saturday trip to Laurel Park. While the day was a bust for me at the windows, the visit was more than redeemed by the pleasures of watching a race from the backstretch, hanging out in Laurel’s comfortable clubhouse box seats with fellow horseplayers, and meeting Washington Post turf writer John Scheinman, who had some excellent tips on the local card (if only I had listened).
– First round Triple Crown nominations are out (PDF).
– The Super Bowl looked over at 14-10. Then — in a fourth quarter moment so transcendent even a non-football fan like me could appreciate it — Eli Manning eluded swarming Patriots players to pass the ball 32 yards into David Tyree’s sure hands, putting the Giants on the Patriots’ 24-yard line and pretty much guaranteeing an upset. My sympathies to New England Patriots followers, who must have been sure their team was on the verge of football immortality. All the pressure on Tom Brady couldn’t have helped, but it also looked as though the Patriots — and especially the offensive line — were outplayed from start to finish by a scrappier, more determined team. Sort of like 1-2 Great Emperor finishing a nose behind longshot Jed Greeley in the third at Aqueduct this afternoon …
– Speaking of the Super Bowl, one of the best ads of the night had to be this one from Vitamin Water, featuring Shaq, Santa Anita, and a horse named Chunk of Love:
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