Even when you’re winning big …
King Leatherbury on repeat Turf Monster winner Ben’s Cat, millionaire:
“People say ‘well, he won a million dollars,’ ” Leatherbury said. “My answer is ‘where did that million dollars go?’ I don’t know where it is. All I know is that every time I win purses, I pay a lot of bills.”
The gelding’s earnings per start average $44,657.
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A tough business, part two …
The tweeted updates on Paynter’s condition from Ahmed and Justin Zayat are just heartbreaking. The Haskell winner, already severely ill with colitis, has developed laminitis in three of his feet. What a horrible disease.
Posted by JC in Racing on 09/04/2012 @ 1:46 pm / Tagged Ben's Cat, King Leatherbury, Laminitis, Millionaires, Paynter / Follow @railbird on Twitter
Santa Anita’s willingness to guarantee a Lasix-free Breeders’ Cup in 2013 was a major factor in the decision to return to Arcadia:
“It is very important to us,” said Christian, speaking in Baden-Baden before Sunday’s Grosser Preis von Baden, which is now part of the Breeders’ Cup ‘Win and You’re In’ Challenge series.
“We consider ourselves [an] international event, not an American event — and when you’re an international event you have to adhere to international standards.”
Posted by JC in Racing on 09/02/2012 @ 10:31 am / Tagged Breeders' Cup, Drugs in Racing, International, Lasix, Raceday Medications, Santa Anita / Follow @railbird on Twitter
“IHA lives a life of comfort.” The Kentucky Derby winner at Big Red Farm (via).
Azeri, Ginger Punch, Lethal Heat, Moscow Burning, Stardom Bound … Kate Hunter on the Yoshida brothers’ starry broodmare band (PDF).
But the horse will tell us what he wants to do. “It’s an absolute crock. Frankel has been saying all year I can do what YOU want me to” (via).
It’s not about the surface. What Dullahan really wants is distance. Given his one-run style, this makes sense. It doesn’t raise his prospects in any of the three Breeders’ Cup races he might enter, though.
East vs. West, Sid Fernando, March 2012: “… it’s striking that even cheaper dirt tracks in the East have lower overall rates than most anything out West.” Hm.
Posted by JC in Racing on 09/01/2012 @ 11:27 am / Tagged Breeding, Dullahan, Frankel, I'll Have Another, International, Japan, Track Surfaces, UK / Follow @railbird on Twitter
