JC / Railbird - Thoroughbred racing news and notes

I met Marc Subia today and he told me the story of his amazing autograph jacket. "It's my most prized possession." Marc started coming to Del Mar with his dad in the 1970s. It's his home track. And he's been collecting jockey autographs for decades ...

Grand Jete keeping an eye on me as I take a picture of Rushing Fall's #BC17 garland. #thoroughbred #horseracing #delmar

Another #treasurefromthearchive — this UPI collage for Secretariat vs. Sham. #inthearchives #thoroughbred #horseracing

Thanks, Arlington. Let's do this again next year. #Million35

That's a helmet. #BC16 #thoroughbred #horseracing #jockeys

Lady Eli on the muscle. #BC16 @santaanitapark #breederscup #thoroughbred #horseracing

A Belated Note from the Spa

I am chagrined. A little shamefaced that Railbird posting has dwindled to almost nothing in the past three weeks. All this time in Saratoga, and I’ve barely written a word. The situation is so bad that when I met Alan of Left at the Gate at the track on Saturday, he greeted me with, “What happened? It’s like you fell into a black hole.” Not quite … just Saratoga, where racing crowds out all else. Some notes and observations on the meet’s first half are coming soon …

Posted by JC in Saratoga on 08/15/2005 @ 8:00 pm / Follow @railbird on Twitter

Opening Day

Or, what I saw in the detention barn. A full report on that boondoggle, as well as comments on Monday’s Saratoga Preview and the meet’s opening days, coming Friday or Saturday. Posting three or four times a week may have been an ambitious plan — the past week has been a blur of horses and people and I’ve spent less than, oh, an hour online in that time. Saratoga is fantastic, though, and I hope to write about it as much as I can over the next month.

Posted by JC in Saratoga on 07/28/2005 @ 2:35 pm / Follow @railbird on Twitter

Railbird Moves to Saratoga

Saratoga opens on Wednesday, and I’m in town for the whole meet starting today. Through August, I’ll be posting three or four times a week, and in a different format — entries will be in more of a column or diary style, and almost exclusively about the Spa. If you’re in Saratoga too, send me an email. I’d love to meet you.

Posted by JC in Saratoga on 07/24/2005 @ 7:00 am / Follow @railbird on Twitter

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