Boston resident Heidi Erickson, who gained local notoriety as the “Cat Lady” following her arrest last year on charges of animal cruelty after several sick and dead cats were discovered in her Beacon Hill apartment, was before the Massachusetts Racing Commission Wednesday appealing Suffolk Downs’ decision to deny her a grooming license. The commission upheld the track’s decision to reject her application because Erickson lied about her criminal record and gave a false social security number.
Posted by JC in Suffolk Downs on 08/12/2004 @ 11:10 am / Follow @railbird on Twitter
Which is the better horse? “That will be determined on Aug. 28, with a showdown in the $1 million Travers Stakes at Saratoga, a race that will also include Belmont winner Birdstone and The Cliff’s Edge, who finished second to Purge in the Jim Dandy.” (Daily Racing Form)
Posted by JC in Travers Stakes on 08/10/2004 @ 9:30 am / Follow @railbird on Twitter
There is no race for top three-year-old, writes Mike Watchmaker. We all know what’s going to happen when it comes time to award the divisional title: “No legitimate argument can be made for any horse in position to mount a late-season threat — not Birdstone, not Sunday’s Haskell Invitational winner Lion Heart, not Sunday’s Jim Dandy winner Purge, and not Rock Hard Ten in the wake of his flop in the Haskell. None of them is in the same league with Smarty Jones.” (Daily Racing Form)
Related: “Smarty just won’t go away” (ESPN)
Posted by JC in HOF/Awards on 08/10/2004 @ 9:15 am / Follow @railbird on Twitter
