– The Eclipse Awards are tonight. TVG is broadcasting the festivities starting at 6 p.m. (Pacific Time). Finally, the HOTY debate can be put to rest: Ghostzapper is the best — no, it was Smarty Jones’ year. (Inq.)
– Steve Haskin takes a look at the Kentucky Derby future book. (BH)
– Pat Valenzuela gets his first stakes win since his return to riding on Saint Afleet in the Palos Verdes Handicap Sunday. (LAT)
– Ashado headed to Apple Blossom. (TT)
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Posted by JC in Miscellany on 01/24/2005 @ 6:50 am / Follow @railbird on Twitter
“Through the cracks, out of sight, out of mind. Not pretty.” That’s how the Lexington Herald-Leader, in a special report, sums up the working conditions backside workers face in Kentucky, where worker’s compensation doesn’t cover every exercise rider, groom, and hotwalker, and where injuries severe enough to warrant an ambulance call occur once a week on average.
Posted by JC in Track Notes on 01/23/2005 @ 2:45 pm / Follow @railbird on Twitter
– Do you long for the days when crowds filled grandstands and racing mattered? “Take a trip back into time, a trip to Oaklawn Park.” (ESPN)
– Six months after Pennsylvania passed a law allowing more than 61,000 slot machines to be placed in 14 locations, state officials are still struggling to work out the kinks of launching the program. (Sun)
– “Snow KOs racing.” Aqueduct, Laurel, and Philadelphia Park are among the tracks that cancelled racing this weekend. (NYP)
– Russell Baze passed Bill Shoemaker as second on the list of winningest jockeys Saturday. (MSNBC)
– Opelousas Daily World sports editor Tom Dodge announces a new racing column. First up, a glossary for novices. (ODW)
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Posted by JC in Miscellany on 01/23/2005 @ 1:45 pm / Follow @railbird on Twitter
