Give the Kentucky Horse Racing Authority credit for a quick investigation into allegations that Ken Ramsey, a finalist for the Eclipse Award for top owner, attempted to bribe another owner to scratch a horse from a race. A mere week after news of the investigation surfaced, the authority fined Ramsey $25,000 and gave him a seven-day suspension for the matter. This means, though, that of the three finalists for the owner’s Eclipse, one is known for his horses’ not infrequent post race drug positives, and the other thinks he can bribe fellow players to get what he wants. How embarrassing. (Lexington Herald-Leader)
Related: “The bright lining in this case shows we have a racing authority,” writes Jennie Rees, “with some backbone.” (Courier-Journal)
Posted by JC in Owners/Owning on 01/18/2005 @ 6:35 am / Follow @railbird on Twitter
Episode 3: In which LeAnn Rimes pays a visits and spends more time on screen than any of the horses.
We begin with a look back at episode two. No one can believe that Jewel picked Shoot Yeah over Kool Smoke. “I was stunned,” Deanna says as we see shots from the match race and Jewel’s departure. Poor Jewel. She was so enthusiastic, so … wait, she’s gone, we don’t have to trouble ourselves with thinking about her anymore.
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Posted by JC in Media/TV/Film on 01/18/2005 @ 6:30 am / Follow @railbird on Twitter
British racing pundit John McCririck became the second contestant booted off of “Celebrity Big Brother” last night. “Thank God I’m out,” he said after the decision was announced. McCririck was denied one of life’s necessities during his captivity, reports Louis, our man in Great Britain: “He went on a sulk for a day and a half because Big Brother would not give him any Diet Coke. He refused to speak to anyone in the house until he was given some. Big Brother taunted him by offering all the other housemates some in private and then offering him a glass of tomato juice.” That is cruel.
Posted by JC in Media/TV/Film on 01/18/2005 @ 5:35 am / Follow @railbird on Twitter
