FSIM Opens Next Friday
Filmmaker Brad Hennegan and the man* who bought the first tickets in New York to the Friday night opening of FSIM.
Don’t forget! “The First Saturday in May,” the feel-good documentary by the Hennegan Brothers that follows six 2006 Kentucky Derby prospects, including Barbaro and Lawyer Ron, from preps to post, opens in theaters across the country beginning April 18. Find a theater near you.
Thumbs up! Both Dana and Teresa have all the details on the New York screening and reviews of the movie. Since I’m an inept critic, I’ll throw you over to Green But Game and Brooklyn Backstretch for much more on this delightful film …
Keeneland Classic Channel
Great idea, oddly executed. “Tune in”? Not online.
See This Movie
Congratulations to John and Brad Hennegan! The brothers’ award-winning documentary “The First Saturday in May,” which follows six contenders on the 2006 Kentucky Derby trail, will open in 18 cities on April 18 (and more the week after), thanks to a partnership with Truly Indie and Churchill Downs. Check out the movie’s freshly designed web site to find a theater and view the trailer.
Online Only, Please
A renewal notice for my Blood-Horse subscription popped up in the mail the other day. It’s been sitting on my desk since, as I waffle on re-upping for another year.
Here’s the thing — and I say this as someone who started out in print media, is an inveterate book collector, and subscribes to many magazines and little journals — I don’t want any more print in my life.
I don’t need any more print, unless it offers me something that can’t be found online — and that’s not quite the case with the Blood-Horse. Sure, I like looking at the farm ads, and the “Newcomers” list, but I’ve already read most of the content in each week’s issue by the time it arrives — on the web. The one argument for subscribing I can muster is access to BloodHorseNow.com, which is an attractive, usable site with most of the news and data I’ve come to rely on from Blood-Horse. I want to renew for that — but that means taking a print subscription, taking 52 more weeks of magazines stuffed with news I already know cluttering up my tiny New York apartment.
Dear Blood-Horse, I’d like to resubscribe. But online only. Sell me a subscription to your superb BloodHorseNow.com that doesn’t include the magazine — say, for $49. Or for $69 if I want a copy of the Stallion Register. But please — don’t make me subscribe to your print magazine anymore.
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To be fair, if I read Blood-Horse solely online, I would have missed the letter to the editor in the March 15 issue written by Man o’ War biographer Dorothy Ours about the Breeders’ Cup changes announced last month. Excerpts below:
Moving all of the Breeders’ Cup filly and mare stakes to the Friday card seems like a promising marketing idea gone astray … if girl power is so potent, why don’t any of the “ladies” get to perform on Saturday? Instead, they’ve all been relegated to the less popular day … I’m afraid the impact of a very special event will be diluted.
Agreed, which is why a few of us launched a petition calling for the Breeders’ Cup to either restore the name of the Distaff or rename the race the Filly & Mare Classic, create a fans’ committee, and consider alternate Breeders’ Cup schedules. Add your name to the petition today!
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