Happy Fourth
Twilight card at Belmont this afternoon, Ernie plays the tent. Enjoy the holiday …
Around the TBA
I have been slacking this weekend, but my colleagues around the TBA have not: Over on Green But Game, Dana covers ladies, drugs, and players; at That’s Amore Stable, Frank introduces Irish Colony and ponders how best to provide safe retirements to racehorses; on Left at the Gate, Alan takes a second look at Derby prospects with pedigrees for the distance; and on Thoroughbredblog, Michael reports on the Oaks and Derby from Churchill. For much more good stuff, visit the TBA feed.
Headlines – April 1 Special
Hoofblog rounds up headlines you might have missed:
“WANTED” HORSE CRISIS PEAKS IN USA: As gas passes $10 per gallon, horse demand soars. “Everyone wants one,†moans auctioneer at New Holland (PA) sale. “And no one’s selling!†Rescue farms forced to mow empty pastures. Meat-packing industry charges rising gas prices all a ploy by anti-slaughter crowd. (April 1, 2008)
And here’s another headline, courtesy of reader EJXD2:
Big Brown sold, to be entered for Epsom Derby.
Not a joke: Trainer Rick Dutrow’s comments after Big Brown won the Florida Derby. “I haven’t seen one 3-year-old anywhere in the world that can beat Brown,” said Dutrow. “And I’ve watched ’em all run” (Miami Herald). Hm … in a match race, I might give a fit War Pass the edge.
About
Jessica Chapel writes and edits in Massachusetts. Railbird is a Thoroughbred horse racing blog published from June 2004 to July 2019. More / Contact
Elsewhere
Find Jessica on Pinboard and Instagram, Railbird on LibraryThing and Twitter.
Etc.
Links
Search
Boston Racing
Spreadsheets/Data
← Home
Copyright © 2000-2023 by Jessica Chapel. All rights reserved.