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Suffolk Downs Archive

Congratulations

To T.D. Thornton, winner of the Castleton Lyons- Thoroughbred Times Book Award for “Not By a Long Shot,” (now available in paperback). Complete coverage of the Monograph Mile from Quinella Queen, who rightfully urges all to pick up this winner.

Posted in Books, Suffolk Downs on April 8, 2008

Recommended Reading

The small mess of a mail pile that awaited me on my return home this week contained a delightful surprise: An envelope from PublicAffairs, containing a copy of T.D. Thornton’s marvelous “Not by a Longshot,” which comes out in paperback this April. The book is outfitted with a new cover that captures the dark uncertainties and workaday thrills of racing at a working-class track that Thornton writes about so well. If you haven’t yet read this story of a season at Suffolk Downs, be sure to pick up a copy this spring. By which I mean, buy it — although Thornton told John he supports the subversives who liberated “Not by a Longshot” from Boston bookstores, I’m guessing he wouldn’t mind an occasional royalty check.

Posted in Books, Suffolk Downs on March 14, 2008

Moments of the Year

The best of 2007: Invasor winning the Dubai World Cup; Rags to Riches winning the Belmont; and MassCap day at Suffolk Downs. Happy new year to all, and thanks so much for reading. Best wishes and good racing luck in 2008!

Posted in Suffolk Downs on January 1, 2008