The Night Before Christmas
with abject, extensive, and heartfelt apologies
to Clement Moore
‘Twas the night before Christmas,
and all ’round the track
not a creature was stirring –
they’d all hit the sack.
The stockings were hung
down the shedrow with care
in hopes that the racing secretary
soon would be there.
(with carefully written races [...]
With the holidays coming up (really, really quickly), it’s supposed to be quiet in our horse racing corner of the world.
Ha! No such luck.
So, several items grabbed my eye in the last few days…
Maryland racing industry to seek state money for purses
As reported in various places, including the Washington Post (here), the Maryland racing [...]
Last Wednesday, That’s Amore Stable runner Terri’s T Bird earned a hard-fought victory at Laurel Park (details here). Here’s what the chart had to say:
Terri’s T Bird lacked speed, swung to the seven path in midstretch, closed and was along in time.
Simple enough. Here’s what it felt like for me:
Pre-race
It was a salty [...]
Laurel’s website is reporting (here) that journeyman jock Luis Garcia will return from injury with a couple of rides on Saturday, including aboard All Smiles in the featured Squan Song Stakes (for Maryland-bred fillies who’ve never won a stake).
Garcia, a native of Puerto Rico, fractured a bone in his right wrist in a November 7 [...]
A random smattering of horse news grabbed my attention today. But, before we hit that, without further ado (and perhaps employing other introductory cliches as necessary), we present our second intermittent episode of… Unclear on the Concept!
Today’s winner, as reported by NY Daily News writer Jerry Bossert here, is the steward at Aqueduct, who, [...]
The Thoroughbred Times is reporting (here) that Ellis Park plans to discontinue its policy of taking out just four percent on Pick-Four wagers.
According to the publication, all-sources handle on Ellis’ races declined in 2007, versus 2006, although betting on the Pick-Four sequence itself did increase. The track promises a new exotic wager for the [...]
