Posts from January 2008
On the Road…
File this under “learn something new every day”, I received this message from a friend on Facebook:
Thought of you at the Kerouac show at the 42nd street branch of the NYPL. He used to create these fantasy horse race newspaper reports. They’re very cool, cute little horse drawings and all. Now that you’re an aficionado thought you’d get a kick from them.
Really? I was never a Kerouac fan, however this sounds kind of promising. The exhibit is called Beatific Soul: Jack Kerouac on the Road and is on view in the main branch of the New York Public Library on 42nd street through March 16th.
Kerouac’s minutely detailed fantasy baseball and horse racing materials, which he created as a boy and played with throughout his life, will also be on display.
A quick touch of Googling uncovered this:
Leo also introduced his son to the world of horse racing which, just like baseball, would stimulate Kerouac’s young imagination.
In New York between now and March 16th? Then you might want to check this out.
Posted by dana on Jan 26 2008
Filed Under: Racing in Pop Culture
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Seeing This…
in Whole Foods this week is about as close as I’ve come to doing anything racing related.
I’ll be watching the Sunshine Millions but not playing due to extreme work load. This gives me an opportunity to try out one of my only racing “resolutions”, which is to stop or at least cut down on sentimental wagers that don’t involve any handicapping.
However, if I were to do any handicap-free sentimental wagering this weekend, I might go for Bayou’s Lassie in the Distaff with a token straight exacta of Ginger Punch over Prop Me Up. That’s it really, not a lot of sentimental favorites running this weekend and definitely no time to handicap.
In the meantime, go to the TBA homepage and grab all the past performances for the Sunshine Millions. Just because I can’t handicap doesn’t mean you shouldn’t!
Posted by dana on Jan 25 2008
Filed Under: 2008, Ginger Punch, Racing
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Get Well Soon C. Nak!
Corey Nakatani at Belmont (Sarah K. Andrew)
According to DRF, Corey Nakatani took a spill during a morning work Saturday at Hollywood Park and broke a collar bone. He’ll be out for undetermined period of time. Sadly, Bouweizase, the unraced filly had to be euthanized.
Best of luck for a speedy recovery.
Posted by dana on Jan 20 2008
Filed Under: 2008, Corey Nakatani, Get Well Soon, Injury, Racing
(1 votes, average: 5 out of 5) Loading ...Take Some Action for New York Action
Greg at Power Cap has a template you can copy and paste to write to your representatives in the New York State Assembly and Senate. The issue is that the NYRA signal is being blocked to New York Residents using ADW sites such as youbet.com or Twinspires.
As Greg points out, it seems like a move to force bettors to either go to an OTB or watch the OTB channel, however, not all New Yorkers are lucky enough to have access to an OTB or an OTB channel (the most fabulous thing on TV if you ask me).
Please help your OTB channel-less fellow New Yorkers, go here, find your representatives and let them know how you feel!
Posted by dana on Jan 20 2008
Filed Under: Internet, 2008, You Can Help, NYRA, Simulcasting, OTB
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...New Yorkers Love Thier Evening Attire
Although he’s Kentucky bred, you’d think Evening Attire was a Native New Yorker the way New York crowds love him.
Teresa at Brooklyn Backstretch has 2 posts about her day at the Big A to watch Evening Attire… one specifically about Evening Attire while the other is a more about The Big A experience in general (and a great read!).
Greg at Power Cap also has a nice write up about his trip to see the old man. At the end of his post he links to an excellent Evening Attire Fan Site that that I’ve included in my new link category, Fan Sites.
I thought Evening Attire looked great and ran game second. As Teresa points out, it really wasn’t enough distance for him. His next outing will be at 1 1/8 mile, so look out you rotten kids!
Posted by dana on Jan 20 2008
Filed Under: 2008, Geldings, Aqueduct, Evening Attire, Fans
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