A Little Catch Up
Very little in fact, but here it goes… a big, BIG congrats and shout out to GbG pals the Hennegan Brothers on their Eclipse Award for The First Saturday in May (buy the DVD)!
Recently I noticed that Breeders’ Cup posted this clip, created by the Hennegans, to their YouTube channel. I knew about it, but never saw it and am still not clear on where it aired. I love their sensibility and it instantly made me excited for the BC even though 1) it already happened and 2) it wasn’t all that exciting.
In photo news, you have until the end of tomorrow to go vote in round one of the TBA photo do over. Also, GbG regular rotation photog Raymond is on fire as of late over at Aqueduct… check him out too.
And speaking of being on fire, there was plenty of chatter over at Twitter during the races, much of it about Jones. (That should be *greet* Just Jenda… sadly Twitter does not have an edit function).
As if all that weren’t enough, there are plenty of new kids in town at the TBA… most recently Chalk Eating Weasel, Amateur Capper, Michigan-Bred Claimer, Keiblog Racing and Gallop France. In the recent past Thoroughbred Brief, Triple Dead Heat, Turk and the Little Turk and Mary Forney have also joined the growing ranks of people willing to spend their spare time writing about the game that they love. Good for them, and good for us!
Posted by dana on Jan 10 2009
Filed Under: YouTube, Aqueduct, 2009, First Saturday in May, Hennegan Brothers, Breeders' Cup, Larry Jones, Racing
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It’s been a slow blog nite, thanks GbG for the welcoming nod.
“I love their sensibility and it instantly made me excited for the BC even though 1) it already happened and 2) it wasn’t all that exciting.”
My new favorite sentence.
Dana,
Great find on the BC Clip, too bad what they are advertising is basically the old style BC. The BC as it is now is too watered down and doesn’t provide the same drama as it did. If you won a BC race you were something…almost like winning the Derby. Nowadays if you one a fringe BC Race like the BC Dirt mile, who cares… it’s the equivalent of the Met Mile. When I was a kid I knew every BC winner from 1984. I can’t give you more than 5 winners from 3 months ago. Also this was a teaser for the 2008 Breeder’s Cup? Notice how they don’t sample any of Trevor Denman’s calls from 2006 or 2007. Are you telling me they couldn’t find room on that clip for that 2006 BC Juvenile call with Street Sense (lol)?
Tom Durkin’s voice + a slight microphone echo + a roaring crowd = Pure Breeder’s Cup Magic.
Additionally, on that BC clip, the footage of Arthur Hancock on his knees praying for Sunday Silence to hold on is classic. I don’t remember that footage but it is great.
Turk - you’re welcome! and indeed a slow blog night. maybe Little Turk should start a Future Handicappers of America chapter?
T - :)
Jason - great points and you’re so right. my first instinct was to go watch past BC races. I also didn’t catch that shot of Hancock praying but it’s great, thanks for pointing it out!
I just watched it again and caught this line:
“Showcasing American racing to an international audience”
quite the opposite now! no doubt next year will be even more so.
I vaguely remember seeing that clip somewhere on ESPN. Maybe during one of the prep races? I could be wrong.
Thanks for the linkage.
Joe - I think I have the foggiest of memories of the same. At the end of the 8 or how ever many hours it really worked out to be, I was a total zombie.
I posted a picture of the Little Turk tonight….He went as Edgar Prado for halloween.
Have a good week GbG.