While I Was Out
Pyro and Kodiak Kowboy in the Forego (Adam Mooshian)
Yours truly has been under the weather the past few days, and is now playing a little catch up. What did I miss? Stuff you already know and possibly even forgot about such as the fabulous come backs of Ventura, Regal Ransom and Theregoesjojo(?). There was also a timely reminder about not getting carried away plus the return of one of my favorite tweeters!
Filed under “not more of the same”, Breeders’ Cup 360 launched late last week, a site designed and developed by Jessica of Raceday 360. Congrats to the BC and Jessica on the launch and be sure to check out the stats section!
While no doubt folks can still find things to grouse about re: the Breeders’ Cup, they’ve been making a nice effort this year to not only include fans and players in the feedback process, but to cater to them with things like evening out the two days a bit and creating two all BC Pick 6s, creating a site specifically for players and announcing a Friday TweetUp (or Tweeters Cup as Ernie calls it). While I still hold out hope that by this time next year the Ladies Classic will be renamed the Filly & Mare Classic, I’ll also give them props for listening and starting to make changes.
The R2 Collective, brain child of Dean from Pull the Pocket, quietly launched last week. Dean’s idea is to have a specific place to discuss marketing, technology and new media as it pertains (or doesn’t yet!) to racing. I have a few ideas for posts kicking around but Dean is on fire, check him out!
Also notable, pals and former colleagues from the TBA have taken up over at the NTRA to cover the Breeders Cup. Val of Foolish Pleasure & Fillies First wins the best author photo!
And finally, War Echo returns! The stunning 3yo 3/4 sib to my beloved Pyro (a.k.a. the new Kodiak Kowboy) made a triumphant debut as a 3yo in the Silverbulletday (who was inducted in the Hall of Fame this year). Shortly after she was sidelined with an injury. She jumped out at me in the parade and looked a lot like Pyro in that long Fairground stretch.
Back before Rachel Alexandra unleashed her torrent of kick ass on the racing world War Echo seemed like a promising up and comer. Will she be able to put it together in time to get to the 2009 Breeders’ Cup? Check her out in the 3rd at Belmont tomorrow and then stay tuned!
Posted by dana on Sep 22 2009
Filed Under: 2009, Fairgrounds, War Echo, Twitter, Rachel Alexandra, Pyro, YouTube, Belmont, Breeders' Cup, Race Replay, Come Back, Racing
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Thanks for the plug! :) I hope you are feeling much better.
What do you mean “under the weather”?
We’ve had such splendid weather lately ! ;-)
Hope it’s not the onset of allergy season.
It’s been going around.
Carry on !
I am a very big War Echo fan and will be watching today’s 3rd race with hopes this gal picks up where she left off in the Silverbulletday.
What exactly does one do at a tweetup? :)
Val - anytime, and thx!
TKSR - it’s extra not fun being sick during the potentially last gorgeous warm days of the year!
BrooklynSaint - let’s just hope she needed that race. she looked so good in the back stretch, I really thought she was going to come on.
Robert - the opposite of tweeting! “A real world meeting between two or more people who know each other through the online Twitter service”. My guess is that this also involves tweeting about who you’re talking too, e.g., “I can’t believe I’m finally meeting @FilliesFirst!” :)