Posts from June 2010
Pride Plays 2010
Australian trainer Gai Waterhouse on Pink Stiletto Day (Pink Stiletto)
It only occurred to me about 30ish minutes ago that some fun could be had in honor of Gay Pride (today) with hunch bets. Over at the horseplayers teen party chat line (twitter) John of Not to the Swift noted that he was going to play any horses with “rainbow” in the name, which promptly lead to me to start looking for gay-ish names.
Make a cocktail, put on some disco, dust off your tiara and oh HONEY, get ready to do some online horse betting!
Like many a good gay I’m late for brunch and some of these races have already run, the but names are still funny.
Belmont:
5th: Magic Queen, Strategic Missile (winner!)
6th: Diva in Training
Calder:
5th: Stylish Act
6th: Lady Charlie, Super Girlie
10th: Sade Dream
Churchill:
6th: Gossiper, Spend and Spree
Hollywood Park:
3rd: Ms. G.I. Jane
6th: Sky’squickscore
7th: Unzip Me
8th: The Whammer
9th: Good Vibration
Monmouth Park:
2nd: Beautiful Rainbows
3rd: Street Talk’n Man
4th: Hello Handsome, Another Love
7th: Quick Ride (winner!)
8th: Lots of Tricks, Self Made Man
9th: Lady Alexander
Best of luck, and no matter how it turns out, you look FABULOUS!
Posted by dana on Jun 27 2010
Filed Under: 2010, Hunch Bet, :), Racing
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Go Slew’s Tizzy!
Slew’s Tizzy and Joel Rosario winning the 2008 Native Diver (Charles Pravata)
My beloved Slew’s Tizzy returns to racing today in the Cornhusker at Prairie Meadows! It sort of feels like when your pet runs away from home and comes back several months after you’ve already resigned yourself to their absence.
The last we saw of Slew’s Tizzy he was in the Doug O’Neill barn where he had won the Native Diver in December of 2008 (pictured above) after a string of decent efforts (minus the Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile). He had vastly improved with O’Neill, and while enjoyable as a fan, it was also always a bit of concern given that O’Neill is no stranger to drug violations. He ended up on Dan Illman’s disabled list with a stall injury and now has magically landed in the barn of Calder trainer Terrance Oliver.
I don’t know anything about Oliver, other than his win percentage is a dismal .06, his first time with team percentage is an equally dismal .09, his +180 days percentage is a respectable .17 and his dirt percentage is .09. Dirt isn’t Slew’s Tizzy’s preferred surface either, unless it’s muddy.
He’s still racing for Joseph LaCombe, who is also his breeder, so at the very least he hasn’t been dumped somewhere unsavory. He’s also reunited with Robby Albarado, which I take to be a very good sign. Let’s just say I’m cautiously optimistic and glad to know where he is… and of course rooting for him!
Update: He started off a bit slow, got into a good position and then faded about half way through the race. I’ll keep an eye out to see if he turns up on the work tab again. I hope they put him back on synthetics!
Posted by dana on Jun 26 2010
Filed Under: :), 2010, Charles Pravata, Robby Albarado, Slew's Tizzy, Racing
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Eagle-eyed photo Jason Moran spotted something interesting during Sunday morning workouts at Belmont.
Some insight from the morning work outs. On the inside is the very capable Munnings. On the outside, with I believe Johnny V., is a horse that was listed as completing the 5 Furlong work in 1:00.46 Breezing. Munnings was caught in the same time but was classified as doing it Handily, (note this photo is 30 or so yards after the finish line). Here is the kicker, the outside horse is an unnamed 2 year old (AP Indy-Madcap Escapade) that was bought for a million bucks in last year’s September Keeneland Sale. Think they were trying to figure out what they have here? Look out for this one.
Hmmm, very interesting indeed. And good work Jason!
Posted by dana on Jun 21 2010
Filed Under: Jason Moran, 2010, Workouts, 2yo, Belmont, Todd Pletcher, Racing
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Found this little gem while watching an interesting 2-year-old maiden replay from Belmont today (Tim Ice trainee, second place finisher was impressive too).
Enjoy your weekend!
Posted by dana on Jun 18 2010
Filed Under: YouTube, Internet, 2010, 2yo, NYRA, OTB, TV, Racing
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Quality Road holds off Musket Man in the 2010 Met Mile (Jason Moran)
In an unusual and welcome turn of events, we’re having a year that’s not dominated by the 3-year-olds. Shy of Blind Luck, Evening Jewel and Lookin’ at Lucky you’d be hard pressed to find a consensus of fans jazzed about the youngins (sidebar: I’m still interested in Tapitsfly, Bickersons and Maximus Ruler). Too bad all the purse money is still showered on the 3-year-olds.
This is the first time since I’ve started paying attention (mid-2006) where the real interest, both with fans and the media, is with older horses. Zenyatta, Rachel Alexandra, Quality Road, Blame, Rail Trip, General Quarters, Life at Ten, St. Trinians, Goldikova, Gio Ponti, Musket Man, Warrior’s Reward and Bribon are currently running and in good form (and health!). I Want Revenge, Mine That Bird and Careless Jewel look likely to get back to business in the near future. And Arson Squad, Bullsbay, Macho Again and Munnings could all get back to form at any moment.
That’s a helluva lot of nice horses and I feel like I’m missing a few! While I’m not entirely sure how it happened, I hope this trend of nice older horses staying in training is not a fluke.
Posted by dana on Jun 14 2010
Filed Under: I Want Revenge, General Quarters, Mine That Bird, 2010, Rachel Alexandra, Quality Road, Let Horses Race, :), Zenyatta, Jason Moran, Racing
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