Fan favorite Evening Attire at Aqueduct (Sarah K. Andrew)

No doubt the blogosphere and racing sites in general will be regaling Evening Attire with well deserved retirement send offs in the next couple of days.

Until then, just wanted to say a simple “thank you” to Evening Attire and his connections.

His last out, a win on the road in the Greenwood Cup at Philadelphia Park:

The announcer couldn’t have said it better, “Evening Attire, amazing!”

Posted by dana on Sep 28 2008    
Filed Under: Get Well Soon, Farewell, Geldings, 2008, Sarah K. Andrew, Evening Attire, Fans, Retirement, Race Replay, Injury, Racing

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Curlin winning last year’s JCGC (Sarah K. Andrew)

Excellent news for those who can get to Belmont on September 27th!

Curlin’s next start will be in the Jockey Club Gold Cup!

Nothing new to add other than excitement and an excellent photo.

Posted by dana on Sep 04 2008    
Filed Under: :), 2008, 4yo, Sarah K. Andrew, Curlin, Wooo!, Belmont, Racing

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Noble Truth in the paddock (Sarah K. Andrew)

You know I haven’t been paying attention to the internet when I miss a post like this… my vote so far for the best post of the summer. Not only because it’s funny and from one of my favorite Ohio Valley Girls, but because as J points out in the first comment, “this post should be emailed to every racetrack marketing executive, printed and posted in racetrack office suites across the land”.

I did manage to notice a somewhat similarly themed opinion piece at Bloodhorse posted by a former track executive. Very interesting.

And if that wasn’t enough, this post by Paulick managed to catch my eye too. It seems that fans aren’t the only ones who need to take matters into their own hands! Speaking of owners, 18% of July’s Self Appointed Fan Committee submissions were from Owners!

Wait, how would I know that? Because the reports are done! The new phone book’s here, the new phone book’s here!

That’s right, this evening’s blogging is brought to you by completion of the first round of SAFC reports! Mind you, it’s just a first step… we don’t have any fancy charts or tons of interesting deeper trends discovered but we have a good idea of who made submissions what the submissions were about, statistically speaking. A month and half ago nothing like this existed. One step at a time, or as I like to say, you have to wake up before you can crawl.

Posted by dana on Aug 14 2008    
Filed Under: Industry, Self Appointed Fan Committee, 2008, Internet, Fans, Sarah K. Andrew, Racing

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Notional w/Jersey Joe Bravo up celebrating a win in the Salvatore Mile at Monmouth (Sarah K. Andrew)

I had no intention of blogging tonight but I just saw this item at NTRA.

Notional, a multiple graded stakes winner, has been retired from racing after breaking the coffin bone in his left front foot when he finished fourth in last weekend’s Grade 1 Whitney Handicap at Saratoga.

First my beloved Lava Man is retired and now Notional, just when he was coming back into his own.

Valerie couldn’t have said it better last weekend when she opined “When will they accept that Notional is just a miler?” (except I would have omitted the “just”, ain’t no shame in being a miler).

The worst part was he looked GREAT in the parade for the Whitney, so great in fact that I almost thought about betting on him even though he was a clear bet against for me at the distance. All and all he ran well at the distance and I was looking forward to seeing him back a mile where he could dominate. Damn it!

2008 Salvatore Mile:

2007 Risen Star (Perhaps I will love all winners of the Risen Star):

2007 San Rafeal (the audio is really weak):

2007 Florida Derby:

Best of luck to Notional for a speedy recovery!

Posted by dana on Jul 31 2008    
Filed Under: Get Well Soon, Sarah K. Andrew, Farewell, 2008, 4yo, YouTube, Notional, Fans, Retirement, Race Replay, Injury, Racing

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Acai (inside) winning by nose over Unbridled’s Heart (Sarah K. Andrew)

In some actual racing news I noticed that Discreet Treasure, the impressive maiden winner from about a month ago, is a main track only entrant in the 6th tomorrow, a 6F 76K allowance race. Update: Discreet Treasure scratched as the race stayed on turf.

I also noticed that Fabulous Strike is entered in the non-graded Harvey Arneault Memorial Stakes on the WV Derby card at Mountaineer on Saturday. Not exactly the Grade 1 Forego that was noted a potential next start when it was reported that he would miss last weekend’s Vanderbilt with a foot injury.

Beattie said he didn’t expect Fabulous Strike to miss a lot of training time, but that he would ship him back to his Penn National stable and come up with a new plan. Beattie said he would consider shipping back to Saratoga for the Grade 1 Forego on Aug. 30.

Odd, no?

One my best plays at Saratoga, employing the Papa Backstretch betting technique ($10 to win), was Acai who won the 4th on Saturday at 12-1 beating the fav, Unbridled’s Heart, by a neck on the wire. Acai is brought to you by IEAH & Babe and as it turns out, he might be their entry in the Travers!

For all of Babe’s annoying bluster, I must confess that I love his work patterns. After Acai’s maiden win at 1 1/16, he had 3 really nice endurance works to get him ready for the 1 1/8. That combined with how he looked in the parade was what sold me, even though I really don’t like to bet maiden winners next out. Thanks Babe!

Posted by dana on Jul 29 2008    
Filed Under: Sarah K. Andrew, 2008, Workouts, Fabulous Strike, Saratoga, 3yo, Racing

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