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(sorry I seemed to have posted a "dead" link).
No secret that Tapit has been the dominant Belmont Stakes sire over the past few
years, having produced four Belmont winners since 2014.
Forte is by Violence. Violence's stallion page is linked above. Go to the Equibase
statistical summary on that page and check out Violence's average winning distance
numbers. Looking at
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I have great memories of Churchill Downs from long ago. Some of the best memories
are softball games we used to play in the CD infield before the turf course was
installed. AJ Foyt's annual backstretch barbecue on Derby Day. Being introduced to Nelson
Bunker Hunt and his daughters in the clubhouse on the day Genuine Risk won the
Derby.
The Churchill Downs of the present has a lovely r
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Keen Ice by Curlin who is by Smart Strike. The Derby winner's dam is by Smart
Strike. I think the breeders have a technical name for an equine so closely bred
but it involves numbers and I find it confusing.
When Tapit's final count as a stallion is in, I would like to look closely at
Smart Strike's record as a stallion compared to Tapit's. Smart Strike was leading
sir
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Bellamy Road negative 5 TG (I think 120 Beyer) in the Wood.
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Fair Grounds La Derby Day entries are out. Seems like a card where one could
bury oneself with overanalysis. My shovel is ready, will TGs be out tomorrow?
Saturday AQ runs series of starter races, probably a good betting card and a
decent way to funnel some cash to trainers who will not be favored by upcoming
condition books so it seems like a good week to laissez les bon temps roulet
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Wow I gotta print retraction/apology. Shame on me beating up on a fellow senior
citizen like that. I would have never guessed DWL L/T win percentage could be more
than 12% after as you point out a lot of sparse years. Thanks BB.
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Killebrew 256. There is a catcher named Ray Schalk who played early in 20th
Century, considered best defensive catcher of period, 253.
NY Fave Nick Zito, inducted to HOF in 2005, probably trending along the
Lukas/Killebrew metric.
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JB
I will stand pat with the one Lifetime Achievement Award, I do not know if I
can handle added responsibility.
Speaking about honors, and more seriously, a friend and I were discussing
whether Kiaran McLaughlin should be inducted into the Thoroughbred HOF. I think
this is a no brainer even without considering his accomplishments as Chris
Antley's agent and as a pioneer, one of th
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Don't forget 8 race NYRA Friday card with HUGEMONGOUS 52K P6 carryover!!!!
Post time 1:20 PM
Remember "a beer" only leads to "more beer"
Richiebee
Lifetime Achievement Award Nominee Emeritus
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Grinder
My literary agent might protest that over 3400 posts in 16 years translating to
a t-shirt (large) or a hat (I have one) sells the content a bit short.
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Okay Boscar's picture of David Monaci sets up a story.
Background: Monaci was a mortgage broker/thoroughbred owner. I think Alan
Seewald was his primary trainer. Monaci took out his trainer's license and had
some success and saddled over 2000 runners. Monaci's run came to an end when he
tried to subvert the policies and procedures of the state "spit" barn at
Philad
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Morey has been training since 1997.
Is this like "whack a mole"? I mention a trainer and everyone quick runs to
Google him? Have some real fun and Google Burton Sipp or David Monaci....
This was Morey's only medication violation in 25 years of training? (and note
the Paulick Reporters' had to issue a "Correction"--Morey was NOT accused of
"milkshaking&q
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Trainer Morey an interesting study with a 42% strike rate in stakes races
(sample:19).
The More(y) interesting runner to me is Rock Sugar (Race 6), first off claim from
Mott. Sugar was not so sweet, breaking his maiden only after being gelded and
dropped in for a tag in eighth career start. Shows company lines to Waxman and
Risk Taking, also in on today's card. Morey is 33% off the c
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I guess I can stay awake for one more post.
I have abdicated the throne. I am neither the King of Nothing nor the King of Anything.
See you in the mutuel pools. With some of my recent wagers, you should be happy to
have my company there. I am the contrarian who thinks these are the Golden Days of
Racing, but I guess it is more fun and fashionable to "Quit" playing the game, or
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prist Wrote:
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> Let me know if you need anyone to do ground work
> in the Eastern Bloc. I'll go back to the Old
> Country for free sheets. :-)
This is all well and good but I want to remind TGLegal that I have the exclusive
right to do ground at the Moscow Hippodrome and the resort track at Pyatigorsk.
There is a photo
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Yeah lets make Kinchen the big criminal here. Lets CLEAN UP HANDICAPPING
TOURNAMENTS!!, while the Rules of Racing and the enforcement of such are a total
joke. OK.
My new pet peeve is "We are family racing" at NYRA, where one day in the near
future at NYRA you might have a six horse field with mounts ridden by Dylan Davis,
the two Davis sisters, Dylan's brother-in-law Trevor
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Feds want him detained until sentencing.
Wonder if he's safer inside or outside?
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Maybe you should be thanking Resorts World.
With no RW, NYRA tracks would have eventually been administered by one of your
evil empires, or maybe the evils acting as partners.
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JB really the problem is that some of the runners in North America who might be
able to compete at equal weights are nowhere to be found.
To twist your words a bit, when you have a HOY running against a NW3LT, weight
might be the only way to level the playing field.
To go back 40 years and more (sorry) the two greatest horses I have seen--Forego
and Spectacular Bid--distinguished themsel
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JB he's won four races this year, all run under conditions where he gave weight to
some if not all competitors. Here he is equal weighted with Stilleto Boy, who is
NW3 lifetime.....
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In days of very old this race would have been more interesting...if run as a handicap:
Knicks 130
Life 127
Sir Winston 118
All Others: Between 112-114
If Flightline had entered,125
And yes this would have made the race more interesting.
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Boscar:
Somewhere in the archives I have a Condition Book from Delaware Park, 1986.
There is indeed a page that lists all riders with their weights, agents and
agent's phone numbers. Some of the names: Rick Wilson (agent Al Dellape, who also
had Mary Ann Alligood's book), Julie Krone (Ken "Snake" Cooper, agent) and Chris
Antley (Drew Mollica).
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You went from being "GONE" to betting Finger Lakes on a Tuesday????
WELCOME BACK!!!!!
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Shan:
Article says he trained after hanging it up, 10% winners over 1500 starters; his
wife passed away about a year ago and I guess sometimes this hastens ones demise.
The Paulick article does not mention if Gall was a "natural lightweight", like Pat
Day, who never had to diet or reduce to make weight, but I would imagine this
would be the case given Gall's longevity.
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Fairmount1 Wrote:
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> Also, a big congrats to Mets, Yankee, and Giants
> fans for Javy, Rizzo, and Bryant. At least I had
> one World Series in my lifetime. If nothing else,
> they sure are fun to watch esp Javy Baez.
Baez seems like Lindor v.2-- talented, enthusiastic, slumping and already limping.
With Met injury l
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While the Saratoga Chamber of Commerce and shareholders of AMBev are ecstatic at
Fairmount's recent press release, another one of the greats in St Louis area
thoroughbred racing has passed.
I watched David Gall at both Fairmount and the bull ring Cahokia Downs. We are
talking night racing, and when the lights came on every fly and mosquito in
Southern Illinois headed for these facilit
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Good article, do not recall if our host aka The Wayward Son is mentioned.
Edit -- sorry thought link was to entire article. If you can find, a good read
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Johnnny I think some of those who passed info along have already been
suspended/fined/fired.
I wonder how NYRA feels about this. The woman is a year round presence at the
NY tracks, fills a lot of races, and usually has a stable that contains a mix
of claimer/state bred/stakes horses to fit the condition book.
Here is a hypothetical. Take the agent for the top rider at the Aqueduct winte
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Maker - 3 years ago
Maker4.
Four graded stakes wins in less than 24 hours.
Bob who?
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