17 Feb 2009 1:39 PM
When True Quality snuck off to win yesterday's General George at Laurel, he not only earned his first graded stakes victory but also struck a blow for that hoary old chestnut of name type: the aspirational name.
12 Jan 2009 1:15 PM
Here's what wasn't in Sunday's Washington Post:
One word about horse racing nationally or locally. Not one word about, for example, Laurel's What a Summer Stakes, in which young filly Access Fee ran her record to four-for-four at Laurel and punched her ticket to next month's Grade II Barbara Fritchie.
10 Dec 2008 1:44 PM
It's a busy week among the bloggers of the Thoroughbred Bloggers Alliance, what with important stories developing both nationally and internationally.
02 Dec 2008 11:31 AM
Ran into my pal the usher the other day at Laurel. That is, the ex-usher. Because Laurel -- besieged by nearby tracks with slots-infused purses and battling the collapsing national economy -- no longer needs ushers on normal days.
03 Nov 2008 7:44 AM
Sometime Tuesday night - or perhaps Wednesday morning - our nation will have a new president-elect. And Maryland racing will have a future. Or not.
31 Oct 2008 9:36 AM
When Frankie Dettori flyingly dismounted from Raven's Pass last Saturday, it marked, in a sense, the end of a decade-long journey for the colorful jockey. It also marked, from my perspective, another link in the chain of interconnectedness that is one of racing's signal charms.
28 Oct 2008 9:22 AM
Just checked put our pal Ted's post introducing this week of musings from the small-ownership crowd. There, to my surprise, he'd successfully pilfered a photo of me from our That's Amore Stable website. In the picture, I appear to be the living definition of fat and happy.
