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Although I have discussed Evening Attire and his stirring performances in mile and a half races at age 10, I feel I must say something about another amazing old boy, Commentator.These are the horses and stories that stir our souls and reach deep into our heart…and remain there. We all have our favorite Triple Crown horses and speak of them with ...

Many guys will admit, if pressed, that within 30 seconds of meeting a new girl, they place her in one of two categories: a potential date or a possible friend. I think most pedigree geeks do something similar when first encountering a new mare.  Is this a potential broodmare prospect?  Or is she better off in another ...

On Sunday Kent Desormeaux won his 5,000th career race, becoming just the 23rd jockey to accomplish that feat. Below, courtesy of NYRA, are the top 100 riders of all-time, by wins. Name Starts Wins Seconds Thirds Earnings Russell A. Baze* 44,608 10,204 7,703 6,420 $156,377,346 Laffit A. Pincay, ...

Courtesy of Becky Johnston California steward Tom Ward thinks the racing public is too sensitive right now, because of Jeremy Rose's ''accidental'' striking of a horse across the face with his whip repeatedly.  So I guess, we should just give Garrett Gomez a pass because he admittedly hit his filly across the mouth Sunday, after her ...

As the great poet/musician Bob Dylan so eloquently wrote 45 years ago, “The Times They Are a-Changin’.”Though the rock icon was writing about the political and social upheaval of that era, the title track of his 1964 album is often referred to when any major societal changes are occurring.At The Blood-Horse, which has been publishing since 1916, ...

Monday was the last day of the first week of racing. Despite rare sunny weather with low humidity, the track was a ghost town.  NYRA reported attendance of only 10,695.  In the absence of attention, two jockeys -- Mike Luzzi and Channing Hill –- excelled.Luzzi booted home two of the first four winners on the 10-race card. His first ...

A few posts ago we discussed various race track announcers, and I specifically pointed out Mr. Tom Durkin and described the joy of watching him call Arrrrr's races especially.Well, with Durkin's exciting encouragement Arrrrr won the second race at Saratoga for July 28, 2008! It was a great run, and Arrrrr was set up well. Why is this moment more ...

Plan, who looked extremely promising when winning a maiden on the second of two starts at 2, was unplaced in the Two Thousand Guineas (gr. I) on his 3-year-old debut. Fourth in a listed race next time out, he fulfilled his potential on his third start of the year, taking the Keeneland International Stakes (gr. III). A son of Storm Cat out of ...

Macho Again, a horse that finished second to Big Brown in the Preakness Stakes (gr. I), won the 45th Jim Dandy Stakes (gr. II) beating the 3-2 favorite Pyro.  But his achievement (if you can call it that) wasn’t very commendable.Macho Again’s time for the 1 1/8 miles, run on a track labeled good, was only 1:51.  In comparison, a New ...

Marylou Whitney, escorted by her husband John Hendrickson, entered the main dining room of the Wishing Well restaurant on Route 9N at 9:58 pm. That is two minutes shy of an hour that most people her age are counting sheep instead of eating lamb chops.  With Whitney’s hair swept back off her eternally beautiful face and tied in the back with ...