http://www.raceday360.com/wire/feed en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss R30 dana@superterrific.org http://www.thatsamorestable.net/blog/?p=471 That's Amore Stable - Saturday brings us the second stake of the year in Maryland, the first for fillies.  The (nominally) $100,000 Marshua features eight three year-old fillies going six furlongs over the main track; as in its earlier counterpart, the Dancing Count for boys, none of the entrants are Maryland-breds, so the actual… ]]> Fri, 03 Feb 2012 08:11:00 -0800 http://www.thatsamorestable.net/blog/?p=471 http://www.thatsamorestable.net/blog/?p=467 That's Amore Stable - Not techincally a word, but still… Horse players are, as a rule, the most paranoid group of people in the world. But, as the saying goes, their paranoia doesn’t mean that racing’s not out to get them. ]]> Thu, 02 Feb 2012 07:43:00 -0800 http://www.thatsamorestable.net/blog/?p=467 http://www.thatsamorestable.net/blog/?p=465 That's Amore Stable - Saturday brought the first stakes race of the year in Maryland, a celebration of trainer achievement, and about as close a race as you’re likely to see.  New York shippers took home the money twice, but they left two horses behind. In the $75,000 Dancing Count Stakes, for three year-olds… ]]> Mon, 30 Jan 2012 09:31:00 -0800 http://www.thatsamorestable.net/blog/?p=465 http://www.thatsamorestable.net/blog/?p=462 That's Amore Stable - If it’s yesterdays news, does that make it olds? Regardless, some news and notes from Maryland racing: Abel Castellano hit a grand slam of sorts yesterday when he won four races to move to the top of the riding leaderboard.  I say “of sorts” because one of the wins, aboard… ]]> Fri, 27 Jan 2012 07:48:00 -0800 http://www.thatsamorestable.net/blog/?p=462 http://www.thatsamorestable.net/blog/?p=459 That's Amore Stable - Given the size of Saturday’s mutuel pools at Laurel, it’s safe to assume most of, well, everyone in racing wasn’t paying it much attention.  I mean — less than $30,000 in the WPS pool for the fourth?  On a Saturday?  Yeesh. Still, racing, as it always does, took place.  Here’s… ]]> Thu, 26 Jan 2012 06:34:00 -0800 http://www.thatsamorestable.net/blog/?p=459 http://www.thatsamorestable.net/blog/?p=456 That's Amore Stable - Last night’s Eclipse awards ceremony — at which racing’s glitterati pretend that the sport’s deck chairs are more important than its listing hull — provoked (in me, anyway) a number of questions.  To wit: Since Animal Kingdom’s one boffo effort apparently trumped Caleb’s Posse’s clearly superior season — this choice… ]]> Tue, 17 Jan 2012 06:54:00 -0800 http://www.thatsamorestable.net/blog/?p=456 http://www.thatsamorestable.net/blog/?p=436 That's Amore Stable - In the end, it was all about the beginning. Though once again a bit reluctant to load into the gate, Rapid Redux knocked down his 21st consecutive victory yesterday, his 19th this year, in a race that was, for all competitve purposes, over before the horses hit the first turn. … ]]> Wed, 14 Dec 2011 11:10:00 -0800 http://www.thatsamorestable.net/blog/?p=436 http://www.thatsamorestable.net/blog/?p=433 That's Amore Stable - The plot, as the old pot-boilers had it, thickens. Namely: five days left in the racing season at Laurel, and there is still no agreement on 2012 dates between the tracks and the horsemen.  One person tells me that we’ll end up with dates that look more or less the… ]]> Tue, 13 Dec 2011 09:41:00 -0800 http://www.thatsamorestable.net/blog/?p=433 http://www.thatsamorestable.net/blog/?p=431 That's Amore Stable - Today’s Blood-Horse (here) asks, in a headline, if horse ownership is “more about love than money.” Well, as the kids say, duh. Anyone who’s owned horses for any period of time can tell you that, from an economic perspective, the numbers in racing simply don’t work.  Sure, some horses make… ]]> Wed, 07 Dec 2011 07:48:00 -0800 http://www.thatsamorestable.net/blog/?p=431 http://www.thatsamorestable.net/blog/?p=428 That's Amore Stable - The American Graded Stakes Committee this week released its list of graded stakes for the coming year (here).  So, what’d we learn? First, we learned that this must be a true golden age of horse racing.  Either that, or that it’s getting easier to earn graded money, which is a… ]]> Tue, 06 Dec 2011 13:48:00 -0800 http://www.thatsamorestable.net/blog/?p=428 http://www.thatsamorestable.net/blog/?p=423 That's Amore Stable - And in the “huh?” department, we learn that Laurel Park has decided to end its grass racing season for the year (here).  Grass races have drawn significantly larger fields than dirt races, which is good for everyone involved, but no matter. ]]> Wed, 30 Nov 2011 08:24:00 -0800 http://www.thatsamorestable.net/blog/?p=423 http://www.thatsamorestable.net/blog/?p=419 That's Amore Stable - The little horse who could did it again yesterday at Laurel, while another horse who might have been able to now won’t. Rapid Redux, the gelded son of Pleasantly Perfect whose career, prior to this year, was of no special note, knocked down his record-tying 19th conesecutive victory yesterday in… ]]> Fri, 28 Oct 2011 08:21:00 -0700 http://www.thatsamorestable.net/blog/?p=419 http://www.thatsamorestable.net/blog/?p=417 That's Amore Stable - The return, on Saturday, of the De Francis Dash at Laurel once seemed likely to mark the rebirth of Maryland racing.  Flush with slot machine revenue, Maryland would be hailed as the once, and future, king of mid-Atlantic racing. ]]> Fri, 21 Oct 2011 09:34:00 -0700 http://www.thatsamorestable.net/blog/?p=417 http://www.thatsamorestable.net/blog/?p=407 That's Amore Stable - Lots of trees, or at least pixels, have given and will continue to give their lives in service of analyzing the Fasig-Tipton Eastern Yearlings sale just completed at Timonium.  The brief outlines — average, median, RNAs, sales topper, etc. — have already made the rounds of industry publications.  The general… ]]> Fri, 07 Oct 2011 11:21:00 -0700 http://www.thatsamorestable.net/blog/?p=407 http://www.thatsamorestable.net/blog/?p=404 That's Amore Stable - Saturday’s big day of racing nationwide included a host of graded events at Belmont and Santa Anita.  Yet, while the eyes of the racing nation turned to the big races — the East Coast versions of which were comprised of surprisingly small and uncompetitive fields — nearly 21,000 fans ignored… ]]> Tue, 04 Oct 2011 10:38:00 -0700 http://www.thatsamorestable.net/blog/?p=404 http://www.thatsamorestable.net/blog/?p=394 That's Amore Stable - An intriguing mix of new shooters and Kentucky Derby entrants make up the field of 14 entered for tomorrow’s Preakness, the middle jewel of the Triple Crown, all seeking to take home the most valuable trophy in sports, the Woodlawn Vase. Well, actually, a replica of the Woodlawn Vase. Which… ]]> Fri, 20 May 2011 11:35:00 -0700 http://www.thatsamorestable.net/blog/?p=394 http://www.thatsamorestable.net/blog/?p=391 That's Amore Stable - Call this post: We read the catalog so you don’t have to. While all the world’s atwitter over the Preakness — us, too, actually — there’s also a two year-old in training sale taking place first of next week at Timonium.  Sales horses are breezing today (and did so yesterday). … ]]> Thu, 19 May 2011 07:19:00 -0700 http://www.thatsamorestable.net/blog/?p=391 http://www.thatsamorestable.net/blog/?p=388 That's Amore Stable - It’s been said that Pennsylvania is Pittsburgh and Philadelphia, with Alabama in between. So, too, the Triple Crown: between the social-climbing of the Derby (who are those D-list celebrities, anyway?) and the stodgy incompetence of the Belmont (where the convenience and comfort of fans are no concern to anyone) lies… ]]> Wed, 18 May 2011 07:16:00 -0700 http://www.thatsamorestable.net/blog/?p=388 http://www.thatsamorestable.net/blog/?p=386 That's Amore Stable - Look, any idiot can tell you who’s going to win the Kentucky Derby.  (Not, generally, this specific idiot, mind you).  In fact, the world is full of people right this very moment musing over the question of which horse will wear the blanket of roses. All well and good. But… ]]> Fri, 06 May 2011 07:12:00 -0700 http://www.thatsamorestable.net/blog/?p=386 http://www.thatsamorestable.net/blog/?p=380 That's Amore Stable - Though we won’t, alas, have a starter in the Kentucky Derby this year, we will have a minor rooting interest: three two jockeys who’ve ridden winners for That’s Amore Stable.  Rosie Napravnik, aboard 20-1 Pants on Fire , the Louisiana Derby winner, has ridden several winners for us, including, notably,… ]]> Thu, 05 May 2011 13:38:00 -0700 http://www.thatsamorestable.net/blog/?p=380