http://www.raceday360.com/wire/feed en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss R30 jnchapel@gmail.com http://www.thatsamorestable.net/blog/?p=341 That's Amore Stable - On good days, the racetrack is full of interesting, Runyonesque characters. But you know it, and I know it -- there are some characters you’re best served avoiding... ]]> Fri, 18 Jun 2010 10:53:00 -0700 http://www.thatsamorestable.net/blog/?p=341 http://www.thatsamorestable.net/blog/?p=339 That's Amore Stable - As she returned to the winner’s circle after recording her 17th consecutive victory in yesterday’s Grade I Vanity Handicap at Hollywood, Zenyatta paused for a moment before the stands. ]]> Mon, 14 Jun 2010 08:18:00 -0700 http://www.thatsamorestable.net/blog/?p=339 http://www.thatsamorestable.net/blog/?p=337 That's Amore Stable - If you want to get racing folks unhinged, whisper a criticism of either Rachel Alexandra or Zenyatta, or their respective connections. ]]> Thu, 10 Jun 2010 15:21:00 -0700 http://www.thatsamorestable.net/blog/?p=337 http://www.thatsamorestable.net/blog/?p=335 That's Amore Stable - A few years ago, the Pimlico spring meet would gradually wind down after the Preakness. These days it skids to a halt like a cartoon character trying not to go over a cliff. ]]> Thu, 20 May 2010 06:31:00 -0700 http://www.thatsamorestable.net/blog/?p=335 http://www.thatsamorestable.net/blog/?p=331 That's Amore Stable - Billboards and radio spots around the region are urging us to get our Preak on. This mildly suggestive ad has caused much hand-wringing and hair-pulling from the... ]]> Thu, 13 May 2010 07:13:00 -0700 http://www.thatsamorestable.net/blog/?p=331 http://www.thatsamorestable.net/blog/?p=328 That's Amore Stable - As all racing eyes turn to Maryland and as those of us here prepare to “get our Preak on” (more about that another day), it’s time for racing to right a wrong. ]]> Wed, 12 May 2010 07:04:00 -0700 http://www.thatsamorestable.net/blog/?p=328 http://www.thatsamorestable.net/blog/?p=324 That's Amore Stable - This past week brought a happy return and two happy endings. There’s unlucky. There’s star-crossed... ]]> Mon, 10 May 2010 15:00:00 -0700 http://www.thatsamorestable.net/blog/?p=324 http://www.thatsamorestable.net/blog/?p=322 That's Amore Stable - I don’t usually handicap races in advance on my blog, mostly because well, hell, your hot air and ill-considered opinions are worth more or less exactly the same as mine. ]]> Fri, 30 Apr 2010 16:47:00 -0700 http://www.thatsamorestable.net/blog/?p=322 http://www.thatsamorestable.net/blog/?p=320 That's Amore Stable - It’s the sort of news that typically generates exactly no coverage in the mainstream media and not much in racing media: a three year-old of modest accomplishment, on the extreme... ]]> Mon, 22 Mar 2010 07:33:00 -0700 http://www.thatsamorestable.net/blog/?p=320 http://www.thatsamorestable.net/blog/?p=317 That's Amore Stable - Some things kicking around the musty, cobweb-ridden attic of my mind: As we all know, Monmouth and the local horsemen have agreed on a schedule change that will lead to 50 days... ]]> Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:57:00 -0800 http://www.thatsamorestable.net/blog/?p=317 http://www.thatsamorestable.net/blog/?p=313 That's Amore Stable - In memory of, or perhaps with apologies to, Dick Francis. I pulled the Jaguar round behind the barns and killed the engine. Mr. O’Rourke had been wrong about many things in his life ]]> Mon, 15 Feb 2010 09:09:00 -0800 http://www.thatsamorestable.net/blog/?p=313 http://www.thatsamorestable.net/blog/?p=310 That's Amore Stable - In accepting the Rachel Alexandra-earned Eclipse Award for Horse of the Year, Jess Jackson noted that he and Jerry and Ann Moss -- owners of second place finisher Zenyatta -- spoke frequently during the year. ]]> Thu, 11 Feb 2010 12:53:00 -0800 http://www.thatsamorestable.net/blog/?p=310 http://www.thatsamorestable.net/blog/?p=308 That's Amore Stable - One of the biggest stories in racing these last few weeks -- finally supplanted by the $5 million Rachel-Zenyatta challenge (the bet here is that one or both horses will not go to the... ]]> Fri, 05 Feb 2010 08:53:00 -0800 http://www.thatsamorestable.net/blog/?p=308 http://www.thatsamorestable.net/blog/?p=306 That's Amore Stable - In the days after the 2003 Wood Memorial and leading up to the Kentucky Derby, a clear consensus emerged. It claimed that Empire Maker, who had won by a diminishing neck over Funny Cide... ]]> Tue, 26 Jan 2010 08:02:00 -0800 http://www.thatsamorestable.net/blog/?p=306 http://www.thatsamorestable.net/blog/?p=303 That's Amore Stable - The 19th running of the Grade 1 DeFrancis Dash takes place at Laurel on October 24.  The 2003 winner was A Huevo, whose victory is remembered here. Once upon a time, there was a trainer widely considered to be “mad” and also a “genius.”  His name was Michael Dickinson. Most… ]]> Fri, 23 Oct 2009 08:03:00 -0700 http://www.thatsamorestable.net/blog/?p=303 http://www.thatsamorestable.net/blog/?p=300 That's Amore Stable - (Thanks to Virginia Thoroughbred Blog for the tip!) You’d be hard-pressed to find a historical blindness more humorless or tiresome than the Lost Cause of the Confederacy.  And that’s why the petition to erect a monument to Secretariat in Richmond is so inspired. If you’ve been to Richmond, you know… ]]> Tue, 20 Oct 2009 06:07:00 -0700 http://www.thatsamorestable.net/blog/?p=300 http://www.thatsamorestable.net/blog/?p=293 That's Amore Stable - Item: The Baltimore Sun reports (here) that Magna Entertainment is seeking a January auction to rid themselves of their Maryland racing assets. Item: The Washington Examiner (here) informs us that the city of Baltimore has argued, in a court filing, that Magna’s proposed bidding process is plainly uncompetitive because it… ]]> Wed, 14 Oct 2009 13:18:00 -0700 http://www.thatsamorestable.net/blog/?p=293 http://www.thatsamorestable.net/blog/?p=291 That's Amore Stable - Even in the best of times, the auctioneer’s job is somewhere between begging and cajoling.  In a marketplace where the only certainty is continued uncertainty, the begging aspect takes center stage. And that’s exactly where the good folks at Fasig-Tipton found themselves during this week’s Eastern Fall Yearlings sale.  For… ]]> Fri, 09 Oct 2009 07:59:00 -0700 http://www.thatsamorestable.net/blog/?p=291 http://www.thatsamorestable.net/blog/?p=289 That's Amore Stable - The return of former claiming horse, one-time King of the California circuit, and multi-millionaire Lava Man has generated the entirely predictable spectrum of reaction: all the way from “Yippee! He’s back” to “I can’t believe those greedy SOBs are cruelly abusing this poor horse.” Which, I suppose, is further proof… ]]> Fri, 25 Sep 2009 07:32:00 -0700 http://www.thatsamorestable.net/blog/?p=289 http://www.thatsamorestable.net/blog/?p=286 That's Amore Stable - As the dog days of summer give way to the cool mornings and evenings of fall, and the Nationals’ long-since guaranteed last-place finish, I asked myself: What exactly did I learn this summer? Myself answered, “Not to ask yourself questions that teachers ask third graders on the first day of… ]]> Tue, 22 Sep 2009 07:01:00 -0700 http://www.thatsamorestable.net/blog/?p=286