http://www.raceday360.com/wire/feed en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss R30 dana@superterrific.org http://helloracefans.com/races/weekly-roundup/week-of-september-12-2011/ Hello Race Fans! - It was a relatively quiet weekend as the non-stop pace of the summer slowly transitioned to fall. ]]> Mon, 12 Sep 2011 05:43:00 -0700 http://helloracefans.com/races/weekly-roundup/week-of-september-12-2011/ http://www.horseracingnation.com/blogs/BayAreaBackstretch/Back_Home_from_Del_Mar_123 via Pinboard - Spending time at Golden Gate Fields gives you a down home type of feeling. The crowd is small in numbers and pretty laid back. The jockeys walk unbothered from the jocks room to the paddock. Each race winner comes back to a usual quaint gathering of owners, if there are… ]]> Mon, 12 Sep 2011 01:59:00 -0700 http://www.horseracingnation.com/blogs/BayAreaBackstretch/Back_Home_from_Del_Mar_123 http://amateurcapper.blogspot.com/2011/09/bob-baffert-used-300k-drill-to-drive.html Amaturecapper - The Hall of Fame conditioner notched his ever-increasing record 10th win in the juvenile showcase with DRILL where the turf meets the surf; David Flores used as strong left hand which gave the stewards ‘CAUSE to disqualify his mount.If this is what Bob Baffert does to his competitors when he… ]]> Fri, 09 Sep 2011 02:15:00 -0700 http://amateurcapper.blogspot.com/2011/09/bob-baffert-used-300k-drill-to-drive.html http://maryforney.blogspot.com/2011/09/del-mar-wraps-up-2011-season.html via Pinboard - Del Mar Thoroughbred Club, the seaside oval that entertainment icon Bing Crosby and his Hollywood pals began in 1937, once again put on a sparkling show, wrapping up its 72nd season Wednesday with fanfare. Despite slight declines from last year in attendance and handle, the 37-day meet will go into… ]]> Thu, 08 Sep 2011 16:10:00 -0700 http://maryforney.blogspot.com/2011/09/del-mar-wraps-up-2011-season.html http://www.horseracingnation.com/blogs/zatt/I_Came_to_Del_Mar_and_Got_Drilled_123 Horse Racing Nation NewsWire - I came to sunny San Diego, and more specifically beautiful Del Mar, to get away from it. I expected a nice relaxing and enjoyable vacation in one of the nation’s most beautiful spots. Little did I know that I was about to get Drilled. It’s really not as bad as… ]]> Thu, 08 Sep 2011 09:44:00 -0700 http://www.horseracingnation.com/blogs/zatt/I_Came_to_Del_Mar_and_Got_Drilled_123 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpeuxxZHk7E&feature=youtube_gdata YouTube - ]]> Wed, 07 Sep 2011 18:45:00 -0700 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpeuxxZHk7E&feature=youtube_gdata http://maryforney.blogspot.com/2011/09/wounded-soldiers-enjoy-day-at-races.html via Pinboard - They say a picture is worth a thousand words, and the pictures from Monday’s Military Appreciation Day at Del Mar Racetrack certainly leave one speechless. Click here to see the slideshow.The Labor Day event, hosted by a group of benevolent horse owners and the racetrack, and organized by Annie Nelson… ]]> Wed, 07 Sep 2011 07:30:00 -0700 http://maryforney.blogspot.com/2011/09/wounded-soldiers-enjoy-day-at-races.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/LATG/~3/e5Tw6bQlCG8/jet-lagged.html Left at the Gate - Back from beautiful (if occasionally actually rainy!) southern California; still recovering from not being able to sleep on the redeye home. Don't know how you people sleep on planes without serious medication. Sorry for not posting while we were there, but I tried something really novel instead: handicapping. Instead of… ]]> Wed, 07 Sep 2011 04:42:00 -0700 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/LATG/~3/e5Tw6bQlCG8/jet-lagged.html http://classicchampionthoroughbreds.blogspot.com/2011/09/del-mar-futurity-racing-roundup.html Classic Champion Thoroughbreds - The final day of the Summer meet at Del Mar Racetrack will feature the Grade One $250,000 Del Mar Futurity Stakes for two-year-old Thoroughbreds with Creative Cause heading the field of eight colts entered in the race as the prohibitive 9-5 morning line favorite.Trained by Mike Harrington, Creative Cause is… ]]> Tue, 06 Sep 2011 16:58:00 -0700 http://classicchampionthoroughbreds.blogspot.com/2011/09/del-mar-futurity-racing-roundup.html http://twitter.com/raceday360/statuses/111135931968397312 Twitter / raceday360 - ]]> Tue, 06 Sep 2011 10:57:00 -0700 http://twitter.com/raceday360/statuses/111135931968397312 http://helloracefans.com/races/weekly-roundup/week-of-sept-6-2011/ Hello Race Fans! - Like all good things, summer racing comes to an end with the conclusion of Saratoga on Monday and Del Mar on Wednesday. Summer potential turns into fall preparation, bringing some of the best racing of the year across all divisions as eyes, and hopes, turn to the Breeders' Cup in… ]]> Tue, 06 Sep 2011 05:44:00 -0700 http://helloracefans.com/races/weekly-roundup/week-of-sept-6-2011/ http://www.horseracingnation.com/blogs/zatt/Creative_Cause_Tips_the_Scales_to_Del_Mar_123 Horse Racing Nation NewsWire - Just over one minute and 26 sloppy seconds was all it took. As I watched Currency Swap wear down 68-1 shot Trinniberg through the final yards of yesterday’s Grade 1 Hopeful Stakes, my belief that the West is the coast with the most when it comes to the juvenile colts… ]]> Tue, 06 Sep 2011 02:57:00 -0700 http://www.horseracingnation.com/blogs/zatt/Creative_Cause_Tips_the_Scales_to_Del_Mar_123 http://twitter.com/raceday360/statuses/110736037969534977 Twitter / raceday360 - ]]> Mon, 05 Sep 2011 08:28:00 -0700 http://twitter.com/raceday360/statuses/110736037969534977 http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2011/sep/04/del-mars-horse-fatalities-reach-dozen/ via Pinboard - Del Mar's number of horse fatalities hit a dozen Sunday with the death of Burns, who broke sesamoid bones in his right foreleg as he turned into the first turn of the backstretch of the Del Mar Derby. ]]> Sun, 04 Sep 2011 20:43:00 -0700 http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2011/sep/04/del-mars-horse-fatalities-reach-dozen/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ThoroughbredChat/~3/wc22mt83VZc/harsh-side-of-racing.html Thoroughbred Chat - When I go to the racetrack, I say a little prayer for myself that all of the horses and jockeys return safe and sound. Most of the time it does work, but sometimes it doesn't. Just this weekend, Jacky Martin who was supposed to ride the favorite Ochoa in the… ]]> Sun, 04 Sep 2011 18:14:00 -0700 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ThoroughbredChat/~3/wc22mt83VZc/harsh-side-of-racing.html http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.nctimes.com/sports/equestrian/racing/article_0e6a6567-7678-5c03-8465-713143cf6e99.html&ct=ga&cad=CAcQARgAIAAoATAAOABAu6mO8wRIAlAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=unFLBrBy9yg&usg=AFQjCNFqMcGxtZZRJvDe8-rmsU2Oxw via Pinboard - It all culminated with the Pacific Classic victory, which came 21 years after he guided Best Pal to victory in the inaugural $1 million race at the Del Mar Thoroughbred Club. The NCT caught up with Valenzuela on Thursday to get his thoughts of one of ...See all stories on… ]]> Sun, 04 Sep 2011 08:36:00 -0700 http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.nctimes.com/sports/equestrian/racing/article_0e6a6567-7678-5c03-8465-713143cf6e99.html&ct=ga&cad=CAcQARgAIAAoATAAOABAu6mO8wRIAlAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=unFLBrBy9yg&usg=AFQjCNFqMcGxtZZRJvDe8-rmsU2Oxw http://blog.horseplayersassociation.org/2011/09/weekend-handicapping-another-baffert.html Horseplayers Association of North America - Today we head back to the west coast and have a race where the turf meets the surf.  I’m going to look at the Del Mar Derby (G2) for 3YO’s on turf going a mile and an eighth.   It’s a field of 10 fighting for a purse of $250,000, all… ]]> Sun, 04 Sep 2011 08:24:00 -0700 http://blog.horseplayersassociation.org/2011/09/weekend-handicapping-another-baffert.html http://amateurcapper.blogspot.com/2011/09/saturday-stakes-study-homework-quizzes.html Amaturecapper - Burning the midnight oil is a concept reserved for immersion in an area of study. That saying cannot be more appropriate for analysis of thoroughbred horse racing. Here I am, after taking a nighttime nap/early night’s sleep, awake at 3:30 a.m. going through the graded stakes action that may impact… ]]> Sat, 03 Sep 2011 09:08:00 -0700 http://amateurcapper.blogspot.com/2011/09/saturday-stakes-study-homework-quizzes.html http://www.drf.com/news/del-mar-tyler-baze-suspended-indefinitely via Pinboard - Steve Andersen DEL MAR, Calif. – Jockey Tyler Baze was suspended indefinitely by Del Mar stewards on Thursday after failing to submit to a random Breathalyzer test ordered that morning, according to steward Scott Chaney.Baze was taken off his mounts for failing to appear for the test and is suspended… ]]> Thu, 01 Sep 2011 13:28:00 -0700 http://www.drf.com/news/del-mar-tyler-baze-suspended-indefinitely http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/hall-of-fame-jockey-mike-smith-pleads-not-guilty-to-misdemeanor-dui-charges/2011/09/01/gIQAiQtruJ_story.html&ct=ga&cad=CAcQARgAIAAoATAAOABAwtH_8gRIAlAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=OV via Pinboard - Smith has won the Kentucky Derby, Preakness and Belmont during his career. Copyright 2011 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. SuperFan badge holders consistently post ...See all stories on this topic » ]]> Thu, 01 Sep 2011 13:22:00 -0700 http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/hall-of-fame-jockey-mike-smith-pleads-not-guilty-to-misdemeanor-dui-charges/2011/09/01/gIQAiQtruJ_story.html&ct=ga&cad=CAcQARgAIAAoATAAOABAwtH_8gRIAlAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=OV