http://www.raceday360.com/wire/feed en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss R30 dana@superterrific.org http://ddink55.wordpress.com/2012/02/05/straight-deal-and-la-troienne-postscript/ Boojum's Bonanza - Charles Hatton on 1967 champion handicap female Straight Deal from the 1968 American Racing Manual. Straight Deal’s is the sentimental story of the working girl who became a queen. It is a study in depth, for Mrs. Ethel D. Jacobs’ large, masculine, nearly indestructible mare improved with age and was in… ]]> Sun, 05 Feb 2012 01:34:00 -0800 http://ddink55.wordpress.com/2012/02/05/straight-deal-and-la-troienne-postscript/ http://www.brooklynbackstretch.com/2012/02/04/david-dunham-withers/ Brooklyn Backstretch - On this weekend when a team that plays in New Jersey will be nominally representing New York in the Super Bowl, it seems only fitting that a race named for a man whose racing life was based in the Garden State will be run at Aqueduct. Like the New York… ]]> Sat, 04 Feb 2012 07:30:00 -0800 http://www.brooklynbackstretch.com/2012/02/04/david-dunham-withers/ http://colinsghost.org/2012/02/gladiator-%E2%80%98the-big-bankroll%E2%80%99-and-the-toboggan-handicap-1921.html Colin's Ghost - Of all the shady characters involved in American racing over the last century, few can match Arnold Rothstein, aka “The Big Bankroll.” Rothstein invested in just about every racket imaginable from his home base in New York City up until his death in 1928. He funded liquor operations during prohibition,… ]]> Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:30:00 -0800 http://colinsghost.org/2012/02/gladiator-%E2%80%98the-big-bankroll%E2%80%99-and-the-toboggan-handicap-1921.html http://helloracefans.com/races/ten-things/strub-stakes/ Hello Race Fans! - Named for a dentist, this historic race is the final leg of a racing series for older horses and has produced its share of notable upsets. ]]> Thu, 02 Feb 2012 05:33:00 -0800 http://helloracefans.com/races/ten-things/strub-stakes/ http://www.horseracingnation.com/blogs/zatt/Who_Am_I_46_123 Horse Racing Nation NewsWire - *Bred in Kentucky, I was born at one of the most influential farms in American history. *Based on the East Coast, I never raced farther west than Philadelphia, PA. *Often preferred by bettors, my average odds over my entire career was just a hair over even money. *I won at… ]]> Wed, 01 Feb 2012 11:59:00 -0800 http://www.horseracingnation.com/blogs/zatt/Who_Am_I_46_123 http://cs.bloodhorse.com/blogs/horse-racing-steve-haskin/archive/2012/01/31/tiznow-patriots-redux.aspx Blood-Horse - The New England Patriots are in the Super Bowl for the fifth time since 2002, which means it is time once again to resurrect the story of how a Thoroughbred racehorse inspired the Pats and, whether a mere coincidence or not, helped build a dynasty in the early 2000s.The Thoroughbred… ]]> Tue, 31 Jan 2012 10:30:00 -0800 http://cs.bloodhorse.com/blogs/horse-racing-steve-haskin/archive/2012/01/31/tiznow-patriots-redux.aspx http://ddink55.wordpress.com/2012/01/28/tim-tam-1958/ Boojum's Bonanza - Charles Hatton on 1958 champion three-year-old Tim Tam from the 1959 American Racing Manual. The season’s three-year-olds included some of the most admirable colts that have graced the racing stage in years, regarding their performances “in the round.” The best of them strutted a brief hour, however. Nor did they… ]]> Sat, 28 Jan 2012 01:37:00 -0800 http://ddink55.wordpress.com/2012/01/28/tim-tam-1958/ http://helloracefans.com/races/ten-things/sunshine-millions/ Hello Race Fans! - Spanning two tracks on one day, this racing series boasts inter-state competition among state-breds and has seen the likes of Eclipse and Breeders' Cup winners. ]]> Fri, 27 Jan 2012 08:05:00 -0800 http://helloracefans.com/races/ten-things/sunshine-millions/ http://fmitchell07.wordpress.com/2012/01/27/champion-racemares-like-rachel-alexandra-make-important-producers/ Bloodstock in the Bluegrass - The following post appeared earlier this week at Paulick Report. The happy news that Rachel Alexandra produced her first foal, a big colt by Curlin, is a reminder that she was Horse of the Year in 2009. Her successors as Horse of the Year are also mares: Zenyatta in 2010… ]]> Fri, 27 Jan 2012 07:00:00 -0800 http://fmitchell07.wordpress.com/2012/01/27/champion-racemares-like-rachel-alexandra-make-important-producers/ http://twitter.com/raceday360/statuses/162729454664298498 Twitter / raceday360 - ]]> Thu, 26 Jan 2012 18:51:00 -0800 http://twitter.com/raceday360/statuses/162729454664298498 http://www.horseracingnation.com/blogs/zatt/Alysheba_s_gutsy_Kentucky_Derby_win_A_Moment_in_Time_123 Horse Racing Nation NewsWire - The date was May 2, 1987. The United States was just months away from Black Monday, the worst stock market crash in nearly 60 years, and in the world of thoroughbred horse racing; a new star would be born and a great rivalry would begin all within the final quarter… ]]> Thu, 26 Jan 2012 12:13:00 -0800 http://www.horseracingnation.com/blogs/zatt/Alysheba_s_gutsy_Kentucky_Derby_win_A_Moment_in_Time_123 http://helloracefans.com/races/ten-things/santa-monica-stakes/ Hello Race Fans! - Newly upgraded to a Grade 1, this sprint for older filly and mares has been won by several champions who have also beat males at route distances. ]]> Thu, 26 Jan 2012 05:42:00 -0800 http://helloracefans.com/races/ten-things/santa-monica-stakes/ http://colinsghost.org/2012/01/vote-yes-to-horse-racing-in-new-jersey-1939.html Colin's Ghost - Once in a while, something interesting falls in your lap. I was going through a stack of old racing publications, the same stack that produced last week’s post, and found a brochure filed among the pages of one old magazine from 1940. The brochure was published by the ‘Horse Racing… ]]> Thu, 26 Jan 2012 04:30:00 -0800 http://colinsghost.org/2012/01/vote-yes-to-horse-racing-in-new-jersey-1939.html http://www.horseracingnation.com/blogs/zatt/Who_Am_I_45_123 Horse Racing Nation NewsWire - *Bred in Kentucky, my dam had some famous brothers and my sire is an old friend to many. *I began my racing career at Turfway Park in a six furlong maiden race. *Each of my 8 graded stakes wins came on different racing strips/courses, with only two coming at the… ]]> Wed, 25 Jan 2012 11:59:00 -0800 http://www.horseracingnation.com/blogs/zatt/Who_Am_I_45_123 http://thebrocktalk.blogspot.com/2012/01/rachel-alexandra-colt-will-fight.html The Brock Talk - While not making quite the buzz that Beyonce and Jay Z did with the announcement of their new daughter Blue Ivy Carter, Rachel Alexanda and Curlin have produced the newest celebrity colt in the Thoroughbred world. According to reports, the colt was born at 2:40 pm Sunday at Stonestreet Farm… ]]> Mon, 23 Jan 2012 14:17:00 -0800 http://thebrocktalk.blogspot.com/2012/01/rachel-alexandra-colt-will-fight.html http://www.fairgroundsracecourse.com/news/archives/feature-story-lecomte-and-epic-antebellum-rivalry via Pinboard - Every January at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots, a promising young group of horses heads postward in the Grade III Lecomte Stakes. These are the newly-turned 3-year-olds of a fresh Triple Crown season, and the Lecomte serves as their initial proving ground. Perhaps one of these starters, decades down… ]]> Sat, 21 Jan 2012 10:22:00 -0800 http://www.fairgroundsracecourse.com/news/archives/feature-story-lecomte-and-epic-antebellum-rivalry http://www.nola.com/horseracing/index.ssf/2012/01/horses_racing_in_the_lecomte_a.html via Pinboard - Trainer Dallas Stewart recalled seeing the potential in Kimberlite Pipe as he was approaching the Lecomte in 1999. “He won at Turfway,’’ Stewart said. “He won a little stakes there. I thought he was bottomless when you trained him.’’ In the Lecomte, then a mile race, Kimberlite Pipe didn’t show… ]]> Sat, 21 Jan 2012 10:20:00 -0800 http://www.nola.com/horseracing/index.ssf/2012/01/horses_racing_in_the_lecomte_a.html http://ddink55.wordpress.com/2012/01/21/dark-mirage-1968/ Boojum's Bonanza - Charles Hatton on 1968 champion three-year-old filly Dark Mirage from the 1969 American Racing Manual. Dark Mirage was not only queen of the 1968 3-year-old fillies and, indeed, of her entire generation, she was a phenomenon difficult to explain in terms of either eugenics or physiology, achieving great distinction through… ]]> Sat, 21 Jan 2012 00:42:00 -0800 http://ddink55.wordpress.com/2012/01/21/dark-mirage-1968/ http://colinsghost.org/2012/01/ten-cool-horse-racing-ads-from-1968.html Colin's Ghost - I’m not much of a memorabilia collector but one thing that I am a sucker for are old racing publications. I have in my office an ever growing stack of the Thoroughbred Record, Bloodhorse, and the National Turf and Sport Digest. Sometimes, when I’m searching for something to write about,… ]]> Fri, 20 Jan 2012 09:15:00 -0800 http://colinsghost.org/2012/01/ten-cool-horse-racing-ads-from-1968.html http://helloracefans.com/horses/horse-profiles/silverbulletday/ Hello Race Fans! - A spur-of-the moment impulse purchase as a yearling, this two-time champion reeled off an eight race winning streak that included the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies, the Ashland and Kentucky Oaks. ]]> Fri, 20 Jan 2012 05:36:00 -0800 http://helloracefans.com/horses/horse-profiles/silverbulletday/