http://www.raceday360.com/wire/feed en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss R30 jnchapel@gmail.com http://superfectablog.com/2010/06/2010-belmont-undercard.html SuperfectaBlog - Is Gio Ponti still on Dubai time? First, the bad news – last year’s Belmont champ Summer Bird has been retired. It’s particularly unfortunate, as he seemed to be coming into... ]]> Fri, 04 Jun 2010 07:15:00 -0700 http://superfectablog.com/2010/06/2010-belmont-undercard.html http://zipseatthetrack.blogspot.com/2010/06/bye-bye-birdie.html Zipse at the Track - Eight starts and out. Summer Bird, the finest sophomore male in the nation last year, has been retired after X-rays taken this week showed that he has not properly healed from a cannon... ]]> Thu, 03 Jun 2010 09:50:00 -0700 http://zipseatthetrack.blogspot.com/2010/06/bye-bye-birdie.html http://www.paulickreport.com/blog/summer-bird-retired/ Paulick Report - Just days before this year’s Belmont Stakes, the reigning Belmont champion and winner of the Travers and Jockey Club Gold Cup was retired due to complications of a fracture suffered last fall... ]]> Thu, 03 Jun 2010 04:26:00 -0700 http://www.paulickreport.com/blog/summer-bird-retired/ http://fuguefortinhorns.blogspot.com/2010/05/rachel-one-year-post-purchase-better.html Fugue for Tinhorns - I launched this blog one year ago tomorrow with a lengthy pondering of the Rachel... ]]> Thu, 06 May 2010 09:14:00 -0700 http://fuguefortinhorns.blogspot.com/2010/05/rachel-one-year-post-purchase-better.html http://www.paulickreport.com/blog/edwin-anthony-pedigree-report-dublin/ Paulick Report - Having grown up in Arkansas and around Oaklawn Park, I have fond memories of Arkansas Derby winners from the past. ]]> Thu, 22 Apr 2010 05:27:00 -0700 http://www.paulickreport.com/blog/edwin-anthony-pedigree-report-dublin/ http://equispace.blogspot.com/2010/02/weekend-funnies.html EquiSpace - It's been a long week and a little comic relief can't hurt. I've been working on my new fast food blog since my traffic spike due to the McDonald's Filet o Fish ad and subsequent lovefest regarding the Shamrock Shake. ]]> Sat, 20 Feb 2010 05:28:00 -0800 http://equispace.blogspot.com/2010/02/weekend-funnies.html http://theaspiringhorseplayer.com/2010/02/11/snowmageddon-redux-the-great-debates/ The Aspiring Horseplayer - Well, if you live on the east coast anywhere near the mid-atlantic region, you’ve no doubt seen enough of the white stuff to last you a lifetime. ]]> Thu, 11 Feb 2010 04:23:00 -0800 http://theaspiringhorseplayer.com/2010/02/11/snowmageddon-redux-the-great-debates/ http://www.gradedstakes.com/belmont-stakes-winner-summer-bird-transferred-to-tim-ritchey.html Graded Stakes - I was very surprised while reading the news today when I came across an article detailing the switch of Summer Bird from the barn of Tim Ice to that of Tim Ritchey. ]]> Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:34:00 -0800 http://www.gradedstakes.com/belmont-stakes-winner-summer-bird-transferred-to-tim-ritchey.html http://equispace.blogspot.com/2010/02/cold-as-ice.html EquiSpace - It seems like yesterday when Tim Ice and the Jayaramans were standing in the basement of Belmont Park at their winning press conference where Dr. KKJ was lavishing praise on his trainer. ]]> Tue, 09 Feb 2010 13:09:00 -0800 http://equispace.blogspot.com/2010/02/cold-as-ice.html http://grevelisracing.blogspot.com/2010/02/summer-bird-has-new-barn.html Owning Racehorses - A couple of hours ago, Tim Ice was fired as the trainer of Summer Bird by owner K.K. Jayaraman. Of course the Eclipse winning Summer Bird was only the top name of the Jayaraman Stable that was removed from Ice's care. ]]> Tue, 09 Feb 2010 10:15:00 -0800 http://grevelisracing.blogspot.com/2010/02/summer-bird-has-new-barn.html http://superfectablog.com/2010/02/the-good-the-weird-and-the-very-ugly.html SuperfectaBlog - With Santa Anita's card rained out over the weekend, the 3-year-olds in New York received a bit more of the spotlight than they might have under normal circumstances... ]]> Tue, 09 Feb 2010 09:49:00 -0800 http://superfectablog.com/2010/02/the-good-the-weird-and-the-very-ugly.html http://fuguefortinhorns.blogspot.com/2010/01/racing-should-ride-rachel-vs-zenyatta.html Fugue for Tinhorns - The year ahead might be the best in recent history for horse racing fans. Potentially even a rejuvenation of the game in the eyes of the sports media and the general public. ]]> Tue, 19 Jan 2010 16:23:00 -0800 http://fuguefortinhorns.blogspot.com/2010/01/racing-should-ride-rachel-vs-zenyatta.html http://superfectablog.blogspot.com/2010/01/eclipse-awards-rachel-alexandra.html SuperfectaBlog - Last night, they handed out a few awards for horse racing - you may have heard a bit about it. 2-year-old male: Lookin at Lucky As per usual with the juvenile awards, there was no surprise here. ]]> Tue, 19 Jan 2010 08:32:00 -0800 http://superfectablog.blogspot.com/2010/01/eclipse-awards-rachel-alexandra.html http://mibredclaimer.wordpress.com/2010/01/14/the-haiku-handicapper-2009-eclipse-award-predictions/ The Michigan-Bred Claimer - Two-Year-Old Male Derby cred in doubt Not a dirt start among them Lookin at Lucky Two-Year-Old Female What East-Coast bias? Cup loss doesn’t dim campaign ]]> Thu, 14 Jan 2010 11:32:00 -0800 http://mibredclaimer.wordpress.com/2010/01/14/the-haiku-handicapper-2009-eclipse-award-predictions/ http://www.gradedstakes.com/my-2009-eclipse-award-ballot-rachel-alexandra-hoy.html Graded Stakes - The Eclipse Award nominees are finally out. The Eclipse Awards are the highest honor in thoroughbred racing. Winners are voted on by the people at the NTRA (National Thoroughbred Racing Assocation), Daily Racing Form, and National Turf Writers Assocation. I wish that I could have a say, but that is… ]]> Thu, 07 Jan 2010 09:36:00 -0800 http://www.gradedstakes.com/my-2009-eclipse-award-ballot-rachel-alexandra-hoy.html http://fuguefortinhorns.blogspot.com/2010/01/classic-aside-id-still-vote-rachel.html Fugue for Tinhorns - If the AP's Female Athlete of the Year voting is any indication seems that Zenyatta -- historic winner of the Breeders' Cup Classic -- is gaining the edge over flashy filly Rachel Alexandra in the pre-Eclipse handicapping for Horse of the Year.Zenyatta finished second to Serena Williams in that balloting.… ]]> Mon, 04 Jan 2010 02:19:00 -0800 http://fuguefortinhorns.blogspot.com/2010/01/classic-aside-id-still-vote-rachel.html http://www.greenbutgame.org/2009/12/29/rising-to-the-occasion/ Green but Game - Who else has been pushed to the edge of their ability? (Sarah K. Andrew) While having a lovely lunch with a few racing pals the other day, we discussed the past year and decade (along with sports betting, betting on reality TV shows, TV shows in general and the surprising… ]]> Tue, 29 Dec 2009 15:51:00 -0800 http://www.greenbutgame.org/2009/12/29/rising-to-the-occasion/ http://thebrocktalk.blogspot.com/2009/12/dear-santa.html The Brock Talk - (Cartoon by Remi Bellocq)Dear Santa,I've been a pretty good boy this year, (relatively speaking I guess), and it's early December, so I thought I better write my Christmas list and send it to you here pretty quick.I hate to be a pain about this Santa, but I really, really want… ]]> Tue, 01 Dec 2009 13:39:00 -0800 http://thebrocktalk.blogspot.com/2009/12/dear-santa.html http://equispace.blogspot.com/2009/11/thanks-for-coming.html EquiSpace - It's the time of year to give thanks and I'll jump on the bandwagon to give thanks for a few things. It's fun to look back at last year's Thanksgiving post to see what I was up to... ]]> Thu, 26 Nov 2009 04:00:00 -0800 http://equispace.blogspot.com/2009/11/thanks-for-coming.html http://farewelltokings.com/2009/11/breeders-cup-implications-on-the-eclipse-awards/ Farewell to Kings - The Breeders’ Cup went a long way toward deciding some year-end championships, while throwing other Eclipse Award races into complete disarray.  Some quick thoughts on each category: 2 Year Old Colt – I don’t sense any groundswell of support for Vale of York getting it off a victory at 30-1… ]]> Fri, 13 Nov 2009 08:13:00 -0800 http://farewelltokings.com/2009/11/breeders-cup-implications-on-the-eclipse-awards/