Just back from another disappointing and frustrating night at the Garden—the ineptitude of the Rangers on the ice makes my forays at the betting windows look successful by comparison. Ugh. So a few random notes: My DRF watch list informs me that Evening Attire worked four furlongs in :47.80 over the Belmont training track, the…
As Madison and Floyd have noted, first with relief and then with umbrage, there’s a real dearth of feline equines around these parts these days. What’s a poor hunch bettor to do? Like much of the NY racing community, look southward. While at Tampa Bay Downs last Friday, I picked up programs for Aqueduct and…
Vacations are great. Vacations in warm places with beautiful beaches are even greater. And vacations in warm places with beautiful beaches that are relatively near racetracks verge on the sublime. Approximately 2500 miles, eleven days, four stops, and eight states later, I’m back in the borough of churches. The cats are thrilled to see me,…
For me, September is really the beginning of the new year, so I am not much given to New Year’s resolutions…but September seems a foolish time to make racing resolutions. Actually, any time seems a foolish time to make racing resolutions, but I won’t let that deter me. Anything I’ve read about resolutions says that…
Brooklyn Backstretch 