As noted by Superfecta, Einstein returned to the races on Friday, ending an eight-month layoff caused by an injury in the Dixie Handicap on the Preakness undercard. In an ugly incident, Mending Fences fatally broke down, and Einstein, right behind him, stumbled, throwing Robby Albarado, who came back a few races later to win the…
What’s up with Numaany? I haven’t read anything about him in a while, but in the last two days, I’ve gotten 60+ hits here from people searching for him. This site still comes up first in the list of his search results, so it doesn’t appear that he’s on one of the numerous Derby lists…
I annually travel to southwest Florida to visit my aunt; while I log plenty of beach/pool hours, I also generally vary the daily lazy activity by taking in some sort of sporting event, often the Nasdaq tennis tournament on Key Biscayne (which I highly recommend) or a hockey game in Sunrise, home of the Panthers…
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…
No matter how hard I resist, it’s impossible to avoid indulging in end-of-year introspection–personal, professional, familial, etc.—and among my favorite late December reading material are the various top 10 sporting lists that emerge. In 2007, I spent more days at the racetrack than I ever have; I visited more tracks than in any previous year;…
A quick long-distance word about some personal faves making recent or upcoming appearances on the race track: Duchess of Rokeby finished a disappointing (for me, anyway) 5th on Friday; I was told today that she bled during the race and will be heading to the farm for the winter, with a return to the races…
It’s not the backyard at Saratoga, but a day at a Gulf beach ain’t bad…
Brooklyn Backstretch 