The front page of the NYRA website today has a story on the upcoming Anna House holiday party in which the children will get to choose presents to give to their families. Even better, the story is written by Jenny Kellner, who was a panelist at the women in racing panel at the benefit for…
…the mood inside was indeed delightful. At the end of my last post I wrote about the giddiness friends and I were feeling as we left a dismal Aqueduct on early Sunday afternoon. The brunch to benefit the Backstretch Employees Service Team was held on the fourth floor of the clubhouse, in a private room…
When I woke up this morning and saw the messy weather (which wasn’t supposed to happen until this afternoon—way to go, weather people), I was a little worried that the B.E.S.T. program on Women in Racing would be cancelled. Not only was it not cancelled, but the turnout was pretty impressive for a snowy Sunday…
A few quick philanthropic reminders/thoughts about Sunday: If you’re in the New York area and not deterred by Sunday’s weather forecast, considering hopping the A train to the Big A to attend a fundraiser for Backstretch Employees Service Team; the theme is Women in Racing and the host is Jan Rushton. Heading to the races…
On Sunday, August 5th, I wrote the following in my Saratoga blog at Tim Woolley or Alex Brown Racing (I can’t remember which it was at this point): There was a wonderful “only at Saratoga” moment as I walked to the car; a horse was coming out of the paddock on its way back to…
Shameless plug alert! But please, please keep reading… Following my Monday post about the Women in Racing event, benefiting B.E.S.T. (Backstretch Employees Service Team), at Aqueduct this Sunday, I received a very nice e-mail from Cate Dolan, president of B.E.S.T. (Isn’t technology great? I post, she gets a Google alert, and presto! We’re in contact.)…
I was glad to see Mike Luzzi get the Grade I win on Daaher in the Cigar Mile; for some reason, I have this image of Luzzi as some kind of underdog, trying to scratch out a living on the tough New York circuit. This impression was sustained at least in part by his riding…
Many of my fellow bloggers are bemoaning the lack of interesting racing news out there as we head towards the inner track season…but I guess I am more easily engaged than they (and I mean that as a compliment to them), as I am having a hard time writing posts short enough to publish. A…
After I wrote this morning’s post, I had the chance to go back and watch the replays of yesterday’s races, and I didn’t quite realize that in the Remsen, Atoned pulled an Afleet Alex out there on the backstretch: clipped heels, stumbled, nose in the dirt…oops, there we go, off and running! Says much about…
Saturday was one of those days that make me feel slightly sad for all the people who don’t know what fun horseracing can be—my father, brother, and I sat in the simulcast area of the harness track for three and a half or so hours, bet a little, drank a little, talked a lot…won a…
Brooklyn Backstretch 