Monday, June 11th, 2007Ocho Cinco Wins At River!
June 9, 2007 – Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Chad Johnson easily won the Man vs. Beast race at River Downs Saturday. Johnson obviously prefers turf to dirt. Wonder how he’d do on Polytrack?
Archive for 2007
Saturday, June 9th, 2007“A”pple “B”ig “C”urlin
June 9, 2007 – Twenty horses whose names begin with the letter “C” have won the Belmont – the most popular letter by a sixteenth of a mile. Good news for Curlin and C.P. West fans.
Friday, June 8th, 2007Belmont Notes for Friday
1:00 PM – For the most part, Belmont employees are friendly and love to bet. Even the girls in the office play show parlays. 1:30 PM – The Manhattan clam chowder they sell in the grandstand is worth eating…even on a hot muggy afternoon. 2:31 PM – Some jock I’ve never heard of, J.A. Bracetty, […]
Friday, June 8th, 2007Rubber Jewely of the Triple Crown
June 8, 2007 – NTRA Charities started the Triple Crown season with 100,000 blue rubber Barbaro wristbands. There are fewer than 10,000 left to sell Belmont day. I have given two away right off my wrist in the last week and sent several to peeps at their request.
Thursday, June 7th, 2007“Opinions are like…”
June 7, 2007 – The Belmont pressbox is abuzz with opinions. “Slew’s Tizzy can’t run a mile and a half,” says one famous pundit. “He’s gonna have to,” says another.
Tuesday, June 5th, 2007“Have a drink little buddy.”
June 5, 2007 – Gotta love the name of the tiki bar at River Downs – “Thirst and Howl.” It’s great place to hang out during the races at the Cincinnati oval.
Monday, June 4th, 2007The Beauty and the Beast in the Belmont (G1)
To the casual racing fan, this year’s Belmont Stakes (G1) is shaping up as a bit of a yawner. With no Triple Crown on the line and the Kentucky Derby (G1) winner Street Sense absent from the field, the race is just another blurb on Sports Center…
Sunday, June 3rd, 2007Christophe Likes Barclay
June 2, 2007 – Christophe Clement, trainer of Rutherienne on his dead-heat victory with the Barclay Tagg-trained Bit of Whimsey in the Sands Point (G3) at Belmont: “I like Barclay Tagg; we have to be good to the older generation.”
Saturday, June 2nd, 200750 Now – 50 Later
June 2, 2007 – Ever get frustrated by a bad ride that took a horse out of his game? John McEvoy forwarded a grand idea. “My late friend Ray Freeark got fed up with what you describe. He took to going to the paddock and giving his jock half of a $100 bill. If the […]
Thursday, May 31st, 2007Bengals’ Chad Johnson to Race at River Downs
May 31, 2007 – All-world Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Chad Johnson will reportedly race a horse ridden by the second-leading female jockey of all-time, Patty Cooksey, at River Downs on Belmont Stakes (G1) day. The race is a fund-raiser for Feed the Children. The unusual race is being billed as “Man vs. Beast†but it […]
