Archive for 2007

Miami Gardens, Fla. (December 8, 2007) — Next Saturday’s Grand Slam II program at Calder Race Course with four Graded stakes worth a total of $600,000 promises to rank among the best cards of the Florida racing season with one of the highlights to be a highly-anticipated rematch between Live Oak Plantation’s remarkable 9-year-old gelding […]

December 9, 2007 – “I write one page of masterpiece to ninety-one pages of shit. I try to put the shit in the wastebasket.” Ernest Hemingway

December 7, 2007 – “Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can’t lose.” Bill Gates

By Jude T. Feld I was in diapers, watching from the privacy of my playpen, when Iron Leige won the Kentucky Derby in 1957, so it is very safe to assume that the Blood-Horse’s Claire Novak, despite the fact that her usual attire is reminiscent of racing’s golden age, never saw the great Bill Hartack […]

November 29, 1007 – Seen on the sign of a Lexington, Kentucky church: “Forbidden fruits create many jams.”

By Jude T. Feld I am a stick in the mud purist. I think all saddle towels should be black with white numbers. I think fans should know the Eton blue and brown means “Whitney” and the black and cherry means “Phipps.” I think all “entries” should be coupled. I don’t think jockeys should advertise […]

November 28, 2007 – “They are incredible because their hat size, shoe size and I.Q. are all the same number.” Charlie Whittingham on jockeys

November 26, 2007 – “The whole world is about three drinks behind.” Humphrey Bogart

Keeneland Handicapping Challenge On Saturday, December 1, Keeneland will host the “Keeneland Handicapping Challenge” – a qualifying contest for the DRF/NTRA National Handicapping Championship. Contestants at Keeneland’s qualifier will compete for more than $40,000 in cash prizes and one of three spots on the Keeneland team at the DRF/NTRA National Handicapping Championship in Las Vegas […]

November 22, 2007 – “People who throw kisses are notoriously lazy.” Bob Hope