Archive for 2008

March 1, 2008 – “I didn’t attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it.” Mark Twain

February 29, 2008 – “I bet on a horse at ten-to-one. It didn’t come in until half-past five.” Henny Youngman

Jude T. Feld Eclipse-award winning journalist Mary Jean Wall and her understudy, the charming and talented Alicia Wincze, who both cover the turf for the Lexington Herald-Leader, took their lunch hour at Keeneland on Thursday so they could watch Curlin’s victorious return to the racing wars at Nad al Sheba. During the course of our […]

February 28, 2008 – “Italians come to ruin most generally in three ways, women, gambling, and farming. My family chose the slowest one.” Pope John XXIII

February 26, 2008 – “No wife can endure a gambling husband, unless he is a steady winner.” Thomas Robert Dewar

By Jude T. Feld P.T. Barnum never envisioned a freak show like this. Forget about Siamese twins and bearded ladies, giraffe women and two-headed snakes. In case you missed it, the “greatest show on earth” happened Sunday. Sports fans were treated to two other types of freaks – Tiger Woods and War Pass. Bill Shoemaker, […]

February 24, 2008 – “In most betting shops you will see three windows marked Bet Here, but only one window with the legend Pay Out.” Jeffrey Bernard

February 23, 2008 – “The discontented man finds no easy chair.” Ben Franklin

The late, great British columnist Jeffrey Bernard, a notorious alcoholic, often was too hungover to write his column, causing the magazine to post a “Jeffrey Bernard is unwell” notice where his prose would normally go. I have had more than a touch of flu the last couple of days and have been remiss in posting. […]

By Jude T. Feld When I was asked to attend the 2007 Horseplayers Expo sponsored by Daily Racing Form, I was a bit skeptical. Not that I fancy myself a “know-it-all” when it comes to handicapping, but 48 years in the grandstands of racetracks around the globe has taught me quite a bit about the […]