Archive for 2008

Miss Preakness – Maggie WolfendaleMaryland Jockey Club Photo 10) Frank’s Energy Drink Girls – Described as “Heidi Gone Prostitute” by a well-known racing pundit, with their velvet lederhosen, breast pumping corsets and long stockings, there is enough paraphernalia for almost any sex fetish. The fact that the girls have killer bodies adds to their appeal […]

By Jude T. Feld Cartoonist “Bud” Fisher parlayed his popular Mutt and Jeff into a rare Black-Eyed Susan and Preakness Double Harry Conway Fisher, “Bud” to his friends, was an American cartoonist who created the first successful daily comic strip in the United States. Born in Chicago, Fisher studied at the University of Chicago then […]

May 10, 2008 – “When I read about the evils of drinking, I gave up reading.” Henny Youngman

May 9, 2008 – “I cannot give you the formula for success, but I can give you the formula for failure – which is: Try to please everybody.” Herbert Bayard

May 8, 2008 – “If you can fake sincerity, you’ve got it made.” Sam Goldwyn

By Jude T. Feld Big Brown and Kent Desormeaux – 2008 Kentucky Derby Winning TeamJohn M. Weber Photo Kentucky Derby watch started for me at the end of Saratoga last summer. I was covering the races on Labor Day weekend there, for the Horse Racing Radio Network, when Big Brown, trained by Patrick Reynolds, annihilated […]

May 3, 2008 – “The race is not always to the swift nor the battle to the strong – but that’s the way to bet.” Ring Lardner

By Jude T. Feld Kentucky Oaks (G1) – Churchill Downs 10th Race, Friday May 2, 2008 Diminutive Golden Doc A has a great chance to upset in the Kentucky Oaks (G1)Benoit Photo PURE CLAN will be making her third start of 2008 in the Kentucky Oaks (G1). The daughter of Vinery stallion Pure Prize enjoyed […]

May 1, 2008 – “When you win one on this day, they become special ones and they get a special place in the barn. We’ve been blessed with some good ones.” D. Wayne Lukas

April 29, 2008 – “Once a guy starts wearing silk pajamas it’s hard to get up early.” Jockey Eddie Arcaro