Archive for 2009

By Jude T. Feld Stephen Foster – Wrote the Kentucky State Song and Kentucky Derby Anthem “My Old Kentucky Home” My Old Kentucky Home The sun shines bright in the old Kentucky home, ‘Tis summer, the people are gay; The corn-top’s ripe and the meadow’s in the bloom, While the birds make music all the […]

10. ANYONE who can afford to be in the racing game, can buy a horse at auction and win the Kentucky Derby (G1). 9. Agua Caliente trainer Bob Sinne was right. “You can’t make chicken salad with chicken shit.” Good horses make good trainers. 8. Calvin Borel is more clever than most people ever gave […]

By Jude T. Feld This is always one of my favorite racing days of the year – Triple Crown or not. This year’s card is absolutely fantastic and hopefully every horseplayer can rekindle their love of the game this afternoon. 6TH RACE) The True North (G2) kicks off the Belmont Day stakes action. FABULOUS STRIKE […]

June 1, 2009 – “For me an Epsom Derby win is the greatest prize of all — the ultimate goal for a trainer — and it has been thus for over 200 years.” Vincent O’Brien

By Jude T. Feld George Woolf Award-winner Jon Court rides live longshot Perfect for You in the Dogwood (G3) at Churchill Downs on Saturday afternoon.Benoit Photo Great springtime racing this afternoon gives us just a glimpse of what the summer will hold for horseplayers. Enjoy it and cash lots of tickets in the process. The […]

May 26, 2009 – “I want to be in Kentucky when the end of the world comes, because it’s always 20 years behind.” Mark Twain

May 21, 2009 – “You’re worrying about something that you don’t know what you’re worrying about. That’s real worry right there.” Dusty Baker

May 21, 2009 – “Cynics know the cost of everything and the value of nothing.” Oscar Wilde

May 19, 2009 – “I had some words with my wife, and she had some paragraphs with me.” Sigmund Freud

By Jude T. Feld The demise of horse racing has been greatly exaggerated. This year, I watched the Preakness at a party hosted by my pal Andrew Chesser. Solo, in pairs and in bevies, the guests arrived at his Lexington manor to witness the second leg of racing’s 2009 Triple Crown. “Whodayalikes” and “Who do […]