Racing Beat: July 8
Fasig-Tipton’s July yearling sale is going to be topping the headlines this month. While it’s not as big as the Keeneland September sale, I wonder if any Triple Crown leg winners will be sold on the cheap in this one. I think I’ll pick out some favorites from the catalog and then see what they end up selling for… oh yes, there will be plenty of blaze faces and pretty grays!
I’m in the “Cirrus des Aigles is innocent of extreme doping” camp, and no, it’s not because I’m blindly fanatic. It’s because it would make no sense to dose him that much when you know he’s likely to hit the board than not, thus practically requiring him to be tested.
I feel a little dizzy just thinking that the Breeders’ Cup is less than 4 months away. What the… 2012, where did you go?
I love it when I suddenly remember a horse I haven’t seen or heard lately and I almost immediately find word of him/her; I saw a guy on TV with the last name, and Friday I heard Wharton is warming up at Vinery for a return to the races. Zing!
Mike Smith is going to have a lot of choices on who to ride in the big Classic should things keep up.
English Derby winner Kris Kin sold to… Libya. I was not aware they even had horse racing… let’s hope nobody in the West Indies wants to buy Trinniberg.
Rest in peace, Jorge Herrera.
Words cannot describe how depressed I am over So You Think [IRE]’s retirement. Thanks a lot, butt muscles.
I’m thinking of doing a Breeders’ Cup documentary next year, being that I AM a film major and I WOULD like to get into sports documentaries and I DO have at least one professional contact with experience doing them. Maybe fundraise for it via Kickstarter. HMMM… IT DOES TAKE ABOUT A YEAR TO PLAN A FILM…
Call me a Snooty McSnootypants, but I still feel like the public deserves a little more insight into I’ll Have Another. It’s bad enough they walked him on the track at Hollywood, but not at Belmont…
Tweet o’ the Week: Watch out for this one at the races… credit goes to Icantloseyouincrowdedrooms for posting it!
