Horse Racing Random

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They should employ that terminology for tennis matches

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Another uneventful day at Ellis (except for the late Pick 5 paying $84K+). One horse was eased during a race. The Equibase chart states the horse walked off the track.

Important to note that today's races were NOT originally carded to run at Churchill. They were carded for Ellis. But I would bet a lot of the horses thta will run during the Ellis meet came from Churchill. (Ellis Part is only an hour or so from Churchill.)

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Remember Unified Dreams? He ran again at Canterbury today and won his second race in a row (allowance optional claiming; he wasn't for sale). He has now won 3 of his last 4 races and 4 of his last 6. He's also now topped $100K in career earnings.

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[Fastbackss]

That seems surprising to me as a casual fan?

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There are no clean hands in this dispute. And Churchill's hands are even dirtier than when they first rolled out Baffert's ban a few years ago.

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So, I've not been talking about horse racing or any of my horses. There hasn't been much to say. Until today.

Echo Lane is still trying to win his maiden. He made another attempt today--and it was his best effort to date, especially given the horrible stumble at the start and having to check and swing out in the stretch. Echo Lane is #2.

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Bedrock Birdie made her second start today after an abysmal debut. This time, she moved from the dirt to the synthetic. And that worked out very well. It's very rare for a horse to get the lead on the Gulfstream synthetic and be able to hold it.

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History was made today as Jessica Paquette became the first woman to call two Grade 1 thoroughbred races. First, she called the Grade 1 Cotillion for 3-year-old fillies. Then she called the Grade 1 Pennsylvania Derby.

She's only been calling races at Parx for about a year. And she's spent much of the last year getting dragged on Twitter by men who FEEL very, very strongly that the job should have been given to... a man. I think she's doing great.

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I have not been talking about my horses as there has not been all that much noteworthy to mention.

Except Bedrock Birdie. Her first race on dirt was a disaster. But she broke her maiden by a nose on September 16 on the tapeta at Gulfstream at 5.5 furlongs and then today won again in her first race against other winners, also at Gulfstream on the tapeta at 5 furlongs. So she has two wins in three starts.

I'm super proud of her. She has speed and lots and lots of guts.

[ponchi101]

Pictures of your babe, please

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Pictures of your babe, please

I don't have any winner's circle photos, but I love this one that Gulfstream posted on the Muskpit.

Bedrock Birdie.jpg

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For those of us in the States, piece on horse doping will be on 60 Minutes in about ten minutes