There’s a review in the Times today of Not By a Long Shot by T.D. Thornton; as it happens, I’ve just finished reading it myself. While it’s easy to find plenty of books on famous racehorses, few have addressed the daily realities for the majority of the sport’s participants — the back and forth of […]
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I suspect I am one of the three people in the world who happens to be very excited about the news that Mary Aiken Littauer’s books and papers have been donated to the International Museum of the Horse: While libraries and archives may not garner the same public excitement as international exhibitions [ed: what?], I […] Nobiz Like Shobiz looked all business in his Wood Memorial victory; the blinkers did indeed seem to be a big help to him and he finished the race well. Any Given Saturday looked a bit tired, but very game in his third-place finish and Phipps homebred Sightseeing looked very impressive in second (although trainer Shug […] While I cannot agree that this year’s Wood Memorial is ‘the last major Kentucky Derby prep race — and the biggest‘ (that honor goes to the Blue Grass) it will still be fun to watch. Although I’ll be out of town and will miss watching the race live, I fully expect my TiVo to show […] Discreet Cat has an official excuse — he’s apparently got a nasty throat abscess. Be that as it may (and I hope he recovers soon), I’m not convinced he wants to go much more than a mile. Indeed, that seemed to be Saeed bin Suror’s thought as well (at least prior to his medical exam): […] |
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