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Preakness week begins

As you might imagine, the press coverage this week is very Preakness-centric; the NY Times has an article outlining how Barbaro’s race schedule was planned. The Sports Network goes right for the Slew comparison and then has the current rundown of the probable Preakness field.

MSNBC tells us that Barbaro had a nice 1 1/2 […]

Sunday round-up

A few articles in the Merc: one on Barbaro’s training plans and another on his time at Fair Hill. This one from the Courier-Journal about the dams of Barbaro and Giacomo is a bit of a stretch for a story, but it’s always nice to see what the mares are up to.

This article has […]

Hyperbole

MSNBC has gone Barbaro-crazy…although his sire, Dynaformer, is ‘haggard‘ it’s OK — he ‘has the right genes.’ We can tell because Barbaro ‘looks invincible‘ in the Preakness. Whew! Glad we got their approval for it. They do have a good article too, though — I presume this is the one that was not commissioned by/for […]

Local News

The Washington Post has their standard pre-Preakness article focusing on Barbaro, Brother Derek and Sweetnorthernsaint; it’s shaping up to be a tiny field so far.

The local papers (you may have noticed I am PA this week) are covering life at Delaware Park and there is another nice article on Peter Brette; apparently everything is […]

Everybody’s doing it…

…although ‘it’ can mean a few things. First up: plagiarism, which NBC apparently had a little problem with during the Derby broadcast. Not quite on the Kaavya Viswanathan scale, but at least they admitted it.

The other trend is having a rested horse — Sweetnorthernsaint and Brother Derek are following Barbaro’s lead and taking it […]

On the road

Here’s a nice little article on Fair Hill and how Barbaro is enjoying life back at home before he starts revving up for the Preakness.

In other news, Hemingway’s Key seems to be in, while Lawyer Ron is still undecided. Sharp Humor has a knee fracture, but it sounds like he’ll be OK.

The Telegraph […]

S-words and news tidbits

Barclay Tagg drops the S-bomb in reference to Barbaro…and Beyer uses the other s-word (“superstar”) although at least he considers it a bit early to be using it.

Consider this, though, from his article:

“The final quarter mile of this year’s Derby, 24.32 seconds, was the fastest since 1973 — the year of Secretariat. Barbaro’s […]

And so it begins…

The annual Triple Crown media storm has kicked off (you know, the one we didn’t have last year since it was clear Afleet Alex was the best horse) and as per usual I’m obsessively reading every new story as it comes along. A sampling of the verbiage, ranging from the almost-cautious to downright giddy:

ESPN’s […]

Oh-ee-oh, Barbaro!

Woo hoo! That was such a great performance by Barbaro I don’t begrudge Bluegrass Cat getting up to ruin my trifecta (I had Barbaro – Brother Derek – Steppenwolfer and Barbaro – Lawyer Ron – Steppenwolfer).

Hopefully after the Triple Crown, he’ll have a rest and turn up in the Breeders’ Cup Turf — that […]

The Derby: On the Record

I have invested $11 this year in my wagering. I’ve picked a few longshots (well, they were longshots in the morning line but the odds seem to have shortened considerably) for fun, and some complicated exotics. My choices:

BarbaroI really like Barbaro to win. He looks great, his works have been fantastic and I’m not […]

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