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St. Barth. The end of the bottle of rose’ on Grand Saline beach…paradise.

Shot: 11-10-2007

POSTED Nov 10 2007 @ 15:17
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St. Barth. THIS IS WHY WE CAME HERE!!!! Rotisserie chicken, liver terrine, avocado salad, cashew nuts, a bottle of rose’, and Anna and I on the beach. What more could I ask for?

Shot 11-10-2007

POSTED Nov 10 2007 @ 15:16
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St. Barth. Dinner at Baz Bar sushi restaurant and live music club on Gustavia’s harbor. (www.bazbar.com). Sorry it is so dark. Good sushi…and we made a friend of a local wharf cat (I dubbed him Fishhead).

Shot: 11-9-2007

POSTED Nov 10 2007 @ 15:14
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St. Barth. Our rental car is one of my favorite cars in the world: a Smart Car! Convertible, too! How cool is that? Not a lot of pick-up, though, which you need on this hill-y island.

Shot: 11-9-2007

POSTED Nov 10 2007 @ 15:12
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St. Barth. The flight from St. Martin is always harrowing and exhilarating. However, today, the flight path took us to a landing from the beach side of the runway, not the mountains. Slightly less dramatic.

Shot: 11-8-2007

POSTED Nov 10 2007 @ 15:11
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All the contenders just before the race came walking right past me on their way to the track. In order: Lawyer Ron, Street Sense, Any Given Saturday, Curlin, George Washington, Awesome Gem, Diamond Stripes, Hard Spun and Tiago. Woo-hoo!
POSTED Oct 28 2007 @ 13:06
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Sarah of Rock & Racehorses busy at work in the tunnel just before the Breeders’ Cup Classic. Go Sarah!
POSTED Oct 28 2007 @ 13:05
Curlin dominates BC Classic

OCEANPORT, N.J. - Curlin raced to a dominating victory Saturday in the $5 million Breeders’ Cup Classic at Monmouth Park on Saturday while the other favorites faltered.

Curlin, ridden by Robby Albarado, was the 4-1 fourth choice in the 1 1/4-mile race. He made a huge move in the turn, overtaking Hard Spun, the front-runner who wound up second in the field of nine 3-year-olds and upward. Awesome Gem, a 28-1 shot, closed late for third, while Street Sense, the 5-2 favorite, finished fourth after making his move at the same time as Curlin but failing to sustain it. (via Hard Spun News)

POSTED Oct 27 2007 @ 18:05
Changed my strategy on Friday
Because of the rain, speed broke down in almost every early race today. As a result, I changed my strategy on the three races and wound up dead even on the day. I did not bet Dream Rush in the 8th, but kept money on Maryfield, who won. I went across the board on Nownownow and Cannonball in the 9th for profit, but also lost on boxing The Leopard and Prussian. At that point I was up $60, which I bet in the 10th and lost it all. I did not bet Gottcha Gold to win, but boxed him with Xchanger. I put win bets on Xchanger and Lewis Michael. Oh well. I do feel I was right about Discreet Cat, though.
POSTED Oct 26 2007 @ 23:01
Classic notes - Oct. 26, 2007
Any Given Saturday/Lawyer Ron – Both of trainer Todd Pletcher’s contenders for the Breeders’ Cup Classic – Powered by Dodge galloped 1 3/8m Friday morning. It has been pretty routine for them this week after their serious works at Belmont Park last Sunday – they paddock schooled on Wednesday and Thursday and have galloped every day. (via Hard Spun News)
POSTED Oct 26 2007 @ 12:21
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My thoughts on Friday’s 10th race, the Dirt Mile.
POSTED Oct 26 2007 @ 0:11
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My thoughts on Friday’s 9th race, the Juvenile Turf.
POSTED Oct 25 2007 @ 23:54
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My thoughts on Friday’s 8th race, the Breeders Cup Filly and Mare Sprint.
POSTED Oct 25 2007 @ 23:42
One last run to settle Horse of Year

OCEANPORT, N.J. - He won the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile last year, then six months later became the first horse to parlay a win in that race to one in the Kentucky Derby. Since then, he has added the Travers Stakes to his resume. And on Saturday at Monmouth Park, Street Sense will try to go out a winner in his final start, the $5 million Breeders’ Cup Classic, which would cap an unprecedented quartet of victories.

The mountain of accomplishments is mirrored by the ease in which Street Sense goes about his work. The other morning at Monmouth Park, trainer Carl Nafzger was surrounded by a thicket of press when one reporter began a question thus: “Have you ever had …?” (via Hard Spun News)

POSTED Oct 25 2007 @ 18:11
Crunch time for Hard Spun

OCEANPORT, N.J. - Of this year’s celebrated crop of 3-year-olds, there might not be a more versatile runner than Hard Spun. He has won stakes on conventional dirt surfaces and synthetic surfaces. He has won stakes races going short and going long. He has won on a fast track and on a sloppy track.

What he hasn’t done, it seems, is win when everybody’s watching, and that has made Hard Spun perhaps the most underappreciated, overlooked runner in Saturday’s $5 million Breeders’ Cup Classic at Monmouth Park. (via Hard Spun News)

POSTED Oct 25 2007 @ 18:07