WINS the SAN RAFAEL at Santa Anita!
Gotta love a horse named after a restaurant named after the French word for grapefruit. Heh, I just bought a bunch of red grapefruit snack cups; it musta been an omen!
Seriously, though, TheBigFruit got away with the race from the beginning, setting easy fractions on the lead. He showed his [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘Kentucky Derby 2009 Trail’
January 17, 2009
THE PAMPLEMOUSSE
January 15, 2009
Get In Line Early for the Corned Beef Sandwiches–OAKLAWN OPENS TOMORROW!!
It’s that time again, for weekend trips up to the Arkansas hill country for a dip in the Hot Springs bathhouses and afternoons at OAKLAWN PARK!
The traditional first Friday is Founders’ Day, and since the track is celebrating 105 years, the concessions will have prices from that past century: the famed corned beef sandwiches are [...]
January 7, 2009
Elvis Presley Day Special PICKS
Tomorrow would have been Elvis Presley’s 74th birthday. What does this have to do with thoroughbreds, you ask? Not much, really, except that I wouldn’t have the financial resources to play my favorite game or attend my favorite races without him. Plus, Elvis liked horses.
In honor of EAP’s birthday celebration (free cake & coffee if [...]
