I tell you, it’s like they read my mind. From the opening theme to the cliffhangers between the commercials, Animal Planet totally nailed the modern docu-drama asthetic with Jockeys. The soundtrack is hip, the visuals are colorful and capture the activity on the track. The frenetic, MTV editing keeps viewers glued to the action and [...]
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February 3, 2009
JOCKEYS Premieres in 3 Days!!
I like this promo for the show. It captures the bad-ass side of racing pretty well, and features Kanye on the soundtrack. If the show is as awesome as the ads, it’s gonna rock.
I just checked the Animal Planet site, and it’s all Jockeys.
Mike SMith is one of seven featured riders, [...]
January 27, 2009
CURLIN REPEATS as Horse of the Year!
Congrats to Curlin, the Eclipse award Horse of the Year for 2008.
Eclipse voters cast 153 ballots in favor of The Golden Warrior, with Zenyatta getting 69 votes and Big Brown only 13. While I would have loved to see Zenyatta get the Big Prize, the fact is Curlin ran a typical HOTY campaign. Despite a [...]
October 28, 2008
The Aftermath–What About Raven’s Pass?!
The Synthetic Track proved to be a great equalizer for the European contingent, but the American runners were not shamed by any means at Breeders’ Cup 25.
Raven’s Pass ran a brilliant final furlong under Frankie Dettori, passing defending champ Curlin, rallying Henrythenavigator, and synthetic specialist Go Between. The 3yo miler by Elusive Quality had spent the [...]
September 17, 2008
BIG BROWN VICTORIOUS! + MUSIC NOTE & PROUD SPELL!!
By now most Infield readers know that Big Brown won on Saturday, holding off Proudinsky in a thriller stretch drive (I think that must be my favorite phrase, seriously). The Derby Winner has passed the “beat older” test with winning colors…now on to synthetic and CURLIN!
There is no way now for Curlin to repeat as [...]
July 9, 2008
Weekend Results
My birthday was Sunday, so now that I’m over the hangover let’s go over the weekend’s races: 9 Winners, 8 placings, 5 showings out of 13 races! ZENYATTA & INDIAN BLESSING continue their legendary seasons, ANY LIMIT showed again just why they call Allen Jerkens the Giant Killer, and Myspace helped me pick the Bashford [...]
