Learn About the 2024 Belmont Stakes at Saratoga Race Course
Campaigned by the partnership of Arnold Bennewith, Randy Howg, Lana Wiest, R6 Stables, Gary Kropp, and Norman Tremblay, Heroic Move is trained by Robertino Diodoro,
Bloodhorse – Diodoro-Trained Heroic Move Wins Steve Sexton Mile
Horse Racing Nation – Lone Star Park: Heroic Move makes just that in Sexton Mile
Paulick Report – Heroic Move Makes The Grade In Lone Star’s Steve Sexton Mile
Brisnet – Get to know the 2024 Belmont Stakes contenders
America’s Best Racing – Mike Curry – A Beginner’s Guide to the 2024 Belmont Stake
TDN – Post Times for the Belmont Stakes Festival Released
America’s Best Racing – Mike Curry – Seventeen Fun Facts About the 2024 Belmont Stakes
Don’t taunt the alligator until after you’ve crossed the creek.
Dan Rather
Bloodhorse – Frank Angst – Dollars & Sense: Documenting Kentucky Derby’s Strength
TDN – Paul Hayward – From Kings to Commoners: the Quest for a Derby Miracle
What’s the use of a great city having temptations if fellows don’t yield to them?
P.G. Wodehouse
Campaigned by the partnership of Arnold Bennewith, Randy Howg, Lana Wiest, R6 Stables, Gary Kropp, and Norman Tremblay, Heroic Move is trained by Robertino Diodoro,
Bloodhorse – Diodoro-Trained Heroic Move Wins Steve Sexton Mile
Horse Racing Nation – Lone Star Park: Heroic Move makes just that in Sexton Mile
The Texas Derby attracted a field of ten talented 3-year-olds for the 1 1/16-mile race. EJ Won the Cup was able to gain ground late under a ride by Mike Smith and crossed the wire a length ahead of all others. The chestnut colt by Omaha Beach, trained by Doug O’Neill and owned by Superfecta King Stables, stopped the clock at 1:44.62 as the 2-to-1 wagering favorite.
Paulick Report – Heroic Move Makes The Grade In Lone Star’s Steve Sexton Mile
The Ringer – Steven Hyden – How Music Videos Invented Bruce Springsteen, the Idea
The Athletic – Jason Quick – Bill Walton, one of basketball’s most eccentric characters, dies at 71
Sports Illustrated – Pat Forde – Bill Walton’s Unflappable Positivity Made Him One of a Kind
In the nineties, everybody wants to talk about their rights and privileges. Twenty-five years ago, people talked about their obligations and responsibilities.
Lou Holtz
Bloodhorse – Mott Undecided on Belmont After Batten Down Breezes
Brisnet – Kellie Reilly – Adare Manor joins exclusive company with Santa Margarita repeat
Arnold Bennewith, Randy Howg, Lana Wiest, R6 Stables, Gary Kropp and Norman Tremblay’s Awesome Road will break from the 7 hole in the $300,000US Texas Derby going 1 1/16 miles on the dirt at Lone Star on Memorial Day, Monday May 27, 2024. Robertino Diodoro is training in the non-HISA, non-HIWU state with Harry Hernandez fresh off his 1,000th win in the saddle.
Harry Hernandez has double plus the number of wins he had when he hit his 500 milestone aboard Mat Monaco’s Kentucky bred Big News Coming at Turf Paradise on December 7, 2021 with James R. Brown training.
TDN – Tornado Strikes Will Rogers Downs
New York Times – Frank Bruni – There’s No Meal Better (or Longer) Than an Italian Sunday Lunch
A man who doesn’t spend time with his family can never be a real man.
Don Vito Corleone
Phil has a question:
Isn’t it ironic that Blue Bloods an iconic cops and robbers show and the Sopranos an iconic robbers and cops show both have big family dinners.
Whose cookbook would you rather have: Blue Bloods or the Sopranos.
A “Sunday Gravy” Recipe From The Sopranos
TDN – Monday Insights: Memorial Day Racing Strong On Both Coasts
Bloodhorse – Bob Kieckhefer – Long Shot Danon Decile Wins Japanese Derby
Bloodhorse – Sean Collins – MyRacehorse Celebrates Seize the Grey At Breakfast
TDN – Belmont, Woody Stephens Remain Options for The Wine Steward
My name is Max. My world is fire and blood. Once, I was a cop. A road warrior searching for a righteous cause. As the world fell…each of us in our own way was broken. It was hard to know who was more crazy. Me… Or everyone else.
Max Rockatansky
Vanity Fair – Eva Batey – Furiosa Can Teach Us How to Survive the Apocalypse—Just Ask George Miller
The Telegraph – Tom Ward – Epsom Derby 2024 runners and riders: full horse list
Brisnet – Get to know the 2024 Belmont Stakes contenders
Paulick Report – Weekend Lineup Presented By Sky Racing World: Big Holiday Monday At Santa Anita
Texas Monthly – Daniel Vaughn – How to Win Friends and Not Poison Them With Barbecue
BBC – Becca Warner – The tunnels, trails and bridges built especially for bears
Half-Baked Harvest – 50 of the Most Popular Memorial Day Recipes
I love to go to the zoo. But not on Sunday. I don’t like to see the people making fun of the animals, when it should be the other way around.
Ernest Hemingway
Bloodhorse – Bob Ehalt – Timing Works Out for Legend of Time in Pennine Ridge
TDN – Alan Carasso – Sea The Stars’s Legend of Time Another Big Apple Graded Winner For Godolphin
Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is
Film – B.J. Colangelo – Every Mad Max Saga Movie, Ranked
Bloodhorse – Sean Collins – Atomic Blonde Collars Chop Chop in Strange Keertana
So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Paulick Report – ‘Looked Good’: Honor Marie Drills At Churchill In Penultimate Work For Belmont
TDN – Prat To Replace Gaffalione On Sierra Leone In Belmont
Bloodhorse – New Bit, Jockey for Sierra Leone in Lead-Up to Belmont
America’s Best Racing – Patrick Reed – Ten Memorable Belmont Stakes Upsets
An idea, like a ghost, must be spoken to a little before it will explain itself.
Charles Dickens
TDN – Tim Wilkin – Preakness Winner Seize the Grey Shipping to Spa Next Saturday
The Guardian – Cecilia Nowell – I went a week without ultra-processed foods. Here’s what I learned
Bloodhorse – Frank Angst – Owner Ramsey in Need of Kidney Transplant
Paulick Report – ‘So Laid Back And Cool’: Fierceness Records First Work Since Kentucky Derby
Bloodhorse – Fierceness Returns to Work Tab After Derby Loss
The Bitter Southerner – 2024 Summer Reading Roundup
Bloodhorse – Frank Angst – Frequent Runners Faring Well in 2024 Triple Crown Races
New York was a city where you could be frozen to death in the midst of a busy street and nobody would notice.
Bob Dylan
What’s normal, anyways?
Forrest Gump
Paulick Report – Ray Paulick – Preakness TV Ratings Up Slightly, Wagering Dips Below $100 Million
Bloodhorse – Bob Ehalt – Appleby Sends Out Legend of Time in Pennine Ridge
TDN – Mott Stable Preps For Belmont Stakes Racing Festival
Paulick Report – Ken McPeek Focusing On Saratoga ‘Routine’ With Mystik Dan, Thorpedo Anna
TDN – Dornoch To Shoot For GI Belmont S.
Bloodhorse – Batten Down Prepares for Belmont Stakes Assignment
Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E
Eat all the junk food you want – as long as you cook it yourself. That way, it’ll be less junky, and you won’t eat it every day because it’s a lot of work.
Michael Pollan
The Ringer – Juliana Ross – The Billie Eilish Divide
The Ringer – Justin Charity – We Still Don’t Know How to Talk About Amy Winehouse
ESPN – Greg Wyshynski – Sources: Devils to hire Sheldon Keefe as new head coach
Bloodhorse – Sean Collins – Lukas Confirms Seize the Grey for Belmont
Bloodhorse – Mystik Dan Arrives at Saratoga Race Course
Paulick Report – Lukas: Preakness Winner Seize The Grey ‘Likely’ For Belmont Stakes
Paulick Report – Preakness Runner-Up Mystik Dan Headed To Saratoga But No Decision On Belmont Stakes
Paulick Report – Report: Fierceness Will Aim For Belmont Stakes
TDN – Jana Domino Foundation To Auction Box For Saratoga Belmont Stakes Weekend
Phil has a question:
What is NYRA going to do with and for Seize The Grey’s phalanx of owners.
Bloodhorse – Sean Collins – Seize the Grey Experience Extends Beyond Shareholders
Alexander Hamilton started the U.S. Treasury with nothing, and that was the closest our country has ever been to being even”
Will Rogers
Mental Floss – Erin McCarthy – 26 Things You Might Not Have Known About Hamilton
The Ringer – Miles Surrey – The Greatest Car Chases in Movie History, Ranked
Food and Wine – Chandra Ram – Chicago-Style Hot Dogs
Steve Haskin – Current Again After 50 Years
New York Times – Frank Bruni – There’s No Meal Better (or Longer) Than an Italian Sunday Lunch
A man who doesn’t spend time with his family can never be a real man.
Don Vito Corleone
Phil has a question:
Isn’t it ironic that Blue Bloods an iconic cops and robbers show and the Sopranos an iconic robbers and cops show both have big family dinners.
Whose cookbook would you rather have: Blue Bloods or the Sopranos.
A “Sunday Gravy” Recipe From The Sopranos
Phil M Stockmen
