A few weeks before the lone big days of horse racing that ABC and ESPN now show, a film about Charismatic will be released. Orginally part of the 30 for 30 series (30 films in honor of the sports stations 30th aniversary), it was moved off the sch. with several other films. Those films are now being shown, with Charismatic's being tomorrow night. However, it looks like that the wonderful son of Summer Squall and the sire of one of my favorite horses Sun King will be playing second fiddle to his highly talented, but star-crossed jockey Chris Antley.
Chris passed away a year after he saved Charismatic's life in the Belmont, and from the earlier looks it will be focusing on his demons. Looks like ESPN was able to convince Al Michaels to be part of the film (he was the main anchor on ABC's coverage) as well as Gary Stevens (who rode General Challenge that day) and Jay Hovdey of DRF.
I will be watching this film and will be giving my review on Weds.
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April 28, 2009
Square Eddie out and lots of other goodies
Well in a way it's no surpise. My guess is he'll head to the Queen's Plate, link. This means that none of the top three of last year's Juvi will be running in this year's Derby (Street Hero was retired and Midshipman is out until later this year). While I wasn't going to be rooting for Eddie, still dispointing for his connections. Although this means that Take the Points is now in! Although personally, I hope they wait till the Preakness.
And while it's less interesting, I'm still excited about the Derby.
Also an intersting article about Oaks preps, link. Lets hope that the FG Oaks/Fantasy route works again.
And while they will not be showing the Derby draw or any of the Preakness undercard this year, ESPN will be showing it on their online feed at ESPN360.com. It stinks for me since our cable company is not hooked up with it. Pooh! Link
Brakets will be coming later today!
And while it's less interesting, I'm still excited about the Derby.
Also an intersting article about Oaks preps, link. Lets hope that the FG Oaks/Fantasy route works again.
And while they will not be showing the Derby draw or any of the Preakness undercard this year, ESPN will be showing it on their online feed at ESPN360.com. It stinks for me since our cable company is not hooked up with it. Pooh! Link
Brakets will be coming later today!
March 13, 2009
Weekend Preview Part 2 and Oaks on Bravo
So I decided to preview one more race for this weekend. The Honeybee Stakes which is Sunday at Oaklawn Park.
$100,000 Honeybee Stakes (gr. III, Race 9, 5:11 p.m.), 3-Year-Old Fillies, 1 1/16 Miles (Dirt)PP. Horse, Weight, Jockey
1. Be Fair (FL), 119, Terry J. Thompson
2. Afleet Deceit (KY), 115, Christopher A. Emigh
3. Hightap (KY), 119, Shaun Bridgmohan
4. Just Jenda (KY), 122, Gabriel Saez
5. My Spanx (FL), 119, Martin Escobar
6. Peach Brew (OK), 117, Quincy Hamilton
7. Bon Jovi Girl (KY), 119, Jose C. Caraballo
I really like Bon Jovi Girl in this race, she is coming off an race against older females which she won. Just Jenda comes up from the Fair Grounds after finishing third in the Silverbulletday. I'm going with Peach Brew for third, partially for her name and partially because she an OK bred, and one of my favorite horses currently in training is an OK bred as well.
Top Three:
Bon Jovi Girl
Just Jenda
Peach Brew
Also ESPN is dropping the Friday before the Derby coverage, this includes the Kentucky Oaks. (Link) Even though, NBC Sports will pick up the slack and put the Oaks on Bravo (home to shows like the Real Housewives of New York, which ironicly, one of the stars is Bethaney Frankel the daughter of Bobby Frankel. But this is a story for another day), it's still not good. I mean ESPN is supposed to be "The Worldwide Leader in Sports", and they show poker over horse racing? Yes I know there are people who don't like Kenny Mayne, but honestly he knows more then people think. If I remeber correctly, he was the only one who correctly chose Jazil and Invasor to win their races respectivly in 2006. I don't know, hopefully the Bravo crew includes Tom Hammond and maybe Tom Durkin calling? But then again he may be waiting a day and let the new track announcer Mark Johnson call his first national televised race.
$100,000 Honeybee Stakes (gr. III, Race 9, 5:11 p.m.), 3-Year-Old Fillies, 1 1/16 Miles (Dirt)PP. Horse, Weight, Jockey
1. Be Fair (FL), 119, Terry J. Thompson
2. Afleet Deceit (KY), 115, Christopher A. Emigh
3. Hightap (KY), 119, Shaun Bridgmohan
4. Just Jenda (KY), 122, Gabriel Saez
5. My Spanx (FL), 119, Martin Escobar
6. Peach Brew (OK), 117, Quincy Hamilton
7. Bon Jovi Girl (KY), 119, Jose C. Caraballo
I really like Bon Jovi Girl in this race, she is coming off an race against older females which she won. Just Jenda comes up from the Fair Grounds after finishing third in the Silverbulletday. I'm going with Peach Brew for third, partially for her name and partially because she an OK bred, and one of my favorite horses currently in training is an OK bred as well.
Top Three:
Bon Jovi Girl
Just Jenda
Peach Brew
Also ESPN is dropping the Friday before the Derby coverage, this includes the Kentucky Oaks. (Link) Even though, NBC Sports will pick up the slack and put the Oaks on Bravo (home to shows like the Real Housewives of New York, which ironicly, one of the stars is Bethaney Frankel the daughter of Bobby Frankel. But this is a story for another day), it's still not good. I mean ESPN is supposed to be "The Worldwide Leader in Sports", and they show poker over horse racing? Yes I know there are people who don't like Kenny Mayne, but honestly he knows more then people think. If I remeber correctly, he was the only one who correctly chose Jazil and Invasor to win their races respectivly in 2006. I don't know, hopefully the Bravo crew includes Tom Hammond and maybe Tom Durkin calling? But then again he may be waiting a day and let the new track announcer Mark Johnson call his first national televised race.
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