Whitney Day 2008
Watching the action from Saratoga today, horse racing looks very good on HD TV - Keeneland is broadcasting all their races in HD starting with the fall meet.
Winning Colors' 2nd to last foal - Ocean Colors - was practically distanced as the 13-10 favorite in the Schuylerville on opening day at the Spa. But today, Personal Ensign's final foal - Baronial wins a maiden race in her 4th start. Here is link to NY Times story by Bill Finley from opening day: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/23/sports/othersports/23racing.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
Trainer Bret Calhoun won two turf stakes today - winning the Taylor's Special at Arlington with Mr. Nightlinger (winning his fourth straight race) and the San Clemente at Del Mar with Storm Mesa (winning her fifth straight race and third consecutive stakes).
The Daily Racing Form should expand the Watchmaker Watch to include breakouts of top 10 horses in each Breeders Cup division. Mr. Nightlinger would be included in the turf sprint division.
Saturday, July 26, 2008
Sunday, July 13, 2008
July 14 - This Day in Racing History
1999 - TVG begins broadcasting.
1956 - Swaps wins the 17th Hollywood Gold Cup with Bill Shoemaker up giving Shoe the first of his 9 wins in the race.
1951 - Marta wins the Molly Pitcher at Monmouth Park – first sports event broadcast in color television in United States. Described by CBS as “first remote pick-up on a regular color video broadcast”, two races shown live in the first of four scheduled broadcasts from Monmouth during the summer.
1951 - Citation becomes the first horse to earn 1 million dollars by winning the 12th Hollywood Gold Cup.
1923 - In Memoriam wins the inaugural running of the Illinois Derby at Hawthorne Park setting a track record of 2:04 1/5 for the mile and a quarter.. Since Highball had won the American Derby in1904, there had not been a race of national importance run in Chicago. Former heavyweight champion Jack Johnson is among the estimated 35,000 in attendance.
1999 - TVG begins broadcasting.
1956 - Swaps wins the 17th Hollywood Gold Cup with Bill Shoemaker up giving Shoe the first of his 9 wins in the race.
1951 - Marta wins the Molly Pitcher at Monmouth Park – first sports event broadcast in color television in United States. Described by CBS as “first remote pick-up on a regular color video broadcast”, two races shown live in the first of four scheduled broadcasts from Monmouth during the summer.
1951 - Citation becomes the first horse to earn 1 million dollars by winning the 12th Hollywood Gold Cup.
1923 - In Memoriam wins the inaugural running of the Illinois Derby at Hawthorne Park setting a track record of 2:04 1/5 for the mile and a quarter.. Since Highball had won the American Derby in1904, there had not been a race of national importance run in Chicago. Former heavyweight champion Jack Johnson is among the estimated 35,000 in attendance.
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