Straight from the horse’s mouth..but they don’t know a horse’s head from its ass...

[RolloTomasi]

Tried this years ago but it never got off the ground.

But hey, now there's Twitter where you can drill for oil all day long and have no problems tapping into a septic tank...

***From the Twitter of Tom Ryan, some sort of lamprey affixed to SF Racing. I think his credentials include some sort of work for a Coolmore satellite entity and a Saudi racing authority:

The Belmont Stakes is the only thing I would change about the Triple Crown. I would bring it back in distance and make it more commercial.

Good idea. Let’s fit the racing to the breeding, not the other way around.

Nashville just retired. He was a freak up to the second point of call according to your idol Elliot Walden.

He should be siring Belmont winners in no time if you can get enough NYRA officials lobotomized before they consider your proposal…

The winner of a 2400m 3yo G1 is only viable at stud if he proves himself at a shorter distance.

Sorry D’Tara, Jazil, and Sarava…you’re stud services are not needed.

Good thing all other retired Belmont winners had the good sense to win other important (and shorter) races.

You know, other than the Test of the Champion.

In 2005 the French Derby went from 2,400 meters (12F) to 2,100 meters (10.5F) The Prix du Jockey Club is a historic classic first run in 1836 at Chantilly at 2500M; They believed the prestige of the Prix du Jockey Club had dropped.

Yeah, that was because the French Derby usually falls on the same weekend as the Epsom Derby, Copernicus.

What does the Belmont have to compete against? The Easy Goer on the undercard?

I would shorten the Classic Belmont to 2000m.

There’s a bigger issue here besides just changing the Belmont distance.

You want the United States to start using the metric system?

Can I get a Royale with Cheese with that?

[RolloTomasi]

**Not from Twitter, but I wanted to see how the "modern" breeders' darling Mastery was doing at stud, so I went straight to the source (i.e., the horse's ass) at claiborne.com and found this:

Undefeated on the track, trainer Bob Baffert considered Mastery to be “the best 3-year-old in the nation” after his San Felipe Stakes (G2) win.

For those who don’t recall, Mastery broke down a few strides after winning the San Felipe Stakes, effectively ending his career.

To be fair, maybe they were interviewing Baffert on his way down to the winner’s circle…

[freddymo]

I think Claiborne would be willing to trade Mastery and his Advert page for Pappa Clem and some Dogecoin

[blackthroatedwind]

The Easy Goer is no more. Fortunately, or unfortunately, nobody has as of yet told Tom Ryan that social media is not for him.

[RolloTomasi]

Before You Get Abused, Criticized, and Accused/Just Race a Mile in Your Shoes

Less than a month before his expected 4-year-old debut in the Grade 1 Metropolitan Mile Handicap at Belmont Park on June 11, Flightline had a familiar pilot for his five-furlong workout in 59.60 seconds at Santa Anita on Monday.

I like the author’s choice of phrasing here. So many ways to go. “4-year-old debut” has a nice ring to it, even though “second to last career start” is probably more accurate…

Jockey Flavien Prat, who has ridden Flightline in all three of his wins, flew from his new base in New York to partner the exciting colt. The workout was the first time Prat had been aboard Flightline since the colt won his stakes debut by 11 1/2 lengths in the Grade 1 Malibu Stakes at seven furlongs on Dec. 26.

He hasn’t been on Flightline since the Malibu? I guess when they make a movie of Flightline’s career (Best Live Action Short Film circa 2030?) the jockey won’t be a main character since he doesn’t seem to have a hand in the colt’s development…

On Monday, trainer John Sadler timed Flightline galloping out six furlongs in 1:12.40 and seven furlongs in 1:25. The $1 million Met Mile will be the longest race of Flightline’s career.

“Longest race”? To be fair, I’m sure the horse has at least walked further than a mile on most days, probably by a hotwalker that has more of a hand in his training than Flavien Prat. By the way, that last sentence has no qualifying clause…I hope the whole “longest race of his career” thing isn’t supposed to be a final prediction…

“Career”? He has 3 total starts thus far and averages 5 months in-between each. He’s like a train hopper from Steinbeck novel that shows up for the annual wheat harvest to make a little money to keep himself awash in moonshine the rest of the year…

Sadler said Flightline’s recent training has focused on getting the colt to show patience in the initial furlongs of a workout.

That’s smart since he is going to go a one-turn marathon distance next out. Double smart spending all that time teaching him to settle and then putting up a jockey for a critical work who hasn’t been on the horse for over 5 months…

“We’ve put a lot of work in getting him to relax,” Sadler said.

I’ll say…no race for nearly 6 months? I’d be pretty chill, too.

“He looks like he’s going in a mere gallop.

Most of the time, he looks like he’s just standing in his stall…

He’ll always have speed to get position. He doesn’t have to be a front-runner.

Yeah, he’s looked mighty vulnerable winning by the length of the stretch each time after setting the pace.

Good idea to try to tweak his running style…whatwith the whole extra furlong to navigate…

We’re dialing in.”

Hopefully most racing fans haven’t tuned out by now…

[freddymo]

Most of the time, he looks like he’s just standing in his stall… Does he look fast in the stall?

[King Glorious]

Originally Posted by RolloTomasi

Before You Get Abused, Criticized, and Accused/Just Race a Mile in Your Shoes


I like the author’s choice of phrasing here. So many ways to go. “4-year-old debut” has a nice ring to it, even though “second to last career start” is probably more accurate…

He hasn’t been on Flightline since the Malibu? I guess when they make a movie of Flightline’s career (Best Live Action Short Film circa 2030?) the jockey won’t be a main character since he doesn’t seem to have a hand in the colt’s development…

“Longest race”? To be fair, I’m sure the horse has at least walked further than a mile on most days, probably by a hotwalker that has more of a hand in his training than Flavien Prat. By the way, that last sentence has no qualifying clause…I hope the whole “longest race of his career” thing isn’t supposed to be a final prediction…

“Career”? He has 3 total starts thus far and averages 5 months in-between each. He’s like a train hopper from Steinbeck novel that shows up for the annual wheat harvest to make a little money to keep himself awash in moonshine the rest of the year…

That’s smart since he is going to go a one-turn marathon distance next out. Double smart spending all that time teaching him to settle and then putting up a jockey for a critical work who hasn’t been on the horse for over 5 months…

I’ll say…no race for nearly 6 months? I’d be pretty chill, too.

Most of the time, he looks like he’s just standing in his stall…

Yeah, he’s looked mighty vulnerable winning by the length of the stretch each time after setting the pace.

Good idea to try to tweak his running style…whatwith the whole extra furlong to navigate…

Hopefully most racing fans haven’t tuned out by now…

I hope most of them haven't tuned out and I hope you watched him today. Wish I could see him run more but sure as hell going to appreciate the few times we do see him. He's incredible.