Blog Detail
Brooklyn Backstretch
http://www.brooklynbackstretch.blogspot.com
Reports and reflections on (mostly) New York racing
- Added on: May 4th, 2008
- Country: United States
- Language: English
Recent Posts
Talking Cats and Kittens with Ken Ramsey
May 2008 brought news that caused much consternation in the Backstretch household.“Storm Cat Pensioned,” read the headline in the Blood-Horse.Storm Cat pensioned? Good-bye to generations of Cat horses? Good-bye to nearly unlimited hunch betting?F...
The Naming Game
Given that I generally still refer to the Patrick Division and the Campbell Conference, one would correctly surmise that I’m not a big fan of eviscerating history in the name of modernization.It seems silly to me that a huge banner in the clubhouse...
Anna House Holiday Party
On Friday at about 6:30 am, the temperature in Brooklyn was 22 degrees; the wind made it feel like it was in the single digits, and it likely felt much colder on the backstretches of Belmont and Aqueduct. The men and women who take care of the horse...
Select Company in the Queens County
Two years ago, in a generally moribund racing month, winter racing in New York got a blast of attention when 9-year-old Evening Attire won the Queens County on a cold December afternoon. It was his second victory in the race; he’d also won in 2001,...
Turning to Tucson
There’s racing this week in New York, Kentucky, Florida, and California, but the eyes and attention of many in the racing world are turned southwest, to Tucson, Arizona and the annual symposium of the Race Track Industry Program at the University o...
Tuesday morning quick picks
‘Tis the season of giving, and plenty was being given away on Saturday at Aqueduct. The Marines were at the Big A, collecting toys and cash donations; as I wrote last week, NYRA had pledged to match whatever money was collected; Gary Contessa was...
