Future Wager dates for Derby, Oaks are set
BREEDERS' CUP JUVENILE CHAMP NOT AMONG EARLY FAVORITES
Churchill Downs has set the dates for its 2007 Kentucky Derby and Oaks Future Wager pools. The first Future Wager takes place Feb. 8-11.
So, who do you like for next year's Derby? Here's a list taken from ESPN.com:
Tiz Wonderful (Kentucky Jockey Club winner), Nobiz Like Shobiz (Remsen winner), Any Given Saturday (Kentucky Jockey Club runner-up), Belgravia (Hollywood Prevue winner), Grapelli (maiden race winner at Hollywood), Chelokee (maiden winner), Silver Express (maiden winner) and Strike a Deal (Laurel Futurity winner).
You will notice Street Sense is missing from this list. You have to wonder. Trainer Carl Nafzger loves his Breeders' Cup Juvenile winner. Could this be the one to break the Breeders' Cup/Derby jinx?
Horse racing lore collected
Colonel Phil Chinn never met a Yankee he didn't like -- as long as that fellow intended to buy Kentucky horses.
The Colonel's motto went something like, "Let the Yankee beware." Chinn actually enjoyed enormous respect as a horse-seller. But as the story goes, he knew how to get the best of them.
I don't know if the late Colonel Chinn admitted to any alleged chicanery when he recorded his oral history in 1954.
But I was delighted to learn that the colonel's own words are among oral histories held at the University of Kentucky. He is a legendary personality in horse racing lore. Luckily, someone had the foresight to get his words on tape -- long before podcasts and other digital stuff.
The interview is included among the small collection of tape recordings concerning the horse industry at the UK Libraries' Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History.
The collection has not been augmented significantly in some years. The library has begun to expand its horse industry collection, however. It is receiving help from the Kentucky Historical Society and the Kentucky Equine Education Project.
We'll see if any modern-day characters can top anything Colonel Chinn might have said. He is best known for sneaking into the old Kentucky Association track in Lexington one dark night -- and moving one of the marker poles.
The incident developed as a result of the colonel's finding himself "stuck" in 1901 with a 2-year-old that couldn't outrun anything. He thought he'd never sell the colt -- until he met a wealthy Yankee looking for a 2-year-old.
The man said he would spend up to $50,000 on a colt who would work three furlongs in 35 seconds. Wouldn't you know, Colonel Chinn told the man he had just the horse.
That night the colonel and a helper dug up the three-eighths pole at the old race course. They stuck it back in the ground about 100 feet closer to the finish line.
Next day, with the eager buyer in attendance, the horse worked from the three-eighths pole -- finishing in a sprightly 343/5.
The workout clinched the sale. That evening, a much wealthier Colonel Chinn and his helper returned the pole to its customary place. The story became legend over time.
Collecting stories and first-hand experiences of horse-industry participants should have been a no-brainer for UK's library. Surprisingly, of more than 6,500 interviews housed in the collection, less than 75 focus on horse-related topics.
"It's something we wanted to do for a long time," said Jeffrey Suchanek, director of the Center for Oral History. But for a long time, according to Suchanek, the library found that "the thoroughbred industry has been a closed society. I think there was a trust issue."
Now, by associating with KEEP on this project, the oral history center is hoping for better access. It has begun conducting interviews with people associated with all types of horses -- not just racehorses.
Contact Suchanek at 257-8634 if you have suggestions.
Fewer stud fees on rise
Bloodhorse.com reports that more stallions will stand for the same fee, or less, than will stand for increased breeding fees in 2007. However, some of those stallions who do have increased fees are "advancing significantly."
The article, by Dan Liebman, shows the three stallions to take the biggest moves up are Johannesburg (from $25,000 to $65,000, a 160 percent increase), Maria's Mon, (from $25,000 to $60,000, up 140 percent), and Mister Greeley (from $35,000 to $75,000, 114 percent).
Fusaichi Pegasus dropped out of the group of 18 that stand for $100,000 or more, going from $125,000 to $75,000. Bernardini replaced him in that elite group.
Source www.charlotte.com
Churchill Downs has set the dates for its 2007 Kentucky Derby and Oaks Future Wager pools. The first Future Wager takes place Feb. 8-11.
So, who do you like for next year's Derby? Here's a list taken from ESPN.com:
Tiz Wonderful (Kentucky Jockey Club winner), Nobiz Like Shobiz (Remsen winner), Any Given Saturday (Kentucky Jockey Club runner-up), Belgravia (Hollywood Prevue winner), Grapelli (maiden race winner at Hollywood), Chelokee (maiden winner), Silver Express (maiden winner) and Strike a Deal (Laurel Futurity winner).
You will notice Street Sense is missing from this list. You have to wonder. Trainer Carl Nafzger loves his Breeders' Cup Juvenile winner. Could this be the one to break the Breeders' Cup/Derby jinx?
Horse racing lore collected
Colonel Phil Chinn never met a Yankee he didn't like -- as long as that fellow intended to buy Kentucky horses.
The Colonel's motto went something like, "Let the Yankee beware." Chinn actually enjoyed enormous respect as a horse-seller. But as the story goes, he knew how to get the best of them.
I don't know if the late Colonel Chinn admitted to any alleged chicanery when he recorded his oral history in 1954.
But I was delighted to learn that the colonel's own words are among oral histories held at the University of Kentucky. He is a legendary personality in horse racing lore. Luckily, someone had the foresight to get his words on tape -- long before podcasts and other digital stuff.
The interview is included among the small collection of tape recordings concerning the horse industry at the UK Libraries' Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History.
The collection has not been augmented significantly in some years. The library has begun to expand its horse industry collection, however. It is receiving help from the Kentucky Historical Society and the Kentucky Equine Education Project.
We'll see if any modern-day characters can top anything Colonel Chinn might have said. He is best known for sneaking into the old Kentucky Association track in Lexington one dark night -- and moving one of the marker poles.
The incident developed as a result of the colonel's finding himself "stuck" in 1901 with a 2-year-old that couldn't outrun anything. He thought he'd never sell the colt -- until he met a wealthy Yankee looking for a 2-year-old.
The man said he would spend up to $50,000 on a colt who would work three furlongs in 35 seconds. Wouldn't you know, Colonel Chinn told the man he had just the horse.
That night the colonel and a helper dug up the three-eighths pole at the old race course. They stuck it back in the ground about 100 feet closer to the finish line.
Next day, with the eager buyer in attendance, the horse worked from the three-eighths pole -- finishing in a sprightly 343/5.
The workout clinched the sale. That evening, a much wealthier Colonel Chinn and his helper returned the pole to its customary place. The story became legend over time.
Collecting stories and first-hand experiences of horse-industry participants should have been a no-brainer for UK's library. Surprisingly, of more than 6,500 interviews housed in the collection, less than 75 focus on horse-related topics.
"It's something we wanted to do for a long time," said Jeffrey Suchanek, director of the Center for Oral History. But for a long time, according to Suchanek, the library found that "the thoroughbred industry has been a closed society. I think there was a trust issue."
Now, by associating with KEEP on this project, the oral history center is hoping for better access. It has begun conducting interviews with people associated with all types of horses -- not just racehorses.
Contact Suchanek at 257-8634 if you have suggestions.
Fewer stud fees on rise
Bloodhorse.com reports that more stallions will stand for the same fee, or less, than will stand for increased breeding fees in 2007. However, some of those stallions who do have increased fees are "advancing significantly."
The article, by Dan Liebman, shows the three stallions to take the biggest moves up are Johannesburg (from $25,000 to $65,000, a 160 percent increase), Maria's Mon, (from $25,000 to $60,000, up 140 percent), and Mister Greeley (from $35,000 to $75,000, 114 percent).
Fusaichi Pegasus dropped out of the group of 18 that stand for $100,000 or more, going from $125,000 to $75,000. Bernardini replaced him in that elite group.
Source www.charlotte.com
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