Distaff is tomorrow
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So can they race in a hack?
So good to see Edzo in action and looking well.
However ā¦ I read somewhere recently that the name of a famous racehorse canāt be used again for another racehorse. Just a name can, but not the name of a well-known horse. So how come there is a Whistlejacket running today?
And speaking of famous racehorses, itās cool that there is a race named for Flying Childers.
It is going to be a late night for us east coasters
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Ryan Moore is certainly not one to hog the limelight, is he!
Equibase has five Whistlejackets and one Whistle Jacket listed. The most recent is a 4yo gelding, but he only started twice with a maiden win and a fifth in an optional claiming.
Different registries have different rules - the name could not have been used for a '22 US bred horse, but Coolmoreās Whistlejacket is Irish-bred.
I know Australia had a fifth-tier runner back in (I think) the 90s named Citation, which annoyed a lot of people.
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First BC race (Filly & Mare Sprint) of the day is about to start.
Best of luck to all.
Results from Friday, with replays. Just click on the āresultsā tab.
More scratches this morning.
Oh Soul of an Angel you good girl! That was exciting!
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Why so many scratches I wonder?
As to the races, for some reason i just donāt care this year. Well, Iāve never gotten all excited about the BC, as itās a fairly new biggie, I didnāt grow up with it, and Iād much rather have had the worldās classics shown on US TV all these years than a new kid on the block show up and declare itself the world series of flat racing (althoā i grant you it is at least a real world series).
Anyway i do want to see Fierceness run, as he was my pick for the Derby.
Other than that I just canāt get excited. Even though the Advil has finally kicked in for my painful back.
So glad she beat the Baffert entrant, Pleasant. Petty of me, I know.
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Iām watching on CMH and my German is rusty.
Anyone know what happened in the starting gates before race five? Looked like a horse flipped over and the jockey bailed. Cameras cut away and I couldnāt hear fast enoughā¦
Race 5
Believing flipped in the gate, late scratch. Ryan Moore seemed ok, but was holding his arm/hand.
Starlust got up late to win.
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Danke. 
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well, it has been around since 1984 so it isnāt that new anymore. I have trouble with things like that. Forty years is a pretty long time. I used to follow all the racing when there was very little coverage. Some time after Zenyatta, I have sort of lost interest. They break down too often, never stay racing. It just isnāt fun for me anymore. Bur I am watching. I havenāt heard of any of the horses except Thorpedo Anna, Fierceness, and City of Troy. But I can cheer on the winners. I do not gamble so that is of no interest to me.
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Thorpedo Anna was never even challenged.
Really hope to see her back next year.
Of course the naysayers & armchair trainers will say she beat nothing much in the race, so proved nothing 
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Thorpedo Anna is really remarkable. I was skeptical after her last start when she won by a neck, but she carried the field here.
Iām watching on Peacock- in a clip right before she got in the gate, she looked like a coiled spring. A picture of perfect condition.
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I donāt know that itās petty. Baffert shouldnāt even be racing. The horses deserve better.
But then I donāt understand about Oliver Townend or Chad Brown either.
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40 years is nothing in horse racing. The Kentucky Derbyās been around since 1875. The Belmont is even older. And look at the Derby, the Grand National, and the Melbourne Cup.
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Jayarebe collapsed after the finish of race 7, as he was being pulled up.
Ambulance is on the track attending to him.
He was unconscious when they loaded him into the ambulance. Itās assumed to have been a cardiac event at this point.
