Concerned About Preakness Gate/Start 'Incident'

[sophie]

@Joanne

The outrider who caught Bodexpress speaks:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FBKRo15efM

Thank you for that video! Outrider is a really neat / exciting job. I have a friend who did that for a summer at a local racetrack and had a blast (she was an ex-jockey turned combined training, then dressage rider - I guess she missed her race days lol)

[Belowthesalt]

@Sandysmom

Sir Barton won the Triple Crown in 1919, so 100, not 140 years ago. If you want to know about racing in that era, read the Blister Jones stories. Warning they were written in the early 1900s so not politically correct but great horse racing stories.

John Taintor Foote’s “The Look of Eagles” was made into the movie, “Kentucky” starring Loretta Young. For a long time, it wasn’t available, but I was able to get a DVD a few years ago, so as far as I know, it’s available for purchase. Includes a funny segment with Laurel and Hardy as bettors.

[Brigid]

@Where'sMyWhite

For TBs, I use http://www.equibase.com

Race entries, results, limited pedigree IIRC for free. Plus I use their ‘virtual stable’ feature.

Thank you, WMW, for that link to that site. Going off to peruse it,

[Sunflower]

@dressagetraks

One of the times I was at Oaklawn for the Ark Derby, one horse did that. Not in the Derby itself but an undercard race. Just stood there. The horse had won recently, too. The announcer said that the stewards had checked to make sure no gate malfunction, but the gate opened fine, so no refunds on that horse. He just didn’t want to play that day. Guy near me had bet on that horse and was ticked.

Mad Moose is (in)famous for the not gonna run stance in the UK. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQDVoYIyhk4
He is now retired from racing with a new career as a dressage horse.