Thats Amore Stable

October 2008 - Posts

• That slots post: Yes on 2
  Oct 31 2008, 11:55 AM

  On Tuesday, voters nationwide will make major decisions regarding the future of our country. In the horse racing world, none of those decisions will be more important than the one that Maryland voters will make: whether or not to allow slot machines in... Post Reactions Filed under: slot machines, Future of Maryland racing

• Plenty of punch
  Oct 28 2008, 12:34 PM

  Horses of which I’ve owned a piece have made a total of one start in Grade I company — and that one start was a shot in the dark. Spectacular Malibu, a filly owned and managed by our pals at Country Life Farm, went off as, and ran like, the... Post Reactions Filed under: Frank Stronach, Ginger Punch

• Every day is ladies day
  Oct 26 2008, 02:55 PM

  Fillies stole the show both days of this year’s Breeders’ Cup. That was no surprise on Friday, since only fillies and mares were invited to the party. It was somewhat more of a surprise — though not much of one, since she was the fave... Post Reactions Filed under: Breeder's Cup

• As advertised
  Oct 25 2008, 11:01 AM

  No ladies on the track on Ladies Day, but plenty of terrific racehorses putting on a great show, a big show, a king size show. Or queen size. Whatever. The obvious, and anticipated, star of the show was uber-filly Zenyatta, who spanked a really good group... Post Reactions Filed under: Breeder's Cup

• B.C. Potpourri
  Oct 24 2008, 10:52 AM

  A year ago, I was consumed with the Breeders’ Cup, which in blogging parlance means that I put up three or four posts on it. Hey, that’s a lot for me! This year, other issues — like a really fascinating presidential race, and the impending... Post Reactions Filed under: Breeder's Cup

• True confession
  Oct 15 2008, 10:15 AM

  Confession time: I haven’t been a Curlin fan. I have my reasons, of course. I’m not a fan of his trainer, Steve Asmussen, with his long-as-your-arm record of fines and suspensions. You couldn’t like Curlin’s original owners, the... Post Reactions Filed under: Curlin, Big Brown

• Phew, and other news…
  Oct 14 2008, 05:57 PM

  Just returned (well, yesterday, technically) from a several-day sojourn to Lexington to check out (and slightly profit from) the races at Keeneland, visit the sire of our prospective foal, and catch up with some friends old and new (hey, Teresa!). And... Post Reactions Filed under: That's Amore horses, Curlin, Big Brown, Breeder's Cup

• Lingering
  Oct 07 2008, 12:11 PM

  Victorious races are hard to come by. They are the culmination of a journey, a billion variables all going just right: the right genetic components, the right owners, the right trainer and training regimen, the right sequence of efforts leading to the... Post Reactions Filed under: Experience of owning horses

• Storylines
  Oct 06 2008, 04:33 PM

  Saturday’s 23rd annual Maryland Million day at Laurel Park — a smorgasbord of 12 stakes races restricted to horses sired by stallions standing in Maryland — offered in abundance what Maryland racing seems to deliver every day: a glorious... Post Reactions Filed under: Maryland Million, That's Amore horses