So ten colts and one ridgling will be running in the Belmont Stakes on Saturday. Every horse is a bay, except California Chrome; Commanding Curve is the ridgling. Samraat was bred in New York state, California Chrome in California, and the other nine are Kentucky-bred. All of the entrants are related to *Forli (my favorite thoroughbred, along with Man o'War) - eight have *Forli in both the sire and dam's pedigrees, Matterhorn has *Forli blood in his sire's pedigree, and Commanding Curve and Commissioner have *Forli blood in the dam's pedigree.
Both Ride On Curlin and General a Rod have run in both the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness, along with California Chrome. Ride On Curlin finished 7th in the Derby and in second place in the Preakness. General a Rod was in 11th place in the Derby and 4th in the Preakness. Four of the colts ran in the Derby: Commanding Curve ran in second place; Wicked Strong ran 4th in the Derby; Samraat was fifth;and Medal Count ran 8th.
Four new colts are joining in the last race of the Triple Crown - Commissioner, Matterhorn, Matuszak, and Tonalist. Matterhorn and Tonalist were sired by Tapit, a grandson of A. P. Indy; Matterhorn's dam was Winter Garden, by Roy (by Fappiano); Tonalist is out of Settling Mist by Pleasant Colony, and she is out of the Topsider mare Toll Fee. Matuszak is by Bernardini, a son of A. P. Indy; and out of the Mr. Prospector mare Golden Sonata. None of A. P. Indy's sons have ever won a Belmont Stakes - the stallion was pensioned in 2011, so Commissioner is his last chance to win this leg of the Triple Crown. Commissioner is out of Flaming Heart, by Touch Gold, by Deputy Minister.
Five of the eleven horses racing are not related to A. P. Indy - they are Medal Count, Ride On Curlin, Samraat, Wicked Strong and General a Rod. Commissioner is the son of A. P. Indy; Matuszak and Commanding Curve are grandsons of A. P. Indy; and California Chrome, Matterhorn and Tonalist are great-grandsons of A. P. Indy.
I would love to see another Triple Crown champion in my lifetime. I've seen Secretariat, Seattle Slew and Affirmed all win the Triple Crown... a 35 year "dry spell" has since occurred - will we see a new champion crowned on Saturday? It's up to the horses, the jockeys, the track, ad, most especially, racing luck. I'll hope and I'll cheer for California Chrome - but there are ten other contenders in this one and a-half-mile race worth $1.5 million.
My biggest hope is for a clean race, with no injuries.
Showing posts with label *Forli. Show all posts
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Sunday, June 10, 2012
Union Rags; *Forli; Rist Canyon Fire
Union Rags (right) defeats Paynter in the 2012 Belmont Stakes
*Forli was a bright chestnut; he stood at Claiborne Farm
The wildfire in Rist Canyon - a fire spokesman has just announced that the fire might be as large as 14,000 to 16,000 acres right now.
Sunday, June 3, 2012
We Need Rain!
I know that, right now, most folks in northern Florida, Georgia, the Carolinas, Virginia and Maryland do not want more rain at the moment - after quite a drought, they were dumped on by the tropical storm. But we need rain here in the southwest. We had a mini-shower yesterday evening - just enough to dampen the ground, but under tree branches, the ground stayed dry... It was just enough to tantalize. I'm spending 45 minutes each morning and evening watering the garden, and then watering all the potted and hanging plants - so a nice rain would be appreciated!
The sun is shining and the kits are outside, playing in the back yard. I fed and watered the Thore critters, then watered the garden and plants, and was still at Aiko and Yoshi's for a walk and breakfast before 6:15. We had a nice stroll, and then a play period before I headed home for my kits. Lovey and Nedi greeted me at the door, and talked to me the entire time I was producing their breakfast. After eating, they both got lots of love and stroking. I miss them immensely.
I know that as I gotten older, I've gotten more absent-minded. I put something down, and can't remember where; sometimes I put things in strange places, where they don't normally go; and I do occasionally walk into a room and find I've forgotten why I'm in that room... But. BUT. But, I have never done what a 19-year-old mother did the other night. She placed her baby, in its car seat, on top of the car, and then drove off - with the baby on the roof. She never noticed that it fell off the roof, behind her vehicle. She had been drinking and smoking pot - with the baby's father, and with other friends. She realized that she no longer had the baby when she got home. So she called her friends, and then back-tracked herself. She found the police and her baby. The baby is in the custody of Protective Services and the mother is in jail. I hope that I never get that bad, regarding my memory!
Yesterday marked the beginning of Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee; she was crowned 60 years ago, and only her great-grandmother, Queen Victoria, has had a longer reign sitting on the British throne. Two spectacular races were run yesterday at Epsom Downs, with the Queen in attendance, and the two most historical races were both won by a son of Montjeau. St. Nicholas Abbey won the Coronation Cup (for the second time) and Camelot won the Investec Epsom Derby. Both colts are cousins of I'll Have Another, who will try to win America's Triple Crown this coming Saturday. (And, of course, all of these three thoroughbreds have the bloodline of *Forli and Hyperion - like FancyFax, at Sleepy Hollow in Micanopy, Florida.)
And, finally, a surprise archaeological find at Burnt Mound, near Dunstaffnage, on the west coast of Scotland - A dig on the site of a new housing development near Oban has uncovered what are believed to be some of Scotland’s earliest cold storage larders in six Bronze Age roundhouses. A team led by Dr Clare Ellis, from Argyll Archaeology, claim the roundhouses at Dunstaffnage are the first in Scotland to have ring ditches inside the structure. These may have been used as cellars to cool food – a precursor to the refrigerator. They also have vents leading into the central hearths which would have allowed the occupants to regulate their heating, while outside are the remnants of what could be a very simple form of sauna.
The sun is shining and the kits are outside, playing in the back yard. I fed and watered the Thore critters, then watered the garden and plants, and was still at Aiko and Yoshi's for a walk and breakfast before 6:15. We had a nice stroll, and then a play period before I headed home for my kits. Lovey and Nedi greeted me at the door, and talked to me the entire time I was producing their breakfast. After eating, they both got lots of love and stroking. I miss them immensely.
I know that as I gotten older, I've gotten more absent-minded. I put something down, and can't remember where; sometimes I put things in strange places, where they don't normally go; and I do occasionally walk into a room and find I've forgotten why I'm in that room... But. BUT. But, I have never done what a 19-year-old mother did the other night. She placed her baby, in its car seat, on top of the car, and then drove off - with the baby on the roof. She never noticed that it fell off the roof, behind her vehicle. She had been drinking and smoking pot - with the baby's father, and with other friends. She realized that she no longer had the baby when she got home. So she called her friends, and then back-tracked herself. She found the police and her baby. The baby is in the custody of Protective Services and the mother is in jail. I hope that I never get that bad, regarding my memory!
Yesterday marked the beginning of Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee; she was crowned 60 years ago, and only her great-grandmother, Queen Victoria, has had a longer reign sitting on the British throne. Two spectacular races were run yesterday at Epsom Downs, with the Queen in attendance, and the two most historical races were both won by a son of Montjeau. St. Nicholas Abbey won the Coronation Cup (for the second time) and Camelot won the Investec Epsom Derby. Both colts are cousins of I'll Have Another, who will try to win America's Triple Crown this coming Saturday. (And, of course, all of these three thoroughbreds have the bloodline of *Forli and Hyperion - like FancyFax, at Sleepy Hollow in Micanopy, Florida.)
And, finally, a surprise archaeological find at Burnt Mound, near Dunstaffnage, on the west coast of Scotland - A dig on the site of a new housing development near Oban has uncovered what are believed to be some of Scotland’s earliest cold storage larders in six Bronze Age roundhouses. A team led by Dr Clare Ellis, from Argyll Archaeology, claim the roundhouses at Dunstaffnage are the first in Scotland to have ring ditches inside the structure. These may have been used as cellars to cool food – a precursor to the refrigerator. They also have vents leading into the central hearths which would have allowed the occupants to regulate their heating, while outside are the remnants of what could be a very simple form of sauna.
Friday, May 4, 2012
Believe You Can Wins KY Oaks
Thursday evening, I wrote that I liked the pedigrees of 3 fillies in today's Kentucky Oaks. Believe You Can, a daughter of Proud Citizen, out of El Fasto, was one of them. She won the Oaks' Lilies, beating Broadway's Alibi by 3/4 length, with favorite Grace Hall in third. The other two pedigrees I liked belonged to Summer Applause and On Fire Baby, who finished fourth and fifth. I liked the looks of Jemima's Pearl - she finished tenth out of 14, as Oaks Lily was scratched. The filly (Believe You Can) is owned by previous Kentucky Governor Brereton Jones, and was ridden by Rosie Napravnik. Rosie became the first female jockey to win the Kentucky Oaks - which seems fitting, since today was the Susan G. Komen's Race Against Breast Cancer Day at Churchill Downs.
El Fasto is a the daughter of El Prado - and if you trace his pedigree back, you find *Forli - so Believe You Can is a cousin of the younger horses I worked with at Sleepy Hollow Horse Farm.
El Fasto is a the daughter of El Prado - and if you trace his pedigree back, you find *Forli - so Believe You Can is a cousin of the younger horses I worked with at Sleepy Hollow Horse Farm.
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