Monthly Archives: March 2019

Good advice. No word if Winning Thoroughbred Strategies or Commonsense Handicapping is permissible, however.

Your browser does not support iframes. You might say we have an obsession with Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, and, on the evidence, you would not be wrong! Thanks, Obama! Thanks, Aubameyang! Anyway, eternal rivals No. London Arse and Man Utd. dueled this … Continue reading →

Good morning from not-rainy Southern California, where the live-action Thoroughbred sport has been interrupted. Nevertheless, we persist.

No racing today, but here are some good reads from The Guardian, a London daily whose articles place great value on the winning trizacta of logos, ethos and pathos. Check ’em! https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/mar/08/anti-vaxxers-the-momo-challenge-why-lies-spread-faster-than-facts https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/mar/08/public-debate-is-a-shouting-match-what-we-need-is-experts https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/mar/08/santa-anita-closes-horse-deaths-racing

A lot to take in for your Ash Wednesday 2019 now. Not just Ash Wednesday, either. What about Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, Calif.? Hoo-boy. It’s going to be difficult to get this back on the Right Side of History. … Continue reading →

All right, all right, ya onetime New Orleanians! Take it easy! Happy f—in’ Mardi Gras now. Happy Mardi Gras this time!

Uh, yeah. So that idea in the Mistah Frank Bruni piece yesterday, the idea of ‘projection’. Well, here we go…

https://nyti.ms/2EGCZxv Exquisitely written, and the points are spot-on, especially if you also enjoyed the Bad Blood book the way Mistah Frank Bruni and the rest of us did.

Your browser does not support iframes. No. London Derby (you know how that’s properly pronounced, right? DAHR-bee!) early this morning (PST), and it ended in a draw, 1-all. The Arse had a massive chance to claim the victory late-on, however; … Continue reading →

Ghastly.