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Thursday, June 21, 2007

POST ON THE PLATE 


(UPDATE) PLATE POSTS

1/7/Cobrador/Graph-Racing LLC/Richard Scherer/Emile Ramsammy/20-1

2/8/Daaher/Shadwell Stable/Kiaran McLaughlin/Alan Garcia/15-1

3/6/Include Us/Mickey Canino, W. Werner & R. Attfield/Roger
Attfield/Robert Landry/20-1

4/5/Alezzandro/Knob Hill Stable & Estate of Steve Stavro/Kevin
Attard/Todd Kabel/15-1

5/4/Twilight Meteor/Peachtree Stable/Todd Pletcher/John Velazquez/4-1

6/3/Jiggs Coz/Jim Dandy Stable/Sid Attard/David Clark/9-5

7/1/Marchfield/Melnyk Racing Stable/Mark Casse/Patrick Husbands/3-1

8/2/Leonnatus Anteas/Knob Hill Stable & Estate of Steve Stavro/K.
Attard/Jono Jones/6-1

9/9/Mike Fox/D. Morgan Firestone/Ian Black/Emma-Jayne Wilson/12-1

Probable Favourites:  Jiggs Coz - Marchfield - Twilight Meteor

Total Purse $1,000,000
Winner to receive $600,000
2nd $200,000
3rd $110,000
4th $60,000
5th $30,000

Some good news with streaking horses at Woodbine - some bad news..

GOOD TASTE? BAD TASTE?

You Decide

Everyone was waiting for it – when the story would be written about jockey DAVID CLARK, who pilots Queen’s Plate favourite JIGGS COZ on Sunday and his impending court date…

The Toronto Sun’s Mike Strobel did it today – complete with a picture of horse, jockey and a girl who died.

http://www.torontosun.com/News/TorontoAndGTA/2007/06/21/4277721-sun.html

TILLER STARS ON WED. NIGHT

KNOCKER and GIGI’S CHARM continued winning streaks for trainer ROBERT TILLER last night at Woodbine – the latter winning for the 4th time in as many starts this year.

Also on the night, SON SARRIA won for the 4th time at the meeting (3rd in a row) for owner/trainer Daryl Ezra and Stephen Chesney.

KNOCKER (Evansville Slew) took advantage of a maniacal pace duel between Summer Girlfriend and Friendly Theresa to win the 2nd race for $80,000 claiming. Tiller claimed the mare for $50,000 on Dec. 1 last year. She has won over $120,000 now for the Very Dry Stable.

Gigi’s Charm (Stormy Atlantic) is no longer in the Tiller fold since she was claimed last night (by her breeder Rousseau Racing LLC) but the chestnut mare won for the 4th straight time this year, She was claimed by Tiller from Rousseau for $32,000, won over $110,000 and then was essentially returned to the Florida farm.

SON SARRIA appears to have been purchased privately from Knob Hill Stables, The Maria’s Mon mare has not had to run fast in her wins (Beyer Figures in the 60’s) but she won for $37,500 last night and has now collected over $60,000.

Some other notes from last night - first timer PLEASANT MIX (Joe Stritzl homebred) raced with her head up for a while at the beginning of her race, was very green but then wove her way through horses and won going away for trainer Dan O'Callaghan. Super effort.

Two horses appeared to break down last night - first timer Sweepaside and J W On Tour.






posted by Jen Morrison @ 6:32 AM  

8 Comments:

  • At 8:30 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said…

    That article about David Clark was not in bad taste.

    It is about time. Why should horse racing be any different than any other sport? The fact it took this long for the media to even care speaks volumes of how low Racing has fallen in the public eye.

    just imagine if the same thing had happened to a Maple Leaf. It would be front page news.

    I have found it stunning that no one that covers racing has followed this story. I would hazard a guess that nothing will be said about it on Sunday.

    why is it you have not said word one about this situation Jen? Not critsizing, just wondering why this story has not warranted any attention up until now?

     

  • At 9:42 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said…

    Re: David Clark story

    I am glad the web page info for that story was posted, without it I would not have known about it since I don't read the Sun. I don't believe this is anything to do with taste, good or bad. The story was very well written and did not go off about anything not as yet written about the charges. In my opinion, it was a good story, you could question the timing if you want to, but it gives people the opportunity to reflect on life's actions and the consequences of such.

     

  • At 10:52 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said…

    Kudos to strobel for bringing attention to the situation. It was a fair article that emphasized the loss of life caused by the irresponsible actions of Clark. I certainly understand that it was a mistake and it may be (but probably wasn't) an isolated incident. I would like to see the ORC strip him of his liscense but i realize that would be a viloation of clark's right to make a living. Furthermore, the part that really makes my blood boil is that when other athletes (danny heatley, craig mctavish, etc.) have committed similar acts there has been a subsequent public apology to both the victim and the SPORT that they have damaged. The lack of an apology is more of an indication of clark's character than the original mistake he made.

     

  • At 11:40 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said…

    I just want to know why it took someone like Mike Strobel to report this.

    why have all the "racing writers" shyed away from this?

    and just out of curiosity, what is your take Jen? Do you find it to be in Good or Bad taste?

    It goes back to the Vern Fernandes comments of a few weeks ago...such indignation was directed towards someon who made and insensitive remark about a horese, yet nothing has ever been said about a jockey who alegedly killed someone while drinking and driving.

    Kudos to Mr. Strobel. The timing might not be great for those involved in the game but if WEG wants it's product to be treated with the same kind of coverage other sports receive, this is all part of it and they cannot hide their heads in the sand when this kind of thing happens.

     

  • At 12:19 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said…

    I'm not trying to be devil's advocate here but we all do have to remember that everyone is "innocent until proven guilty".
    I'm certainly not advocating or condoning what happened in this situation but I certainly don't know all of the "facts". I know he blew over which is a crime on its own and the fact that someone was killed is absolutely horrendous, but beyond that - I don't know if there was any error on the other driver's side of things.
    I know a lot of racetrackers that can handle way more booze than the average person so even if he did blow over it is very possible that if he was just barely over - it might've not been the alchohol that caused the accident and that's what the courts and judges are going to have to decide. It's not a defense by any means for drinking and driving - there is no defense with that kind of act, but what if the alcohol didn't actually have anything to do with it and it was driver error on the victim's side? I simply don't know the facts.

    I know I'm going to be called callous and heartless but believe me I sympathize for this family. I just know from first-hand family experience that in a case like this when someone is hurt or killed and alcohol is mentioned it is an automatic sentence by everyone reading about it. When in fact there can be human error on the victim's side that also contributed.
    I've had to live through it with family members who were the victims of a serious accident like this and unfortunately it was revealed that they also contributed to the accident once all of the facts were laid out, so I've learned to stick with "innocent until proven guilty".

    In reference to the article itself - I felt it was somewhat tacky by rying to make it sound like there was some kind of "cover-up" (at least that's the impression I got from it). The fact of the matter is that it was reported when it happened and if no papers decided to pick up further on the story it's simply their own fault. Suddenly it comes to light a few days before the event which I see as typical "media behaviour" -- finding anything negative they can about something to put that spin on it to try to sell their papers.

     

  • At 1:15 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said…

    Son Sarria won her 4th in a row. She was purchased for $6500 in the Fall sales at Woodbine, not privately.

    Regarding the Clark story, a couple of owners of Curlin just got indicted for wire fraud. It made news across America, and Curlin was mentioned.

    The owners are innocent until proven guilty too. But news is news.

     

  • At 5:15 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said…

    to anon 12:19 the old axiom is true when dealing with criminal matters... not so when dealing with the orc. What about the Pat Hudon case and the similar case of Ken Parsly and the separate cases {which have yet to be heard}involving about a dozen standardbred trainers involved in the aminorex positives. There is a rush to judgement and everyone is vilified in the press. Bad news makes good headlines. Sadly, retractions and successful appeals go unnoticed.

     

  • At 6:44 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said…

    This is a situation where WEG should be putting their media section into top gear.

    You have touched on Jambalaya and Sky Conqueror, but they should be promoting these two as the local stars they are and also build up to when they face each other.

    By the time they finish, fans should know when they get up each morning, what they had for breakfast, be on first name terms with their respective grooms, even what their favourite treats are.

    In my view, they have to get the horses and fans integrated and familiar.

    The Queen's Plate is fine, a traditional race, lots of history, etc, etc, but it's basically a decent Stakes race of little consequence outside the local.

    These horses have done what relatively few Canadian horses do and that is win outside the home border and the afct that they may be lining up against each other should be fully utilized by the media department for maximum publicity.

     

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