October, terrific month for the sport as the big races loom the end of the month while the top outfits prepare their horses.
The Classic gets the most coverage as it should and this year, the 43rd rendition, in Lexington, lures very solid horses.
Handicapping angles a plenty, yet for me, quotes from the trainer can be vital to ones' opinion.
Take Billy Mott in today's DRF talking about his duo from Godolphin. You can read the quotes/article, one of his has a huge chance, the other well...
A number of decades ago, Billy and I started our racing careers at about the same time. Billy was galloping for JVB, a hundred-pound kid from the Dakota's. I was walking hots for a bunch of trainers. While my "career" imploded, BM became one of the best ever.
I never really knew him we weren't friends merely acquaintance's working our ass of from 5:30am to tenish. For nothing.
A quick, long-ago memory. I thought Shug's horse was free money in a race at Keeneland @ 7-2, yet saw Billy work his horse the week before, lickety splits, under BM and it was a big jump in class. At the time I worked for Claiborne, where the Phipps keep their horses, and they were out in force dressed to the nines with a top colt.
I bet Phipps. The gal in front of me in the betting line was a cutie, boots, tight jeans, nice jacket, a certified looker. Expecting her to call out $2 bucks to show on someone. Nope, she bet $200 to win on Billy. Fwiw worth Bill's horse paid $43 and the Phipps horse was easily second.
After the race I said to the long-time outrider at Keeneland/Churchill, my housemate for 7-8 years living across the street from Churchill, that. That girl bet a deuce on the
winner. My buddy the outrider, called me a derogatory name and said "that's Billy's girlfriend". Days gone by. bbb
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