That's No Bull; A Look at the Future?

Yes, while many are getting excited about this week of Derby Preps, I prefer to look forward to when we get to see the Cow Chip Derby.  You see, a girl in Germany asked for a horse but her parents said no.  Undeterred, the girl trained her cow Luna to go on long rides and to also jump over the hurdles.  The story indicates while 15 year old Regina Mayer's friends have taken a liking to Luna, the other cows have given Luna the cold shoulder. Click here for more of the story and pictures.  Unfortunately, the story doesn't go into details as to what will happen with Luna when Regina goes offf to school for nursing.  Hopefully, her parents will keep Luna around; who knows a new form of parimutuel wagering may have been discovered.

Now if Regina can teach Luna to race on the trot, that wold be something.  Someone would have to call John Manzi up; he may have a new promotion.

Next time you get a big hit at the track and it seems the track is on shaky grounds, make sure you get paid in cash.  A bettor at the bankrupt Hindsdale Greyhound Track got paid by check for hits made on wagers at Belmont Park.  Since he got paid by check within 90 days of the bankruptcy filing, he became an unsecured creditor and the track wants the money back.  The moral of the story is cash is king.

Meanwhile, no further news regarding the Meadowlands as Jeff Gural has another week to come to terms not only with the unions,  but the Governor's office.  If no agreement with the union is reached by this weekend, a lot of people are going to be starting to sweat bullets.  To give you an idea of what New Jersey racing will consist of if the Meadowlands, fails to be saved; I'm providing selections for Freehold, this Saturday.  When you look at the race conditions, remember this is a Saturday card; a day where they used to have a $19,000 Pref-Inv Handicap.  This would probably be as good as it gets; it likey would be worse.

Freehold Raceway, Saturday, April 9
1st Pace - $1,800 - Claiming $4,000 - Non-winners of $1,175 in last four starts
1 - Truly Camly (Vallee, 3-1)
3 - Ricky Mcardo (Abbateiello, 7-2)
6 - Creased Card (Smith, 5-1)
4 - Makin A Beer Run (Jacobs, 8-1)

2nd Pace - $3,000; 5yo and Under - Non-winners of $2,000 in last 6 starts
1 - Southwind Maize (Miller, 7-2)
4 - Morgan Starn (Smith, 9-2)
6 - Prince Javelin (Landy, 10-1)
3 - GW Gizmo (Marshall, 5-1)

3rd Pace - $3,600; Non-winners of #,000 in last 6 starts
3 - Vigorous (Pantaleano, 6-1)
2 - Blue Sky De Vie (Manzi, 3-1)
6 - Art Simpson (Gray, 7-2)
1 - Kaufman Hanover (Landy, 5-1)

4th Pace - $4,200; Claiming $10,000
2 - Cam's Conqueror (Gray, 8-1)
5 - Raider's Match (Pantaleano, 3-1)
4 - Kathryn Dancer A (Manzi, 7-2)
1 - Trey (Marshall, 9-2)

5th Pace - $3,600; Non-winners $3,000 in Last 6 starts
3 - A Bay Bay (Landy, 3-1)
4 - Travers Hall (Pratt, 7-2)
6 - Island Zorro (Abbatiello, 5-1)
5 - B My Hero (Kakaley, 9-2)

6th Pace - $5,000; Non-winners $6,000 in laswt six starts
6 - Mister Barnett N (Diloian, 6-1)
1 - Beware of Darkness (Manzi, 7-2)
2 - Camshaft anover (Baggitt, 3-1)
4 - Stopwatch N (Marhsall, 9-2)

7th  Pace - $5,000; Claiming $15,000
5 - Whatahorse (Gregory, 12-1)
2 - Mc Idle (Miller, 3-1)
1 - Sneaky B Skipalong (Pantaleano, 9-2)
3 - Idealist (Abbatielo, 8-1)

8th Pace $4,200; Non-winners $4,000 in last six starts
2 - Real Liar (Berry, 7-2)
3 - GW Wade (Gregpry. 5-1)
5 - Hal's Legacy (Pantaleano, 9-2)
7 - Goodaye Same (Manzi, 6-1)

9th Pace - $5,000; Non-winners $6,000 in last 6 starts
3 -Sassy Shark (Miller, 3-1)
4 - Pacific Okey Dokey (Pantaleano, 5-1)
6 - Ala Carte Bill (Marshall, 8-1)/
2 - Izzy Real (Burton, 9-2)

10th Pace - $3,000; Claiming $6,000
1 - Cam's Future (Smith, 3-1)
2 - Cheyenne Boguart (Miller ,6-1)
4 - Blazing Finale (Landy, 7-2)
3 - Luck Goes Around (Marshall, 5-1)

11th Pace - $3,000; 5yo and Under; Non-winners of $2,000 in last 6 starts
1 -Joel Blue Chip (Kakaley, 6-1)
2 - Much Bettor-Merit (Marshall, 3-1)
3 - Keep On amazin (Abbatiello, 9-2)
6 - Boston Red Sock (Baggitt, 5-1)

12th Pace - $1,800; Claiming $4,000
1 - Sun Beau Slick (Abbatiello, 9-2)
4 - Tremendous Hanover (Marshall, 3-1)
5 - Rip And Roar NZ (Smith, 7-2)
3 - Black Ty Killean (Surick, 8-1)

Get Well Soon Wishes go out to Freehold Announcer Larry Lederman who had a seizure earlier this week.  Tests show that a brain tumor is responsible for the seizure.  I wish the original funny man of track announceers all the best for a speedy recovery.