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Tinky

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Tinky

@Tinky47flat

occasional uncommon insights into, and reflections on what was once the world's greatest game...

Joined February 2013

Tinky
@Tinky47flat
May 5, 2024
‡ Churchill has belatedly released the head-on video. I'm sure there is a legitimate excuse for the delay. 😀 I don't see how anyone could watch this and argue that Sierra Leone should not have been disqualified – even setting aside the flagrant foul by Gaffalione near the
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Tinky
@Tinky47flat
Nov 4, 2025
‡ Forever Young "He will stay in training in 2026 as long as he stays in sound condition. His next race will be the Saudi Cup followed by the Dubai World Cup as his spring campaign." The above quote is from the BC notes, and is welcome news. While it is true that his sire,
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Tinky
@Tinky47flat
May 5, 2024
‡ Derby finish follow-up and new video! First, thanks to a kind fan, I have attached a good quality head-on video of the incident. While most readers understood my previous post, and I don't think that I could have been much more clear, for the benefit of those who may still
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Tinky
@Tinky47flat
May 5, 2024
‡ Is Churchill Downs embarrassed that there was no Steward's Inquiry into the Derby stretch run? Anyone paying attention to the finish of the Derby could see from the pan shot that there was some bumping between Sierra Leone and Forever Young. I was not watching on the NBC
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Tinky
@Tinky47flat
Mar 6, 2025
A fine painting by the equine artist Andre Pater. You can see why his works command serious money!
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Tinky
@Tinky47flat
May 7, 2024
‡ re: Damning Lack of Action by the KY Derby Stewards As I, and many others have been arguing since the day of the race, the most damning aspect of the KY Stewards' behavior after the Derby was that they did not even post an Inquiry. Their rationale, or rationalization, more
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Tinky
@Tinky47flat
Nov 1, 2025
‡ A Live Longshot? Despite some rather considerable obstacles, I find myself interested in the possibility that a real longshot might have wee chance of hitting the board in the Breeders' Cup Turf. The horse is Ethical Diamond, and he is unusual in a number of interesting
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Tinky
@Tinky47flat
Jul 28, 2025
‡ Brant – Fast, Expensive, and Worrying In a recent 2yo MSW race at Santa Anita, Brant, a $3m OBS March sales purchase, made a winning debut for his high-profile connections. Sent off at odds of 4/5, he tracked the pace before taking command on the turn, and drew off to win by
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Tinky
@Tinky47flat
Feb 12, 2024
. . Assessing Horses in training for Soundness Risks This post is connected to a recent post in which I discussed the horse Havnameltdown, which broke down catastrophically on Preakness day last year. I pointed out that a potential contributing factor in that breakdown was his
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Tinky
@Tinky47flat
Oct 31, 2025
No need for industry leaders to worry, he only has 3.7m followers, a high percentage of whom like to gamble. 🙃
Dave Portnoy
@stoolpresidente
Oct 31, 2025
Somebody owes us money. This horse was 7/2 in the gate. Goes 8/5 because of the cheaters and scoundrels. If you are involved in #caws you should go to prison. And the cowards on Tv don’t even mention it.
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Tinky
@Tinky47flat
Apr 9, 2025
‡ A Very good Day for a Very Good Man I first met Ian Wilkes decades ago, when he was an assistant to Carl Nafzger. In my experience, he is typically, if not always kind, thoughtful, and soft-spoken. He can also train a racehorse. At the same time, perhaps in part because of
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Tinky
@Tinky47flat
Sep 20, 2024
re: City of Troy workout A few quick points, and some nice slow-motion video for you. Southwell racecourse features a Tapeta surface, so how much can be gained from how he handled it, given that he will be racing over dirt in the Breeders' Cup, is questionable. His
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Tinky
@Tinky47flat
Jun 23, 2024
re: Frankel Given the buzz around Frankel's filly Bedtime Story, a sensational winner at Royal Ascot yesterday, I thought that some might appreciate this image of the great colt that I captured in the Ascot paddock, prior to his final race, the Champion Stakes, in October of
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Tinky
@Tinky47flat
Oct 6, 2025
‡ The 2025 Arc This year's edition of the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe, Europe's most important middle-distance race, resonated in a variety of interesting respects. The finish was thrilling, as Minnie Hauk (outside in the attached image), a three-year-old filly which had won
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Tinky
@Tinky47flat
Oct 10, 2025
‡ An Indispensable Cog The American equine artist Larry Wheeler, born in 1942, has produced many fine paintings of racehorses, and those who tend to them. I don't know the date of this evocative painting, but judged by the old-school groom, I'd guess perhaps sometime in the
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