tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-414364330713325138.post4454295037937829357..comments2023-09-09T08:36:19.844-07:00Comments on The Dresden File: The World Isn't Waitingmalcerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02913127739083446726noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-414364330713325138.post-13514015073023237682009-08-25T09:17:54.912-07:002009-08-25T09:17:54.912-07:00The scary thing, folks, is that "Song of Solo...The scary thing, folks, is that "Song of Solomon" runs the whole Thoroughbred Champions site.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16217240239607523301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-414364330713325138.post-76564009819330586372009-08-24T13:02:14.883-07:002009-08-24T13:02:14.883-07:00I didn't expect a rebuttal of the message boar...I didn't expect a rebuttal of the message board guy from you. But I don't really know another way to contact you with information, either. :-)<br /><br />To me, it's funny. A little frustrating at times, but funny.Glenn Cravenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09760553404742644042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-414364330713325138.post-25418966539995154232009-08-24T09:18:56.338-07:002009-08-24T09:18:56.338-07:00@Eddie D:
thanks for your response. Glenn already...@Eddie D:<br /><br />thanks for your response. Glenn already answered your question, but since you asked me:<br /><br />Jackson has said he wants to campaign RA in a way that advertises the sport. On the track he has done so for the most part, but to promote racing to a wider audience he will need the media. To appeal to most of their target audience, the mainstream media can do with little to no racing coverage, so there's no doubt which side has to make an effort to accommodate the other one.<br /><br />@Glenn: Song of Salmonella didn't say that at your blog or mine. I don't usually respond to behind-my-back badmouthing (especially on the net) and his "logic" pretty much ridicules itself. The only thing I want to respond to is that Sea The Stars is "unproven".<br /><br />We're talking about a horse who comfortably won the 2000 Guineas and Epsom Derby, thus proving his superiority among his crop (from 8 to 12f). He went on to win two races open to older horses.<br /><br />In his last start he only beat three horses, but if you look at this race a little closer (or watch it), you'll notice that this was a three-on-one match race. Ballydoyle had entered a sprinter and a 10f horse for no other reason than to set a grueling pace and set up the race for their ace (which they did). Said ace Mastercraftsman (winner of the Irish 2000 Guineas and the St. James's Palace Stakes) ran stronger than in any of his four G1 wins and managed to actually test STS, but the Derby winner still got by safely.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.racingdiary.co.uk/2009/08/18/sea-the-stars-delivers-in-best-international-ever/" rel="nofollow">If there is one proven three-year-old on earth, it's Sea The Stars.<br /></a>malcerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02913127739083446726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-414364330713325138.post-50247543386449650082009-08-23T21:10:54.773-07:002009-08-23T21:10:54.773-07:00if he's so pissed off about sea the stars, i w...if he's so pissed off about sea the stars, i wonder what he'd think about a horse like, say, slovakian and czech derby winner age of jape . . /Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-414364330713325138.post-44968743296925296692009-08-23T17:32:44.816-07:002009-08-23T17:32:44.816-07:00Eddie,
Sports that want to be covered make it eas...Eddie,<br /><br />Sports that want to be covered make it easy. They make information accessible. That isn't necessarily due to any laziness on a reporter's part, it's the simple fact that with so many options out there to be covered, those who want a lot of ink or airtime have to be proactive.<br /><br />Those that yank the media's collective chain often enough start getting ignored.<br /><br />I just checked the New York Times archives and if it wasn't for NYRA trying to drum up a Rachel-Zenyatta match, the Gray Lady wouldn't have published a word about the best racehorse in America since the morning after she won her last race now three weeks ago.<br /><br />But ... I really came here to share something with the author of "The Dresden File."<br /><br />Someone at Thoroughbredchampions.com's chat board linked to my blog and a bunch of people have been reading today. But one nitwit who goes by the nickname "Song of Solomon" (a total lack of truth in advertising, as Solomon implies wisdom) said that when he saw my blog was prompted by reading yours from Germany, he "stopped reading."<br /><br />He's pissed about Sea the Stars being so highly regarded when he's allegedly quite unproven, though I gather from some others' comments that this guy's a Quality Road fan, a horse with four lifetime starts. ... Anyway, he apparently considers all of European horse racing fandom to be boneheads because he so dislikes the buzz around Sea the Stars, and thus he doesn't care what anyone outside the U.S. thinks of Jess Jackson and Rachel Alexandra.<br /><br />When the first guy suggested he'd missed the point and told him he really should've kept reading, the response was, "What does some European blogger's opinion have to do with anything?"<br /><br />As though my whole post was merely a regurgitation of your opinion. Or maybe he thinks I'm ... GASP! ... European.Glenn Cravenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09760553404742644042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-414364330713325138.post-81679263853819704092009-08-23T17:09:43.841-07:002009-08-23T17:09:43.841-07:00Malcer,
What happened to being a reporter? Why is...Malcer,<br /><br />What happened to being a reporter? Why is there this expectation that Jackson (or anyone) should spoon feed information to the press?<br /><br />I want to know where Rachel will run next as much as anyone else, and I want to share that information with my readers.<br /><br />So rather than wait around for Jackson, I asked around, too, and some people in the know alerted me to the workout pattern.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13554792681227665669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-414364330713325138.post-82856108509024333682009-08-22T14:18:47.456-07:002009-08-22T14:18:47.456-07:00Malcer -- agreed on that.Malcer -- agreed on that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-414364330713325138.post-16848381150150526672009-08-22T12:51:00.667-07:002009-08-22T12:51:00.667-07:00Sid: You're probably right (thanks for sharing...Sid: You're probably right (thanks for sharing). I'm not familiar with Jess's acquaintances, but he certainly seems to love the spotlight.<br /><br />The main point of this post really wasn't even to criticize Jackson but to show the difference in perception between a writer of the TT (a major publication within racing circles, but largely unknown to outsiders) and Novak (a racing writer for a major mainstream publication, who I'd trust to be more familiar with the workings of sports TV and journalism).<br /><br />Racing insiders too often sound like they are holding the best cards when in fact they are the ones in search of partner. ESPN can live without racing. If racing can live without a major-league outlet is doubtful.malcerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02913127739083446726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-414364330713325138.post-70561347666587546752009-08-22T11:46:29.821-07:002009-08-22T11:46:29.821-07:00Jess Jackson's a billionaire and a publicity h...Jess Jackson's a billionaire and a publicity hound. This is how it works at the network level with a man of his level of wealth and stuture -- he's in touch with a network bigshot, who knows exactly when and where the filly may run. He knows more than the general reporter -- people like claire and glenn. when jess decides, that guy will know, because mr. jackson loves being on tv and entering the winners' circle. he had such a dose of it with curlin, and it looked like he'd be out of the limelight until his people came up with the filly.<br />this filly has captured enough general audience attention that the network will put her on tv.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-414364330713325138.post-1139681251040401472009-08-22T06:24:15.750-07:002009-08-22T06:24:15.750-07:00Happy to hear, Glenn!Happy to hear, Glenn!malcerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02913127739083446726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-414364330713325138.post-44628611314555931112009-08-22T06:05:07.539-07:002009-08-22T06:05:07.539-07:00You couldn't be more right, and as a media per...You couldn't be more right, and as a media person myself, your points here will prompt a post of my own, something you're very good at accomplishing.Glenn Cravenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09760553404742644042noreply@blogger.com