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Sam-Son Farms homebred French Beret posted a repeat win in the $100,000 G3 Colonel E.R. Bradley Handicap at Fair Grounds on Saturday, January 10.
Dance to Des- tiny lly foaled January 15, 2009
(20 mins old) with Dam Amy’s Falcon (who is to be bred to Marcavelly for 2009). Owner Colebrook Farms.
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French Beret was the winner by a nose after an intense stretch duel with runner up Golden Yank and Wise River. Trained by Mark Frostad and ridden by James Graham, French Beret’s win ended an 11-race winless streak.
best sellers, added another accolade to its impressive list of reviews when
the Game will publish your foal photos.
Email your jpeg or PDF file photos to info@thehorsegame.com and include the foal’s date of birth, sex, pedigree, place of birth and the name of the owner.
The James and Alice Sapara owned Good and Lucky was a one length winner of the $75,000 Louisiana Handicap at Fair Grounds on January 10. Trained by Josie Carroll, the 6 year-old gelding was ridden to victory by Jockey Pat Valenzuela. This was his third stakes victory and eighth win in 22 starts. He has earned $383,915.
News in review
The Catherine Day-Phillips trained and owned Jambalaya, who has been sidelined since his 2007 G1 Arlington Million Stakes win, is getting close to his return to racing.
The now 7-year-old gelding has been recovering from a deep bone bruise and then a pulled muscle in his hind end.
“He’s been breezing every week and he’s starting to turn back into a racehorse.” said Catherine in an interview in Thoroughbred Times Today, “He’s just about rid of the pot belly and looking more like an athlete.”
Author Bill Galvin (right) presenting Jim Bannon with a copy of Ballads of the Turf and other books which were to be donated to the Jake Howard Centre at Woodbine - Game le photo
This year marks the 80th Anniversary of Brown’s, A Short Man’s World, the Toronto-based retailer renowned
for specializing in ne clothing exclusively for men 5’8” and under. Like most great success stories, Brown’s rose
up from humble beginnings. In early 1921, founder Willie Brown arrived in Canada from Poland armed with only
his masterly tailoring skills and his dreams of becoming a businessman. After acquainting himself with the lay of the land, Mr. Brown opened a second-hand clothing store at 545 Queen St. W. There was no parade in the street, no gala celebration, only a quiet, simple opening of the front door by a man of pride who felt that he was slowly but surely staking his claim to a bright future in Canada.
It was the third major kudo of the year for Bill Galvin’s widely acclaimed collection of ballads about the real
life stories of the Damon Runyonesque-type racetrack characters like Sheepherder Bill, Bill the Reverend and Calgary’s Chatahoochee Smith.
it appeared on the
top of the Wish List
of the California
Thoroughbred’s
December Equine Gift
Guide, which featured
racing’s most popular equine titles.
The year started with Ballads of the Turf receiving kudos from Queen Elizabeth 11, and followed up with high marks from widely recognized racing journalist Maryjean Wall,
a transplanted Canadian who now makes her home in the Bluegrass country in Versailles, Kentucky. Maryjean’s literary efforts were twice nominated for a Pulitzer Prize and received multiple Eclipse Awards, a Hervey Award and an Associated Press Award during 35 years covering the North American racing scene.
Throughout the years, the second-hand store became a favourite on the Queen St. block & when Willie’s son Lou entered the business, Brown’s reinvented its concept and began to carry new and cutting-edge fashions only. Side by side they worked and as Toronto grew so did the business.
Ballads of the Turf is in its third printing.
Did You Know...
That the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission has formed a committee to determine changes to the foal paper requirements for racing in the State.
As it stands, horsemen are required to present foal papers to of cials before a horse can race at one of
the state’s tracks. An idea was put forward by former trainer and Chief Steward, John Veitch, who believes that current electronic databases are capable of providing proper horse identi cation and proof of ownership for racing.
The committee will look at current rules and determine what changes to the rules will need to be made.
In 1978 Brown’s reinvented itself once again. This time the father and son team decided to cater exclusively to gentlemen 5’8” and under. With Lou’s reputation, combined with his expertise he approached his manufacturers and provided them with exact measurements for garments perfectly proportioned for men under 5’8” and the manufacturers agreed to cut patterns for him. A Short Man’s World of Fashion became so successful that in 1982 a second store opened at 1975 Avenue Road. To this day, Lou still goes to work each morning and along with his eldest son Jeffrey, they continue to expand the brands to ensure that another 80 years of business is ahead.
News in Review
Did You Know....
That California based jockey Rafael Bejarano swept the ve major Southern California meetings by winning the leading rider titles at each track. His leading rider sweep began December 2007, the beginning of Santa Anita’s winter- spring meet. He was leading rider at that meet as well as Hollywood’s 2008 spring-summer meet, the 2008 Del Mar meeting, the 2008 Oak Tree meet at Santa Anita and Hollywood Park’s 40 Day 2008 autumn meet. He became the third jockey to sweep the ve meetings, joining Racing Hall of Fame jockey Chris McCarron (1983) and Patrick Valenzuela (2003).
That Jockey Garrett Gomez fell just shy of eclipsing Jerry Bailey’s single-season record for North American purse earnings by $10,609 in 2008. Bailey’s 2003 record is $23,354,960. Gomez nished third in his last mount of the year at Santa Anita on December 31.
For years Brown’s has been serving shorter men who have dif culty purchasing clothing without spending a king’s ransom in alteration charges or on made-to-measure suits. In a world where anything outside the range of “average” is hard to nd, shorter men (5’8” and under) have had to make do with buying clothing that was never quite right. Pockets were always just beyond reach, sleeves ended at ngertips not wrists and pants with the rise too long.
British announcer Mark Johnson has been hired as
the new race caller at the historic Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky replacing Luke Kruytbosch who sadly passed away in July 2008.
It’s only logical, we say, that gentlemen 5’8” and under should be shopping at Brown’s.
Churchill Downs in Louisville Kentucky released
the future wagering dates for this year’s running of the Kentucky Derby and the Kentucky Oaks. This year future wagering on the Oaks was reduced to one pool from the three pools that had been offered since 2004.
Brown’s, A Short Man’s World of Fashion is the largest specialty “short” store that we know of in North America. Our designers include Hugo Boss, Kenneth Cole, Palzileri, Samuelsohn, Versace, Zegna by Coppley and Brown’s Signature label. Our extensive shoe collection boasts styles from Magnanni , Allen Edmonds and Gino Bianchi sizes 6 to 81/2.
Kentucky Derby Future Wager
Pool 1 February 12 through February 15 Pool 2 March 12 through March 15 Pool 3 April 2 through April 5 Kentucky Oaks Future Wager
Pool March 12 through March 15
Our customers travel to us from all over the world and include the famous Sandy Hawley, Mike “Pinball” Clemens, Ron James and David Crombie.
And so life and the story of Brown’s unfolds as Lou’s son Jeffrey continues on as the 3rd generation. We celebrate the past 80 YEARS and rejoice in our hopes for the future of A SHORT MAN’S WORLD OF FASHION.
The 42-year-old from Skegness, England is the sixth full-time announcer in Churchill’s history and will begin his new job at the track with the opening of the Spring meet on April 25.
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