From crispen@CAMPUS.MCI.NET Fri Apr 18 13:40:17 1997
Date: Thu, 17 Apr 1997 20:20:56 -0700
From: Patrick Douglas Crispen
Reply-To: TOURBUS-Request@LISTSERV.AOL.COM
To: TOURBUS@LISTSERV.AOL.COM
Subject: TOURBUS -- 17 APRIL 1997 -- THE TRIPLE CROWN, VIRTUAL OWNERS PARTNERSHIP
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TODAY'S STOPS: Triple Crown, Virtual Owners Partnership
TODAY'S ADDRESSES: http://www.bloodhorse.com
http://www.thoroughbredtimes.com
http://www.churchilldowns.com
http://www.pimlico.com
http://www.nyracing.com/belmont/index.html
http://www.inslab.uky.edu/~derby/index.html
http://www.vop.org
GREETINGS FROM SUNNY MACON, GEORGIA (a.k.a. "Jawjuh")! Thanks to the
wonders of modern technology, your fearless bus driver is driving today's
bus remotely from the site of this year's Georgia Educational Technology
Conference. :)
Before we start the latest journey of our little bus of Internet happiness,
and before I head of to bed (I have two more presentations early tomorrow
morning), I want to give a special thanks to both Dave Taylor and
AdvisoryPanel.com (see the bus logo above) for making today's TOURBUS post
possible ...
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For some reason, I really like to watch the Kentucky Derby on television.
I have never really cared much for gambling, so my interest in the Derby is
not financially motivated. Instead, I just like to watch the race on TV
and look on in amazement as the world's finest racehorses, jockeys,
trainers, and owners come together once a year for what is truly one of
sport's most prestigeous events.
For the past couple of years, several TOURBUS riders have repeatedly asked
me to pull our little bus of Internet happiness into some of the Web's many
Kentucky Derby Web sites (and the Web sites for the other races in the
"Triple Crown"). Somebody even walked up to me at the conference yesterday
and asked me to write a post about the Derby.
Okay, folks ... I can take a hint. For those of you want to do more than
watch the Derby on network TV, I am turing the wheel of today's TOURBUS
over to Drew Ivan (drew@ctnet.com) who is going to take you to all three
stops on the Triple Crown! As I said earlier, I have never really cared
much for gambling, so today's TOURBUS post is certainly not a primer on, or
an endorsement of, gambling. Rather, today's post is an interesting and
educational look at the animals, trainers, jockeys, and owners that are all
part of the the Triple Crown experience. :)
Take it away, Drew ...
THE TRIPLE CROWN
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Each Spring for over a hundred years, the nation's top thoroughbred
racehorses have faced off in a trio of races called the Triple Crown. Only
eleven horses have won all three races, but the chance to see the twelfth
Triple Crown winner keeps people turning out to watch the races each year.
Because horse racing doesn't get a lot of attention until the Triple
Crown is quite near, I've assembled the following list of links with
information about this year's races and the horses that are hoping to win them.
SOME BACKGROUND
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Two of the racing industry's leading publications have online editions
where fans can get news and information about Triple Crown contenders.
The Blood Horse Interactive at
http://www.bloodhorse.com
has a section called Triple Crown Mania where all the important info is kept.
The Thoroughbred Times Online
http://www.thoroughbredtimes.com
has a similar section called Racing to the Triple Crown. I think their
coverage is a little more organized and makes better use of hyperlinks.
Once you're up to speed on the key players, you can visit the tracks where
the races are held.
THE TRACKS
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The first race of the Triple Crown is the Kentucky Derby, held at Churchill
Downs on the first Saturday of May.
http://www.churchilldowns.com
There's a lot of history and tradition associated with the Derby,
and you can learn about all of it at Virtual Churchill. For instance, did
you know that 2,000 Mint Juleps were sold in 1939 and about 80,000 were
sold in 1993?
Two weeks later, it's time for the Preakness Stakes at Pimlico in Baltimore.
http://www.pimlico.com
Then, in June, the Triple Crown wraps up with the final, and longest,
race, the Belmont Stakes at Belmont Park in New York.
http://www.nyracing.com/belmont/index.html
The Belmont Stakes is one lap around the country's longest racetrack -- one
and a half miles. For many horses, it's the only time they'll race that
far.
Any horse that can win all three of these races in a six week time span is
truly something special -- and, as I mentioned above, quite rare.
FOR MORE INFO
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For more information, the place to be is on derby-list, the Internet's
email-based horse racing discussion list. You can find out how to subscribe
at
http://www.inslab.uky.edu/~derby/index.html
but be forewarned: derby-list is a very active list, and you can expect
dozens of messages per day!
BONUS URL
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No discussion of horse racing on the Internet would be complete without
mentioning Virtual Owners Partnership.
http://www.vop.org
VOP is a group of Internet-based thoroughbred owners. We haven't owned any
Triple Crown-caliber horses (yet), but we've been fairly successful in
fairly average races at Chicago tracks.
TODAY'S STOPS: TRIPLE CROWN, VIRTUAL OWNERS PARTNERSHIP
TODAY'S ADDRESSES: http://www.bloodhorse.com
http://www.thoroughbredtimes.com
http://www.churchilldowns.com
http://www.pimlico.com
http://www.nyracing.com/belmont/index.html
http://www.inslab.uky.edu/~derby/index.html
http://www.vop.org
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TODAY'S SOUTHERN WORD OF THE DAY
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ANHEUSER (question). Question pertaining to one's condition. Often
mistaken by Yankees for a brewing company.
FAN (adjective). All right. In good condition
Usage: How's yer ma?
Good.
Anheuser pa?
Fan.
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