Monthly Archives: January 2012

Sunday Evening was the second dam of both 1969 champion two-year-old Silent Screen and 1968 champion three-year-old filly Dark Mirage (subject of my last post). That pretty much launched the female family of Sunday Evening, which is the subject of … Continue reading →

Charles Hatton on 1968 champion three-year-old filly Dark Mirage from the 1969 American Racing Manual. ———————————————————— Dark Mirage was not only queen of the 1968 3-year-old fillies and, indeed, of her entire generation, she was a phenomenon difficult to explain … Continue reading →

As Charles Hatton has pointed out, Friar’s Carse figures prominently in the pedigrees of three of the champions of 1959: Sword Dancer, Intentionally, and My Dear Girl (all three of whom were recently posted about in this space). The female … Continue reading →

Charles Hatton on 1959 Horse of the Year Sword Dancer from the 1960 American Racing Manual. ————————————————————– There is an ancient adage that “A good big horse can beat a good little horse.” But there are exceptions to this, as … Continue reading →

A commentator on my recent post on Riva Ridge wanted to know how RR fared as a sire. Not very well was the long and the short of my reply. I did point out that RR was much better as … Continue reading →

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2011 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: The concert hall at the Syndey Opera House holds 2,700 people. This blog was viewed about 12,000 times in 2011. If it were a … Continue reading →