Ahhhhh Spring

Like an army defeated
The snow hath retreated,
And now doth fare ill
On the top of the bare hill;
The ploughboy is whooping--anon--anon:
There's joy in the mountains;
There's life in the fountains;
Small clouds are sailing,
Blue sky prevailing;
The rain is over and gone! W. Wordsworth

and so with Sweater Nite and the birthday season safely behind us, we move on to the wonderful season of Derby Preps, March Madness and the NHL stretch....how delightful that the Lords of Summer have chosen this day to preview their works...makes you want to run out the door and scramble down the shore, drink beer with a cheer and raise the Dead....or at the very least , guzzle a glass of ale while lsitening to uncle Jerry on the juke box........the sun is rising , it is going to be a splendid Day


in the Gotham stakes we like Mr Fantasy ( Coa & Pletcher) , but do not rule out Axel Foley.

April 11th....the Bluegrass Stakes could mark the first appearance on North American soil since hiis Juvee win at the Breeders for "MIDSHIPMEN"......and would it not be fitting if former trainer, the one and only Mr Bullet Bob Baffert where waiting in the wings with the Pioneer of the Nile ?

one can only hope for a good seat in Club Gato for that one.