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Post by Athena (In Memory) on Jun 16, 2018 21:58:04 GMT -5
June 19 - 23 -- ROYAL ASCOT
8:30 a.m. Eastern Time on NBCSP (NBC Sports channel)
5 days of racing in England, starting Tuesday through Saturday.
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Post by Twinkle (My Sweet Angel) on Jun 18, 2018 9:57:15 GMT -5
Thanks Athena. I posted about it in the Shoutbox.
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Post by Ætheling on Jun 18, 2018 10:51:56 GMT -5
aww, we don't get that channel anymore 
Sounds like fun to watch 5 days of racing, though 
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Post by Athena (In Memory) on Jun 18, 2018 20:57:39 GMT -5
And we thought 2 days of Breeders' Cup races was alot!
Because the U.K. is 6 hours ahead of the U.S., the races start in early morning here and finish at 1 p.m.
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Post by Twinkle (My Sweet Angel) on Jun 22, 2018 7:11:26 GMT -5
I sent you another message Athena. Mommy was home sick yesterday & watched most of the races before she just had to go to bed. It was MUCH better this year than last year. She can't wait to watch Saturday.
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Post by Athena (In Memory) on Jun 22, 2018 20:42:04 GMT -5
So did she see the race that Shang Shang Shang ran in?
She's a 2 year old filly and in this race, running against the boys. I think most of us root for fillies that run against the males.
Watch this young baby run her heart out against older guys. You can't miss her, her jockey is in the yellow silks:
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Post by Athena (In Memory) on Jun 22, 2018 21:05:27 GMT -5
Saturday -- The last day of Royal Ascot races is on everyone's local NBC station Starting time 8 a.m. Central Time to noon. |
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Post by Twinkle (My Sweet Angel) on Jun 25, 2018 8:46:19 GMT -5
She did see Shang, Shang, Shang's race. Yes, we do root for the females against the boys. That was one of the closest finishes we've ever seen without a dead-heat! That was a Win & Your In Breeder's Cup Race too! 
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Post by Ætheling on Jun 25, 2018 10:06:17 GMT -5
 Oh, it was on NBC and not NBC Sports Channel? Aww, I could have watched it.
Hooray for Shang Shang Shang. That was a really CLOSE finish!
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Post by Twinkle (My Sweet Angel) on Jun 25, 2018 11:50:02 GMT -5
It was only on NBC on Saturday, the last day. The other days, it was on NBC Sports. I didn't realize that until later on. It was much better this year, but the only time the horse won that Mommy was pulling for was the Shang, Shang, Shang race. It stinks when your horse/horses have a bad finish. If your TV has free On Demand, you may be able to pull up all the races. I don't know if it's on yet, but last year on Mommy's TV, they had all of the races for all the days free On Demand. |
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Post by Athena (In Memory) on Jun 25, 2018 22:36:57 GMT -5
The Ascot race course has a straight one mile track. Kind of odd when you first watch it. So the people in the stands really don't see much of the race except in the last quarter mile. Although every horse has a real good chance since no one looses ground like they do on a course with turns. Still, a lot of horses cut in front of other horses. I think there would be inquiries in the U.S.
Mom did pick a few winners even though she didn't know any of them. A few of the winners will probably come to the Breeders' Cup races in November at Churchill Downs in Kentucky.
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Post by Athena (In Memory) on Jun 25, 2018 23:04:19 GMT -5
In this Royal Ascot race, watch for Arthur Kitt (light green racing silks), one of the horses Mom was rooting for after hearing his sad, sad story. His mother, Ceiling Kitty, won this same race in 2012. Hear his story with pictures after the race:www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1v8y6_EdHM
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Post by Athena (In Memory) on Aug 25, 2018 16:33:42 GMT -5
Just heard the news that Justify will NOT run in the Breeders Cup.
He has been retired.
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Post by Athena (In Memory) on Oct 2, 2018 16:53:37 GMT -5
October 7. 2007 is the day one of the great racehorses went to the Bridge;
John Henry -- started racing as a 2-year old and was still winning at 9 years old.
The last race of his career:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fMlGXU67Ok
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Post by Twinkle (My Sweet Angel) on Oct 2, 2018 18:07:37 GMT -5
John Henry was something special, there's no denying that. I remember him most as being the horse that won the first ever Arlington Million. John Henry's final race record stood at 83 starts, 39 wins, 15 seconds, and 9 thirds with $6,591,860 in earnings.
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Oh, it was on NBC and not NBC Sports Channel? Aww, I could have watched it.
had a real problem with trying to get back in. So, I just been coming more often than before. I want to stay logged in so, when I close my laptop for the day or evening, I will be back in without interference thank U
it'll take me some time to get back to what I enjoy.