Jessica Chapel

@railbird

Thoroughbred racing links and notes from . Blogger. contributor. founder. alum.

Suffolk Downs (Boston)
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Joined March 2009
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  1. 11 hours ago

    Huge rally against Trump's immigration order happening in Louisville right now.

    330 replies 9,174 retweets 21,154 likes
  2. 16 hours ago

    UNIQUE BELLA galloping this morning .

    and
    21 retweets 56 likes
  3. 16 hours ago

    Knowing that immigration makes racing go. That a prominent owner is nominated to serve the admin. That the winning Pegasus owner is Muslim.

    1 reply 2 retweets 8 likes
  4. 16 hours ago

    All I can say is, it felt unreal watching Saturday's protests alongside horse racing Twitter's burbling about the Pegasus and NHC.

    2 replies 4 likes
  5. 16 hours ago

    I've been thinking about this, and what obligation there is to address how this game and its players intersect with politics —

    Every journalist, no matter the beat, covers politics now.
    1 reply 2 likes
  6. 16 hours ago

    I'm seeing organizing, protesting, civic engagement. I see people mobilizing. Matching donations. Calling their reps. Getting radicalized.

    RLT, I say this as someone who does not support the current administration, but the methods I see employed in opposition are ineffective.
    6 replies
  7. 16 hours ago

    Rode her first winner in 1974. Her most recent winner paid $53.80.

    She may be 62 and a great-grandmother, but Sue Martin is keen to keep riding after her latest winner
    1 retweet 6 likes
  8. 22 hours ago

    Follow:

    I'm going to commit my massive and updated thoroughbred racing data and analytics repo to GitHub. This will be exciting.
    1 like
  9. Jessica Chapel followed , and
    • Kevin Martin
      @RacingHistory

      Ike's daddy. Owner of Colins Ghost and a contributing editor at Hello Race Fans. Philly sports fan by birth.

    • Andrew Lerner
      @Andrew__Lerner

      Horse racing enthusiast, advocate and owner.

  10. Jan 28

    Alan and after the , with champ California Chrome in background. Thanks for the memories.

    20 replies 145 retweets 487 likes
  11. Jan 28

    Arrogate destroys the field for the inaugural

    9 replies 64 retweets 149 likes
  12. Jan 28

    Thank you, California Chrome.

    4 retweets 21 likes
  13. Jan 28

    Hey! Just noticed that You Bought Her, #5 in the Hurricane Bertie coming up at Gulfstream, is by Graeme Hall.

    5 likes
  14. Jan 27

    . is the most interesting turf photographer working right now. The shots he’s getting at Gulfstream are amazing.

    3 replies 3 retweets 10 likes
  15. Jan 27

    California Chrome completes his final preparations for the

    4 replies 64 retweets 174 likes
  16. Jan 26

    That blaze!

    , dam of 2X HOY , had a colt on 1/25/17 at .
    1 like
  17. Jan 26

    "... an unflinching yet compassionate character illumination of Hartack." reviews new bio of jockey:

  18. Jan 25

    "We bought him for American racing, and with his pedigree we want him to stay in America."

    3 retweets 3 likes
  19. Jan 25

    Job description:

    Churchill Downs Interactive (of which & are a part) is hiring a VP of Product development
    3 retweets
  20. Jan 24

    But the practice of not linking means conversations without progress. Not linking strips context. It strips credit. tl;dr: LINK MORE.

    1 like

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