Reports are that, on Saturday, Keeneland was inundated with nearly two inches of rain in just two hours. The track stewards moved the Shadwell Turf Mile off the turf and onto the main track. Breaking from the far outside [#10] post, Wise Dan was forced four-wide around the first turn and ultimately came up short of victory by just over one length after circumnavigating Keeneland's main track approximately 10 more lengths than the winner, Silver Max.
You can watch the heroic effort of Wise Dan here. Mike Watchmaker of the Daily Racing Form has some nice words for Wise Dan's owner and his gracious attitude about defeat on Saturday.
In the Old World, this weekend also saw the 92nd running of the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, the most prestigious race run outside the United States. For the third year in a row, the Arc (as we unsophisticated Yankees refer to the race), was won by a 3-year old filly named Treve. You can watch a French language race replay here or, if you prefer, a Japanese language race replay here. This is the report ripped from the digital pages of the Daily Racing Form.
While You Were Out... for the past 50 years!
On November 23rd, the greatest science fiction television programme [sic] of all-time, Doctor Who, celebrates its 50th anniversary. First airing on the BBC on that date in 1963, Doctor Who ran continuously until December 6th, 1989 when a combination of viewer fatigue, poor script-writing, insufficient special effects and questionable casting ran the good ship Timelord aground.
I discovered Doctor Who when watching the local PBS station late one Saturday evening in the mid-1980s. I was hooked instantly and, over the course of most of the next decade, watched and re-watched the entire series of re-runs which aired continuously on that same PBS station. Imagine my disappointment when I learned the BBC cancelled Doctor Who in 1989. The programme was rebooted, first, in 1996 with a lukewarm one-off made-for-television movie and then, more resolutely, in 2005 with excellent casting, fantastic scripts and spellbinding special effects. Since the 2005 reboot, and thanks also in part to the introduction of BBC America, Netflix and YouTube, there has been an explosion of American viewership unlike any time before.
Over the next two months, leading up to the 50th anniversary episode airing on November 23, 2013, I will use this space to link just a few videos each time that will give you but a small sample of Doctor Who.
First, a chronological montage of all the Doctor Who opening themes from 1963 to present.
Second, if you need a primer on the fundamentals of Doctor Who, let your eyes rest easily upon the video tutorial (titled "Doctor Who for Dummies!") of one attractive fan.
If, shockingly, you find hot chicks resistible, here's a different video tutorial from a quirky Brit (is there any other kind?) that's been viewed nearly 2 million times.
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