2010 – What’s “In” / What’s “Out”
The List
| Out | In |
|---|---|
| Zenyatta | Bambera |
| Mullins | Lobo |
| Pro-Ride | Dirt |
| Chantal | Emma |
| Smarty Jones | Smart Strike |
| Kinane | Queally |
| Einstein | Blame |
| Speed Figs | Trainer Stats |
| Prado | Talamo |
| I Want Revenge | Lookin at Lucky |
| Forums | Blogs |
| Ballcaps | Fedoras |
| UAE | JRA |
| Stronach | Brunetti |
| For a fee | For free |
| Tim Ice | Al Stall |
| Tweeting | Talking |
| Chart Callers | Trackus |
| Magna | Cordish |
| Sheik Mo | Mike P |
| Individuals | Groups |
| A Huevo | Cloudy's Knight |
| Hank | Jessica |
| Cats | Kittens |
To wrap up the aughts, here’s a few “Best of the Decade” selections:
Horse: Ghostzapper (runner up: Invasor)
Jockey: Jerry Bailey
Conditioner: Kiaran McLaughlin
Track announcer: Tom Durkin
Feel free to add your 2010 “out/in” or “Best of the Decade” selections; or not.
And please check out the debut of the 2010 WirePlayers Derby Dozen.
Happy New Year!
28 December 2009, 9:50 am
Well done Steve, as entertaining as it was informative!
29 December 2009, 1:14 pm
Thanks Brian – just having fun. By the way, I like what you’re doing over at ZATT and voted that synthetics will be gone soon.
29 December 2009, 11:15 pm
A thought provoking piece.
I like the ingenuity of the list. Yes !
You’re probably not going to get much response on Paulo Lobo but he’s been quiet since the changeover to synths out in California. He’s moved eastward and like you I am looking forward to a resurgence from the horseman who trained Farda Amiga to victory in The Alabama.
Geez, I don’t know about “Tweeting” being on the way out.
I don’t think it ever caught on the way Horse Racing Forums did. But even Horse Racing forums and their respective admins have not adapted technologically with their forum software. Upgrading would have stemmed the tide of migrating horse racing forum members. There is still time for that but the blogging revolution will be a boon to anthropologists studying horse racing in the year 2200.
Happy New Year. Steven. !
30 December 2009, 4:52 pm
Love it! But I’m hoping that Einstien isn’t out yet, there’s still a chance he could race in 2010. Also heard that I Want Revenge has started to exercise again and is looking to make a comeback in 2010.
I’m really looking forward to seeing Cloudy’s Knight next year and of course Lookin At Lucky.
Great job, highly entertaining! Hope you have a wonderful New Year.
22 January 2010, 7:35 am
I usually don’t leave comments!!! Trust me! But I liked your WirePlayers.com » Blog Archive » 2010 – What’s “In” / What’s “Out” blog…especially this post! Would you mind terribly if I put up a backlink from my site to your site?