Dear Moon:
    My name is Dr. Doug Koch (pronounced Kotch, like scotch) and I am suffering from a terrible identity crisis and can't seem to find proper counseling.  I've tried Dear Abby, Dr. Ruth and Foxfield's in-house shrink, Dr. Rob Whiteley, and so far nothing has worked.
    You see, I was born and raised in Illinois and went to the house of the fighting Illini (sorry about those pitiful Louisville Cardinals). I often wear a silly looking Cubby's baseball cap, hoping people will know I'm from Illinois, but truthfully that is  a ruse.
    I have been a veterinarian in New York and have owned a horse farm there for so long that people think I'm a New Yorker.  As a matter of fact, someone asked me the other day if Gary Sciacca was my cousin.
    That's where the problem comes in.  People associate me with New York, which I guess is understandable.
    But I must now come out of the closet and confess.  I'm queer for Kentucky.
    I would do anything if I could talk like Shug McGaughey and David Greathouse and be called a "hardboot".
    I have this burning desire to own a Payne Chevrolet with Fayette County tags on it and to be (my lifelong dream) in the Kentucky Farm Managers Catalog.
  Moon, my house is full of Big Blue memorabilia.  I worship at the alter of Rick Pitino , my dog's name is Tubby, I grow tobacco on my farm and I drink every drop of whiskey can get my hands on.  At home I sleep in a pair of khakis with a beeper on them and a Tim Couch (#2) jersey.
    I would do anything if I could just be an "adopted" Kentuckian and I'm asking for your help.
  P.S. I would appreciate it if you just kept this between us.
    Signed,
    Dr. Doug Koch
Dear Doc:
    So you're that vaguely familiar voice that calls the Big Blue line from New York every week.
    I'm afraid there is little hope for you because you can't stop saying, "Da Bears and Da Bulls" and the way you slick back your hair (whats left of it) makes you look like Mike Ditka.
    You need to face the fact that you're never gonna be a hardboot and you should just count your blessings that Arlington Park is gonna reopen next year.

    It's about time that something good happened in Lexington. With the loss of "606", the football Wildcats and the drought, Lexingtonians are walkin' around lower than whale manure in the deep blue sea.
  But stop your cryin' cause HAPPY DAYS ARE HERE AGAIN!
    This is the best news to hit Lexington, Kentucky since Tim Couch signed a letter of intent to play football at U of K.
  Coming October 1st, Saratoga's original Irish Pub, The Parting Glass, is coming to Lexington.
  Joan Desadora, owner of The Parting Glass in Saratoga Springs, New York is opening The Parting Glass II on Harrodsburg Road and Layne Allen Road.  The Parting Glass II will be going into the location formally known as Mister Bs (and Shooters before that).  The new Parting Glass II will be across the street from the Turfland Mall.
    Between the college students, the ractrackers and Lexington, Kentucky's every-growing Irish population, The Parting Glass II is gonna need an 8-story parking garage.
    Joan plans to make the Parting Glass II in Lexington as much like Saratoga's Parting Glass as possible.
  The Parting Glass II will be open on or about October 1st and will be in full swing by the upcoming Keeneland Fall Meet.
    The Parting Glass II, it ain't even open yet and its already Lexington, Kentucky's #1 place to water off and get a bite to eat.

    Norma Greely announces that the Keeneland Gift Shop will be having a Going Out Of Business Sale on Wednesday and Thursday , the last two days of the September Sale.
    With Bill and Norma Greely moving to Pikeville, Kentucky  to take over management of the Pikeville Motorcycle Club,  "The Pikers Bikers", the Keeneland Association has decided to just shut down the Keeneland Paddock Gift Shop.
    Everything must go and all items are marked down from 50% to 92% off the normal retail price.
    Gear jackets in all colors and sizes will be marked down to $15 and coffee mugs are only 75¢.
    The Keeneland Paddock Gift Shop opens at 6:00 a.m. and closes 30 minutes after the last horse goes through the ring.
  Now is the time to do your Christmas shopping and save.  Tell'em Injun Chuck sent you and receive an additional 5% off your total bill.

    It ain't gonna be long before the first-crop of Ide (Forty Niner-Maytide) will be showing up at Keeneland in September.
    There ain't no way Ide is not gonna throw top class runners.
    The Forty Niner influence in new stallions has been nothing short of sensational in recent years.
  And let's not forget that Ide was a very good racehorse.
  As a 2-year-old Ide was weighted at 121 pounds on the Experimental Free Handicap.
  Ide won 7 consecutive races and 5 were stakes races, 4 of those were graded stakes races.
  Ide won the Fort Springs Stakes and 4 graded stakes: the Iroquois, the Rebel, the Southwest, and the Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes.
  Ide ran the fastest 8 ½ furlongs ever by a 2-year-old at Churchill Downs.
  This here is Injun Chuck talkin' to ya.  If Ide was you, Ide be keepin' my eye out for the Ide yearlings, coming up at Keeneland in September.

    Here's a colt that is a whole lot of animal to be in Book Six.
    Hip #3714 is a chestnut colt from the 1st crop of multiple Grade One winner, Tinners Way.
    Hip #3714 looks like a colt that could turn out to be any kind of racehorse and his sire was a millionaire from the last crop of the great Secretariat.
  Hip #3714 comes from the same female line that produced multiple Graded stakes-winner, Wonders Delight (9 wins, $481,521).
    Hip #3714 is one of the best-looking colts that will go through the ring on Wednesday and if you don't check him out, you're missing a shot to buy a real nice colt.
    Go by Barn 18 and let the folks at Vinery show you Hip #3714, who sells on Wednesday.

    Claude Ray McGaughey told Injun Chuck that Party Manners was one of the best horses he ever had his hands on.  Mike Smith told Injun Chuck that Party Manners was one of the best critters he ever sat on.
    Party Manners had a  license to be a good horse, being by Private Account, out of Duty Dance, one of Ogden Phipps' very best broodmares.
    Party Manners won 6 of 10 starts including the Grade 3, Widener Handicap at nine furlongs.
    Party Manners' 1st-crop are yearlings and are staring to show up at public action.
    If you are looking for a good horse, and who ain't, pay close attention to these colts and fillies by Party Manners at Keeneland in September. 
    He could be lightnin' in a jug.

    Ya don't want to leave this sale too early cause there is a 1/2-sister to Naughty selling on the sale's last day--Hip #3859.
    Naughty won her first 5 in a row including two stakes, the Queen City Oaks and the Tall Stack, defeating colts.
    In her first start outside of Ohio, Naughty ran a game 2nd in the Summertime Promise stakes at Hawthorne on Labor Day.  Naughty is gonna be even better next year and will be a monster on the turf.
    Hip #3859 is by Wild Zone, out of a Halo mare.
    When Hip #3859 gets in she will be Barn 30 in the Judy Klosterman consignment.
    You are sure not gonna find many around like her that late in the sale.  Better take advantage of it.

    Brian McCarty and every one at Malone's are very proud of the fact that they have become the #1 place for steaks in Lexington and all of Central Kentucky.
    The local racing community has really taken to Malone's because every time Injun Chuck goes in the joint we see nothin' but owners, breeders, trainers and one extra large Sallee Van executive named, Don "Moon" Gamble.
    To get to Malone's just take New Circle Road to Tates Creek and you will be two furlongs from the Lansdowne Shops where Malone's is located.  With so many people in town for the Keeneland Sale, parties of five or more should definitely call ahead for reservations (606) 396-7500.

    For years Injun Chuck has referred to Pembroke as "the world's fastest horse".
    Why?  Cause he ran 5 1/2 furlongs on the turf in 1:00 2/5 that's why.  In case you're wonderin'; that is a world record.
  Pembroke was a successful critter on both sides of the big pond.
    Pembroke is by Gone West, out of College Bold, the dam of Nasty and Bold and Told.
    Pembroke's first-crop are 2-year-olds this year and he has already had SIX (6) winners in 1999.
    His upcoming yearlings are exceptional and you should make a point to look at each and every Pembroke that goes into the sales ring.
    There are just too many things to like about both the colts and fillies by Pembroke selling at Keeneland in September.
    See for yourself.

    Expelled, a full-brother to deceased stallion sensation, Exbourne, will stand stud in 2000 at Wimbledon Farm for $6,500 live foal.
    Expelled (Explodent-Social Lesson, by Forum) won the Group 3 Prix du Bois Stakes as a 2-year-old in France and ran a very game 2^nd in the Group Two, Prix Robert Papin Stakes after losing a shoe in the race.
    Expelled was later sent to Hall of Fame trainer, Bobby Frankel and won the Grade One, Eddie Read Handicap in his North American debut.
    Here's a chance to breed to a FULL BROTHER to Exbourne and a Graded and Group Stakes winner on two continents.
    For further information or to book your mare to Expelled, contact George Hoskins or Brian O'Rourke at Wimbledon Farm: (606) 272-0636/fax (606) 271-1435.