Ms. Alice Chandler and the entire staff at Mill Ridge Farm are stunned by the sudden resignation of groom extraordinaire, John-Boy Ginn from the Mill Ridge Equine Sales Team.
    Reportedly John-Boy Ginn has resigned his post at Mill Ridge Farm to take a position as head dish washer and part-time bartender at the Parting Glass II on Layne Allen Road and Harrodsburg Road.  Lexington, Kentucky's #1 watering hole.

    While the Kentucky Racing Commission has taken much criticism over their decision on Clembuterol, this publication for one thinks they made the right choice.
    Lets face it, for the most part all Racing Commissions are a joke and Kentucky sure does have their share of clowns, but on the Clembuterol issue they (Kentucky) have made the proper call.
    We read where Andy Beyer has proclaimed that Clembuterol will be the damnation of thoroughbred racing, just as he did when Bute and Lasix were introduced.
  But one must remember this:  Just because Andy Beyer sits in the Press Box and pumps hundreds of thousands of dollars through the windows each year, does not make him an expert on the subject.
    Andy Beyer's knowledge of the inner workings of a thoroughbred race horse are zero, none, null and void and all of the above.
    Clembuterol gives a horse's lungs an opportunity to function the way they are meant to function and without airway obstructions that are the result of many things, including air pollution.
  Bute is an anti-inflammatory, Lasix is a diuretic and Clembuterol is a bronchial dilator.
  But to people ignorant on the issue, like Andy Beyer, its all hop.  That's just not the case.
    Kentucky's new rule allowing the use of Clembuterol 3 to 5 days out, will put EVERYONE on the same playing field, which for horsemen and racing fans alike, will be the fairest way to administrate this policy.

    Roger "The Dodger" Sutton is back in hardboot land after a successful 10-year stint in New York.
  Roger the Dodger has again teamed up with the crafty Cajun, Craig Perret, who won two races on Thursday's card, paying $44 and $30.40 to win.
  Roger the Dodger has handled Craig Perret's book in the past and was his agent when Bet Twice won the Belmont and Haskell Stakes as a 3-year-old.
  If you've got a live critter (and Roger will know if you don't) keep Craig Perret in mind as he is one of the best around in white pants.
  Roger Sutton (502) 368-1147.

    Hall of Fame trainer Bobby Frankel just never knew you could have this much fun in hardboot land.
    He got his first taste two springs ago when he won the Kentucky Oaks in 1998.
    This fall Frankel sent three horses to Keeneland and left with victories in the Grade Two Shadwell Mile, the $500,000 added Vinery First Lady, and the Grade One Spinster Stakes won by Keeper Hill.
    Immediately after the race Bobby Frankel  was running through the Keeneland Clubhouse screaming "Go Big Blue."
    After the celebrating was over, Frankel headed straight for the courthouse to apply for Fayette County tags for his automobile.
    Frankel also applied for a Kentucky Fried Chicken credit card and bought a CD of Bill Monroe's greatest hits.
    We have also learned that Bobby Frankel bought a dozen pair of Duck Head khakis and a leather belt with a brass plate with his initials on it.
    Frankel plans to ship his entire racing stable to Keeneland despite the fact that the meet will be over in two weeks.
    After the Spinster Bobby Frankel was ecstatic, not only that Keeper Hill had won, but that the Kentucky Wildcats had soundly beaten LSU.
    As Bobby Frankel put it, "Us hardboots put a serious hurtin' on those mudbugs from Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

    According to our top informants Walmac International's J.T.L. "Alphabet" Jones was offered the job of  Keeneland Association President.
    But after days of serious soul searching, Alphabet Jones has declined the offer.
    Had Alphabet Jones accepted the Keeneland job, he would have been forced to resign his post as Kentucky Director of Texans for Warren Beatty for President, a political action group.
    Alphabet Jones would have also been forced to lose his gig as advisor to the powerful Nelson Bunker Hunt Racing Stable.

1st  Best of All Time  2nd  Dance Dude
Loser's List:  Jon's Prospect

1st  Tava    2nd  Regal Talk
Loser's List:  Six-shooter

1st  Clayton's Find  2nd  Slot Machine
Loser's List:  Big Numbers

1st  Prankster  2nd  Trafalgar
Loser's List:  G.H.'s Pleasure

1st  Ariela  2nd  Silver Graphics
Loser's List:  Sussex Drive

1st  Ho Baby  2nd  Lucky Again
Loser's List:  Bourbon Belle

1st  Silver Comic  2nd  Idol Gift
Loser's List:  Blue Eyed Lilly

1st    Rare Beauty  2nd  C'est L'Amour
Loser's List:  Cash Run

1st  Isaac Says So  2nd  Shot of Gold
Loser's List:  Chalk It Up

    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 Races, parties of five or more should definitely call ahead for reservations (606) 396-7500.

    Horsemen from coast to coast are buzzin' over the Country and Bea Roberts' dispersal sale coming up on Sunday, November 7^th, the first day of the Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale.
    Whether you are looking for horses ready to run or well-bred broodmares in foal to many of American's greatest sires, this sale is for you.
    The Country Roberts dispersal consists of 85 broadmares, 6 weanlings by Judge T.C. and approximately 96 critters that make up the powerful Country Roberts' racing operation.
    For a complete list, including pedigrees and race records, check out www.countryroberts.com on the Internet.
  For more information on the mares and weanlings, contact Alex Rankin at Upson Downs Farm at (502) 228-6934.  For further information on the racin' critters, contact migratory bird murderer, Charles Bodine at (502) 648-4181.

Allied Forces  $5,000
Confide  $5,000
Evansville Slew  $2,000
Favorite Trick  $30,000
Gentlemen  $30,000
Irgun  $2,000
Is It True  $8,500
Lasting Approval $6,500
Miswaki  $40,000
Nureyev  Private
Phone Trick  $30,000
Salt Lake  $20,000
Saratoga Six  $5,000
Talkin Man  $5,000
West By West  $12,500
John T. L. Jones, Jr.  (606) 299-0473
General Manager    Fax:  (606) 299-1259