To be successful, communication is key….
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CAPTION: DIVA (horse): “WHOA! Waitaminute—when you said ‘we’d face obstacles’, I thought you meant more like ‘problems in our relationship’….”
OTP to partner with JOCKEYS AND JEANS for the Permanently Disabled Jockeys Fund
The third JOCKEYS AND JEANS fundraiser for the Permanently Disabled Jockeys Fund is Feb. 28 at GULFSTREAM PARK. Hall of Fame riders Bill Boland, Walter Blum, Chris McCarron, Sandy Hawley, Don Pierce, Edgar Prado, Jose Santos, Robert Ussery, Jacinto Vasquez, and Jorge Velasquez will join the others to honor injured fellow riders. The PDJF helps support over 60 former riders who had catastrophic on-track injures.
Horse racing cartoonist A.E. SABO, artist of the original series OFF THE PACE, has created the souvenir event poster and is a major partner at this event.
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Moonlighting
Sometimes a jockey’s gotta do what a jockey’s gotta do to make ends meet….
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CAPTION: DIVA (horse): “So this is how I find you—MOONLIGHTING? When you said our win percentage was low, I never thought it’d come to this!” Filep (jockey): “…could this wait until I’m on break?”
This Weekend In Racing 1.09.16
ABR’s US GRADED STAKES – $100,000+
SANTA ANITA _ santaanita.com
> R8_ SAN PASQUAL S._G2_ $200,000_ 1 1/16 M_4YR+ _FIELD of 8_ MLF’s: 4/5 (4)_California Chrome _V Espinoza_ A Sherman, 5/2 (5) Hoppertunity, 6/1 (8) Imperative
OTHERS TO MENTION: SHAM STAKES_G3_ $100,000
GULFSTREAM PARK_ gulfstreampark.com
> R10_ Ft. LAUDERDALE S._G2_ $200,000_ 1 1/16 M_4YR+ _FIELD of 9_MLF’s: 3/1 (1)_Lochte _ J Castellano _ M J Vitali, 4/1 (7) War Correspondent, 5/1 (8) Takeover Target
OTHERS TO MENTION: MARSHUA’S RIVER S. _G3_ $150,000, HAL’S HOPE S. _G3_ $150,000
For a list of All Stakes Races this weekend in the US and Canada: www.equibase.com
To keep up with the latest, follow at ABR:
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY! HAPPY NEW YEAR!
THE DIVA can not contain her excitement—racehorses will be celebrating birthdays the world over! (oh, and Happy New Year to you human folk, too…)
Very best wishes,
TEAM DIVA, OFF THE PACE
and the A.E. Sabo Studio
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CAPTION: HAPPY RACEHORSE BIRTHDAY & HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Happy Holidays!
Little Jock. This artwork, originally created in 2009, makes its return to wish everyone a joy-filled holiday season.
Very best wishes,
TEAM DIVA, OFF THE PACE
and the A.E. Sabo Studio
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CAPTION: MERRY CHRISTMAS & HAPPY NEW YEAR “Wishing you great peace and joy this holiday and throughout the new year…”
Wardrobe Malfunction
TEAM DIVA’s latest cartoon in the international feel-good racing publication GALLOP MAGAZINE.
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CAPTION: FILEP (jockey): “Apparently, we have a new valet…”
GALLOP home for the holidays!
Get all four glorious issues of the international feel-good racing publication GALLOP MAGAZINE. You can keep up to date with the global racing scene and enjoy an OFF THE PACE cartoon, full color and a half page, in every issue!
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