Darin Zoccali

Husband and Father. Thoroughbred Racehorse Owner with @thoroughcrowd. Employed by CDI. Thoughts do not reflect my employer and are my own.

[Darin Zoccali @atTheTrack7]

Another part of my childhood and a part of my adulthood both come to an end simultaneously.

Aqueduct is a horseplayer’s track. It has the old racing charm that doesn’t exist everywhere and is impossible to duplicate. Another track where I spent a good bit of time with my dad watching racing is gone.

FanDuel TV (TVG) also closed its chapter today. I worked with many of the people who signed off today for the final time. I’m heartbroken for all of them. I may work for TwinSpires, but that doesn’t mean I don’t know what is important. TVG Network was great for horse racing and I will miss those broadcasts immensely. Thank you to everyone at the network who brought racing to our television for the last 27 years. Your contribution to horse racing has been immense and I hope that contribution continues for each of you in the weeks, months and years to come.

[Darin Zoccali @atTheTrack7]

@dcowboy777 @EJXD2 Yes, the two vacations I take each year that add up to a total of 15 business days are just wildly above the norm.

[Darin Zoccali @atTheTrack7]

@Starks43 @BklynBckstretch @EJXD2 So the NBA gets hate because 70% of NBA rosters are made up of black players, but the NFL is one of the most beloved leagues in the world and 70% of NFL rosters are made up of black players.

In other words, the NBA doesn’t get hate because 70% of the league is black.

[Darin Zoccali @atTheTrack7]

@BklynBckstretch @Starks43 @EJXD2 What those individuals pursued is far different than choosing to root against an American team, in this case because of actions or decisions made that had nothing to do with them.

[Darin Zoccali @atTheTrack7]

Of course I rooted for the women’s US teams. I don’t assign politics to specific teams that represent their country based on what players/coaches or politicians have to say about them. Should I know longer root for the Giants because of Steve Tisch? Where does it end? Sports used to be a distraction from all this stuff. People and politicians turning it into something beyond what it has always been is my problem.

[Darin Zoccali @atTheTrack7]

Tomorrow is my 43rd birthday and in what has become a tradition, I get to spend it with my beautiful family in Maui. So blessed and so grateful.

[Darin Zoccali @atTheTrack7]

@EJXD2 @BklynBckstretch If you rooted against her after she got stabbed, your just a bad person lol

[Darin Zoccali @atTheTrack7]

@BklynBckstretch I’m not surprised.

[Darin Zoccali @atTheTrack7]

@BklynBckstretch Obligated? No, more like proud. Good grief, Teresa. To root for the country I live in is a political stance? You’re insufferable.

[Darin Zoccali @atTheTrack7]

I know nothing about soccer and I am watching through about 6-7 beers in a pool bar, but good grief that was awful. What a let down.

[Darin Zoccali @atTheTrack7]

Because you’re an American. If the Rangers were headed to Game 3 of the Stanley cup Finals, tied 1-1 and a suspension of a key Rangers player for that game was overturned would you get on a soapbox and say “Go, Golden Knights.” Any attempt to equate this to politics or any other “cause” is nonsense. It’s a damn soccer game. Root for your country or don’t root at all.

[Darin Zoccali @atTheTrack7]

To see Americans on this app actively rooting against the United States because they somehow equate what happened with Balogun’s red card to American politics is one of the more pathetic things I’ve seen.

[Darin Zoccali @atTheTrack7]

@clarencehilljr You guys have to stop with these wild comparisons. It’s a damn soccer game.

[Darin Zoccali @atTheTrack7]

@krassenstein Relax man, It’s a damn soccer game.

[Darin Zoccali @atTheTrack7]

@TrueFactsStated No you aren’t, but congrats on the affective rage bait.

[Darin Zoccali @atTheTrack7]

There are places you see on TV and in movies that when you get there, it doesn’t quite live up to what you expected.

Maui is not one of those places.

[Darin Zoccali @atTheTrack7]

Thoroughly enjoyed Mary’s work and deeply appreciated her love and admiration for racing. This is absolutely tragic. Sincerest condolences to her friends and family.

[Daily Racing Form @DailyRacingForm]

"Longtime DRF writer Mary Rampellini dies at age 53"

More from @DRFHegarty on the sad news.

https://t.co/DQsSUbc9QN

[Darin Zoccali @atTheTrack7]

@KappuyuSHosha @PeteTheGreek13 @tombogert @TheAthletic The way they have reacted to this, you’d think the United States was an unstoppable force and Balogun was Pele.

[Darin Zoccali @atTheTrack7]

4th of July fireworks from Nobu.

Dinner and a show.

[Darin Zoccali @atTheTrack7]

@JoeLiuzzi88 They won a championship, are returning almost the exact same team and they desperately need something?