Rick Bertram

you can never bet enough on a winning horse...
I have no interest in cryptocurrency
(thats my dog Steve in profile picture)

[Keith Olbermann @KeithOlbermann]

GINNY IS MISSING IN EDGEWATER, Last seen at the intersection of Orchard Street and River Road, she's 13 pounds and chipped: 985113010502447. If you've seen or found her please call 888-466-3242 and PLEASE RT GINNY!

[Classic Racehorses 🏇 @HorseRacingPPs]

🏇 SECRETARIAT 🏇

No career summary needed, but after posting all the other Triple Crown winners recently, do you look at Secretariat any differently?

What stands out about Secretariat's PPs? 👇

[WeRateDogs @dog_rates]

Here are the top 5 dogs of the week!

[Salad Jazz @SaladJazz1]

Tom Jobim - Wave
#Bossanova

[Liberty Pill Memes @LibertyPillMeme]

Speaking dogs

[Jayde Bae ジェイド・ベイ @jadeinbae]

#Jazz #ジャズ #LisaOno
Lisa Ono - Rio De Janeiro
(Live at ROPPONGI Satin Doll, August 7th, 1990)

Don't try to make it perfect, just do it!

Lisa Ono - Vocals & Guitar
Hélio Celso - Keyboards
Luizão Maia - Bass
Yuka Kido - Flute Kazuo
Yoshida - Drums
Tatsuji Yokoyama - Percurssion

[Jayde Bae ジェイド・ベイ @jadeinbae]

#Jazz #ジャズ #JoshuaRedman
Joshua Redman Quartet - A Night in Tunisia
(Live in 1994)

If you play jazz piano, I'd recommend Brad Mehldau's practice method: Improvise without rests.

Joshua Redman - Saxophone
Brad Mehldau - Piano
Christian McBride (db)
Brian Blade (dr)

[Melodies & Masterpieces @SVG__Collection]

A strong contender for the most beautiful jazz tune ever recorded.

[Jazz Is Dead @jazzisdeadco]

Maestro João Donato performing "Minha Saudade," written with João Gilberto and recorded on the LP Dance Conosco in 1958.

A year before Chega de Saudade, the song was already practicing what bossa nova would soon formalize. Live on TV Cultura's MPB Especial program, 1975.

[Michel Lara @VeraCausa9]

Listening now to 'Générique', the
coolest Jazz movie track ever recorded. An unforgettable trumpet solo by the great Miles Davis infused with blues lyricism and a spellbinding-noir ambience from the 1958 Lp French soundtrack 'Ascenseur Pour L'échafaud' Enjoy!

[Jayde Bae ジェイド・ベイ @jadeinbae]

#Jazz #ジャズ #OscarPeterson
Oscar Peterson & Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen - Reunion Blues
(Live in Stockholm, Sweden, 1974)

"A jazz player is an instant composer. You have to think about it, it's an intellectual form."
- Oscar Peterson -

Oscar Peterson - Piano
Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen - Bass

[Jayde Bae ジェイド・ベイ @jadeinbae]

#Jazz #ジャズ #ArtTatum
Art Tatum - Art's Blues
(Live at jam session from the film "Fabulous Dorseys," 1947)

"You have to practice improvisation, let no one kid you about it!"
- Art Tatum -

Art Tatum - Piano
Tommy Dorsey - Trombone
Jimmie Dorsey - Clarinet
Charlie Barnet - Sax
George Van Eps - Guitar
Ray Bauduc - Drums
Ziggy Elman - Trumpet
Stuart Foster - Bass

[Tinky @Tinky47flat]

‡

The Heart of the Matter

Louis Masry, the author of the embedded post, has been regularly producing posts critical of the industry for several months now. I have occasionally responded to them when he was off-base on facts, but more broadly I have found his focus, like that of Mike @RepoleStable , on The Jockey Club, and to a lesser extent the Breeders' Cup, to have dubious.

I say that not because those organizations don't warrant criticism – they do. And both Louis and Mike have repeatedly made a number of accurate related observations and criticisms. My problem is that they have focussed on those organizations as if The Jockey Club in particular were somehow similar to the type of powerful, central authorities that are found in every major sport (e.g. a league Commissioner, etc.).

That is not, and never was the case. TJC functions primarily as the registrar of the breed. Yes, it does other things as well, but there was never any pretense that it could, or would even attempt to lead and discipline the industry in anything like the manner that the NBA or NFL Commissioners do.

Even if they wanted to, it should be obvious that they lack the required power to do so. Back in 2020, The Jockey Club announced that it had adopted a rule limiting the annual breeding of individual stallions to 140 mares. Soon after, a lawsuit was filed by Spendthrift, Three Chimneys and Coolmore, which, according to TDN, "collectively stood 16 stallions who bred over 140 mares in 2020".

Ultimately, TJC backed down, and rescinded the rule. So, given that it was unable to discipline the very part of the industry from which most of its power derives, it should be clear that the organization is nothing like a true central authority.

Which brings us to the heart of the matter. Louis has finally touched on the single biggest problem facing the industry – the lack of a powerful, central, authoritative body. But any suggestion that such a body is likely to be created, strikes me as being naïve, if not entirely unrealistic.

Masry's Westlake Stable has been active since 2015. Some of us have been calling out the need for such a body for 20+ years prior to that. The industry's long-standing failure to create such a body, and the associated lack of foresight, was, sadly, par for the course. But the problem has been compounded as power has consolidated over the decades, and commercialism, most overtly reflected through the breed-to-sell paradigm, has made it increasingly unlikely that the major "stakeholders" might ever allow an independent body to make decisions that could adversely impact their own short-term financial interests.

If all of the important stakeholders in the racing industry were to actually be consulted, and have meaningful input and influence, there would indeed be a basis for optimism. But much like broader American society, in which the pretense that voting leads to an equitable society has been largely exposed as propaganda, there is virtually no chance that a racing industry might appoint, or elect a commissioner who wasn't primarily beholden to the richest and most powerful factions.

[Melodies & Masterpieces @SVG__Collection]

“First you imitate, then you innovate.”

— Miles Davis

[Jayde Bae ジェイド・ベイ @jadeinbae]

#Jazz #ジャズ #OscarPeterson
The Oscar Peterson Trio - Satin Doll
(Live at the Bern Jazz Festival, Switzerland, 1988)

I often transcribing his jazz licks for my solo and voicing.

Oscar Peterson - Piano
Dave Young - Bass
Martin Drew - Drums

[Jayde Bae ジェイド・ベイ @jadeinbae]

#Jazz #ジャズ #LionelHampton
Lionel Hampton Orchestra - Flying Home
(Broadcast on American Television in 1957)

"Gratitude is when memory is stored in the heart and not in the mind."
- Lionel Hampton -

Lionel Hampton - Vibraphone
Eddie Chamblee - Tenor Sax
Cat Anderson, Billy Brooks, Wallace Davenport, Eddie Mullens - Trumpets
Al Hayse, Arnett Sparrow - Trombones
Bobby Plater, James Araki - Alto Sax
Eddie Chamblee, Ritney Brauer - Tenor Sax
Joe Evans - Baritone Sax
Dwight Mitchell - Piano
Billy Mackel - Guitar
Peter Badie - Bass
Rufus Jones - Drums

[15/10 Foundation @15outof10]

These are all the dogs we sponsored in May ❤️‍🩹

[Christian McBride @mcbridesworld]

My Sonny Rollins story seems unlikely, but it happened. https://t.co/EpBTU6mBi6

[Puppy Bess and Auntie Kes @Kesthecollie]

Frowit is life. Anything before or after is waiting

[Melodies & Masterpieces @SVG__Collection]

Any chance to watch Bill Evans play is something special.