Rhonda Lane's Musings on Life Through an Equestrian Lens
Rhonda Lane's Musings on Life Through an Equestrian Lens
We have barely a month left in 2018, and I’d promised myself I would finish my mystery novel by the end of the year–so, no blogging, Rhonda!–but I feel compelled to write about what I’d held as a private memory of a moment paying my respects to Genuine Risk.
This look back began on Black Friday 2018, when a racing photographer I follow on Facebook posted condolences regarding the passing of a Virginia horsemen I’d met during that Virginia Hunt Country Stable Tour I took in 2009.
I meant to write a post about 2018 Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes winner AND Triple Crown contender Justify, let alone tell you where and when you can to watch the Belmont Stakes on TV.
But I veered off into a tangent about racing coverage on TV, inspired by Justify’s shot at history.
It all started with a link to an article my husband “MacGuyver” sent me.
The Monsoon Triple Crown?
Not long after I began blogging ten (?) years ago, I heard about bloggers attending and learning at South By Southwest, aka SXSW. Like an annual World’s Fair with a touch of the Texas State Fair Does Tomorrowland, SXSW has expanded into a glimpse into the future for both the arts and technology. What I saw both sparked my imagination and worried me.
On the day after Super Bowl LII, one of my friends posted to her personal timeline on Facebook: “So where are my Clydes?”
She’s not the only one asking.
And now, the original post:
First, pardon me while I air out a related matter regarding Penny Chenery.
When American Pharoah took the Triple Crown, NBC Sports flubbed coverage of a special moment in horse racing history.
While Pharoah’s trainer Bob Baffert hurried toward the winners circle, the most famous Triple Crown-winning horse owner still with us stood up from her box seat to welcome Baffert to horse racing’s most exclusive club.
Yes, NBC Sports cut away from a shot of Secretariat’s owner Penny Chenery shaking hands with Bob Baffert after his horse ended the 37-year-long Triple Crown “drought.”
She wasn’t even identified as a well-wisher.
My TV engineer husband, who wasn’t into horse racing when I married him, and I were shocked.
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