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A field of nine was entered in the Liberada, scheduled for 1 1/16 miles on turf, but subject to a switch to the main track given the current weather pattern in South Florida. Trip for A.J. is expected to go regardless of surface, although she did come a little short of her best last out when third in the Emergency Nurse overnight stakes on the main track on June 12. Wolfson maintains that the daughter of Trippi is better on turf than dirt with $380,000 of her $483,000 career bankroll earned on grass. Her chief rival if the race goes on turf as scheduled will likely be Amin Saiden and Monumental Racing’s 4-year-old filly Performing and on the main track would be Teresa and David Palmer’s 4-year-old homebred Tesoro de Amor. Performing is a well-bred daughter of Smart Strike claimed by leading Calder trainer Antonio Sano for $30,000 at Gulfstream Park on Feb. 19 from a winning race. She has come back to post three wins, a second and a third, all on turf, most recently a ‘two other than’ allowance victory over the course on June 9. Jockey Fernando Jara gets the call. Jockey Juan Leyva rides Tesoro de Amor for trainer Bill Kaplan after they teamed up to finish a game second in the Emergency Nurse overnight on June 12 won by local main track filly and mare division leader Sweet Repent with Trip for A.J. third. A daughter of Medaglia d’Oro, Tesoro de Amor has won one of seven tries on turf, but appears much better on the main track. Too Experience was a bargain $1,000 OBS April 2-year-old sales purchase for Passley last year and has now won seven of 11 career starts for earnings of nearly $180,000. The son of Drewman got eligible for the starter/allowance victories in his last two starts racing for a claiming tag early in his career before capturing the $85,000 Seacliff Stakes in late August. Bidding to get back on track in the race will be Roger Urbina’s Reprized Halo under leading rider Luis Saez. Trained by veteran horseman Manny Azpurua, the son of Halo’s Image posted a 46-to-1 upset in the $365,000 In Reality Division of the Florida Stallion Stakes last fall and won the $100,000 OBS Championship at Tampa Bay in March, but flopped last out when sixth behind Too Experience on June 12.

Comes A Horseman: Oil or the Land « Path To Well-Being

Man, do I love this film. I am watching one of my very favorites, Comes A Horseman, starring Jane Fonda, James Caan, Jason Robards, and Richard Farnsworth. It’s a about a woman battling oil interests over her cattle ranch.

When Farnsworth is thrown from his horse after explosions from oil exploration goes off, it just chaps my hide. When he struggles to mount his horse one last time, that says it all about a dying way of life. But the ending makes an unequivocal statement — you must fight for what you believe is right. And protecting the land from oil exploitation is the right thing.

Check it out over at Hulu:

Richard Farnsworth received an Oscar nomination for this 1978 film, directed by the late Alan J. Pakula. He plays an aging ranch hand in the late 1940s, working for Jane Fonda. She’s being pressured by her greedy neighbor, Jason Robards, to sell him her land–this after he has had her father murdered to expedite the sale. Robards wants the land because he knows it’s full of oil, but he’s not about to tell her that. Rather, he relentlessly strong-arms her and the rest of his neighbors, resorting to violence and killing when he doesn’t get his way, knowing he’s already bought the cooperation of the law. But Fonda, aided by returning World War II veteran and cowpuncher James Caan, stands up to Robards, setting off an almost biblically violent confrontation. Comes a Horseman was sumptuously photographed by Gordon Willis, who captures the true sweep of the wide open spaces, and strong acting overcomes what charitably could be described as a stately pace. As for Farnsworth, he brings a tastily understated quality to the role of the old cowpoke who knows he’s signed on for his last roundup but has the grit to stick it out. –Marshall Fine

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:) I miss Duncan. I watched Comes A Horseman & Revelation 6:8 last night. Swoon.

Bob horseman McNair comes from a horse racing background where almost winning is cool, thats how he run this team

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