Vosburgh
 

Starting in the late 1800's - W. S. Vosburgh was the Jockey Club's Handicapper for about 40 years. He assigned handicaps for over 300,000 horses. He would also occasionally write columns.

Since it's been raining here for the last hour - and I can't run - here are a few cuts I saved of some of his more interesting comments, stories, takes, etc.


On the subject of 'are horses getting better'

On the over-rating of top race horses:

Interesting comments when rating his choice for Champion 2-year-olds of previous years:

On the years two leading sires (by wins) Celt and Star Shoot:

On the failures of great horses at stud -- and the unlikely success of others.

"Disabilities incident to the other sex"





The racing of 2-year-olds:





On Mr. Belmont:

"If she wins -- I will eat her"






* The decline of long distance racing:








* The selection of yearlings -- and luck of the ignorant






* The lost dams of champions -- the selloff of cheap mares because too many yearling were being bred

It's like nothing has changed.

What a wuss.

He doesn't even come closing to touching the Lasix issue.