tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711985.post6094260762770147490..comments2024-03-05T05:38:22.024-05:00Comments on Left at the Gate: DistaffAlan Mannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12570505944559196118noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711985.post-37392872594592434452007-10-23T09:21:00.000-04:002007-10-23T09:21:00.000-04:00Nathan - Wow, that is really nice of you to say, a...Nathan - Wow, that is really nice of you to say, and quite gratifying for me to read! It's feedback like that which makes this all worthwhile, thanks so much!!! And good luck on the Breeders Cup!Alan Mannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12570505944559196118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711985.post-34593823458852919972007-10-22T23:00:00.000-04:002007-10-22T23:00:00.000-04:00You might want to put in a little prayer for Del M...You might want to put in a little prayer for Del Mar. The city is advising it's residents to evacuate due to the wildfires.<BR/><BR/>With the thousands of horses and people that have evacuated to Del Mar Fairgrounds, this could be horrific.SantaBarbarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17159992968479023593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711985.post-13925675402930471042007-10-22T16:33:00.000-04:002007-10-22T16:33:00.000-04:00Alan,This comment has nothing to do with the dista...Alan,<BR/><BR/>This comment has nothing to do with the distaff, but I feel like it needs to be made. I just want to thank you on behalf of all racing fans out there, young and old, for doing more than your fair part in keeping this amazing sport alive. If only there were more people like you, perhaps racing could return to a form more similar to its glory days. As a young horse racing fan, I just want to tell you that I truly appreciate all you are doing for the sport and its fans. Not just the hadicapping and the commentary, but the educational quality of your work. You have made me more knowledgeable about the game I love, and it's great to have a place like LatG, where I can find an abundance of interesting racing information every week- Information, that in many cases, I never would have discovered on my own. <BR/><BR/>The most amazing thing to me is that you do all this for the love of the game. You could easily be a turf writer for the drf or bloodhorse, or any other publication that actually employs turf writers these day. But instead you write to all of us as a peer, just another pony player trying to figure it all out. It's extremely refreshing and I am very glad that breederscup.com extended their blogging invitation to you. I hope that it is the first of many such accolades, Alan, you deserve to be recognized as one of horse racings greatest fans most entertaining writers.<BR/><BR/>I read your blog every day, but this is my first time posting a comment. I just want to again thank you for all that you have done with this blog, and everything else you do for this great sport. <BR/><BR/>A lifelong fan,<BR/>Nathan I.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com