﻿<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><title>ATOM - Jenny Kellner Blog Feed</title><link href="http://www.belmontstakes.com" /><updated>2013-06-18T21:35:27Z</updated><author><name>Belmont Stakes</name></author><id>urn:uuid:c5c1e00d-2e36-4aff-bdea-225f89c2ac10</id><entry><title type="html"><![CDATA[The Kid likes “the kid”]]></title><link href="http://www.belmontstakes.com/blog/jenny-kellner/2012/5/27/the-kid-likes-“the-kid”/" /><id>urn:uuid:c5c1e00d-2e36-4aff-bdea-225f89c2ac10</id><updated>2012-05-28T04:25:00Z</updated><summary type="html"><![CDATA[No matter what anyone says, 34 years does not seem like yesterday. Or last week, or last month, or last year. But it certainly does not seem like some 11,411 days have passed since little Steve Cauthen piloted Affirmed to become racing’s 11th and most recent Triple Crown champion.]]></summary></entry><entry><title type="html"><![CDATA[A Big, Friendly Giant]]></title><link href="http://www.belmontstakes.com/blog/jenny-kellner/2011/6/10/a-big,-friendly-giant/" /><id>urn:uuid:c5c1e00d-2e36-4aff-bdea-225f89c2ac10</id><updated>2011-06-11T04:06:00Z</updated><summary type="html"><![CDATA[Without a ton of distance in his pedigree, I don’t know how many people are going to support Prime Cut, who was third in the Peter Pan here on May 14, in Saturday’s Belmont Stakes.]]></summary></entry><entry><title type="html"><![CDATA[Dale vs. The Cell Phone]]></title><link href="http://www.belmontstakes.com/blog/jenny-kellner/2011/6/4/dale-vs.-the-cell-phone/" /><id>urn:uuid:c5c1e00d-2e36-4aff-bdea-225f89c2ac10</id><updated>2011-06-05T01:34:00Z</updated><summary type="html"><![CDATA[If you carefully study the attributes of the nation’s top trainers, you will find that, despite their differences, they have a number of things in common, namely a deep love of horses ...]]></summary></entry><entry><title type="html"><![CDATA[What becomes a legend most?]]></title><link href="http://www.belmontstakes.com/blog/jenny-kellner/2011/5/26/what-becomes-a-legend-most/" /><id>urn:uuid:c5c1e00d-2e36-4aff-bdea-225f89c2ac10</id><updated>2011-05-26T21:53:00Z</updated><summary type="html"><![CDATA[Because of our strict policy against Manimals (not to mention our inherent good taste), Kegasus will not be appearing in any official capacity at Belmont Park in the near future.]]></summary></entry><entry><title type="html"><![CDATA[Woody! Woody! Woody! Woody! Woody!]]></title><link href="http://www.belmontstakes.com/blog/jenny-kellner/2011/5/13/woody-woody-woody-woody-woody/" /><id>urn:uuid:c5c1e00d-2e36-4aff-bdea-225f89c2ac10</id><updated>2011-05-13T16:08:00Z</updated><summary type="html"><![CDATA[On that gray and rainy June afternoon 25 years ago, there were only a handful of souls seriously considering the possibility of a fifth straight Belmont Stakes victory for 72-year-old trainer Woody Stephens]]></summary></entry><entry><title type="html"><![CDATA[Spring at Last!]]></title><link href="http://www.belmontstakes.com/blog/jenny-kellner/2011/4/28/spring-at-last/" /><id>urn:uuid:c5c1e00d-2e36-4aff-bdea-225f89c2ac10</id><updated>2011-04-28T20:53:00Z</updated><summary type="html"><![CDATA[As I write this, the countdown clock on this website tells me there are 44 days, 3 hours and 12 minutes until the horses load into the gate for the 143rd running of the Belmont Stakes.]]></summary></entry><entry><title type="html"><![CDATA[Right or wrong?]]></title><link href="http://www.belmontstakes.com/blog/jenny-kellner/2010/6/4/right-or-wrong/" /><id>urn:uuid:c5c1e00d-2e36-4aff-bdea-225f89c2ac10</id><updated>2010-06-04T22:03:00Z</updated><summary type="html"><![CDATA[There is only one Belmont Stakes. And there is only one Nick Zito. And they go together like, well, pizza and New York.]]></summary></entry><entry><title type="html"><![CDATA[First Dude Joins Tall Hall of Fame]]></title><link href="http://www.belmontstakes.com/blog/jenny-kellner/2010/5/29/first-dude-joins-tall-hall-of-fame/" /><id>urn:uuid:c5c1e00d-2e36-4aff-bdea-225f89c2ac10</id><updated>2010-05-29T21:23:00Z</updated><summary type="html"><![CDATA[OK, I admit it. I’m a sucker for really tall horses. You know, the ones that look like they could play center for the Knicks, who could use one. Actually, the Knicks need a lot more than a center, but that’s another blog.]]></summary></entry><entry><title type="html"><![CDATA[The Dudes Abide]]></title><link href="http://www.belmontstakes.com/blog/jenny-kellner/2010/5/19/the-dudes-abide/" /><id>urn:uuid:c5c1e00d-2e36-4aff-bdea-225f89c2ac10</id><updated>2010-05-19T22:37:00Z</updated><summary type="html"><![CDATA[So, in one corner you have Preakness runner-up First Dude, who indeed is named after the First Dude himself, Todd Palin. First Dude Palin is a four-time winner of the Iron Dog competition, a 1,971 mile (!) snowmobile race in Alaska.]]></summary></entry><entry><title type="html"><![CDATA[Take the bus, Gus]]></title><link href="http://www.belmontstakes.com/blog/jenny-kellner/2010/5/13/take-the-bus,-gus/" /><id>urn:uuid:c5c1e00d-2e36-4aff-bdea-225f89c2ac10</id><updated>2010-05-13T15:55:00Z</updated><summary type="html"><![CDATA[It's getting closer, and as I write this, we still don't know if we'll have a Triple Crown try on Belmont Stakes Day. Nonetheless, let's not get ahead of ourselves ... ]]></summary></entry><entry><title type="html"><![CDATA[Here’s mud in your eye]]></title><link href="http://www.belmontstakes.com/blog/jenny-kellner/2010/4/30/here’s-mud-in-your-eye/" /><id>urn:uuid:c5c1e00d-2e36-4aff-bdea-225f89c2ac10</id><updated>2010-04-30T20:20:00Z</updated><summary type="html"><![CDATA[All week, people have been asking me, “Jenny, who do you like in the Kentucky Derby?” Today, I have the answer.]]></summary></entry><entry><title type="html"><![CDATA[There are many reasons I love the Belmont Stakes]]></title><link href="http://www.belmontstakes.com/blog/jenny-kellner/2010/4/21/there-are-many-reasons-i-love-the-belmont-stakes/" /><id>urn:uuid:c5c1e00d-2e36-4aff-bdea-225f89c2ac10</id><updated>2010-04-21T22:03:00Z</updated><summary type="html"><![CDATA[There are many reasons I love the Belmont Stakes. Here’s one: It’s the first Saturday in June of 1982, and as the Belmont horses are parading in front of the grandstand...]]></summary></entry><entry><title type="html"><![CDATA[ One For The Birds]]></title><link href="http://www.belmontstakes.com/blog/jenny-kellner/2009/6/6/-one-for-the-birds/" /><id>urn:uuid:c5c1e00d-2e36-4aff-bdea-225f89c2ac10</id><updated>2009-06-06T20:30:00Z</updated><summary type="html"><![CDATA[So a little before 11 o’clock this morning, I’m standing outside the clubhouse entrance when this monstrous vehicle pulls up, a black stretch SUV about a furlong long. ]]></summary></entry><entry><title type="html"><![CDATA[Just Being Jockeys]]></title><link href="http://www.belmontstakes.com/blog/jenny-kellner/2009/6/5/just-being-jockeys/" /><id>urn:uuid:c5c1e00d-2e36-4aff-bdea-225f89c2ac10</id><updated>2009-06-05T20:39:00Z</updated><summary type="html"><![CDATA[Was I complaining about the weather yesterday? Belmont Stakes Day will dawn sunny and warm and turn even more glorious, but this morning it was wetter than Thursday. ]]></summary></entry><entry><title type="html"><![CDATA[Of Ducks And The Bird]]></title><link href="http://www.belmontstakes.com/blog/jenny-kellner/2009/6/4/of-ducks-and-the-bird/" /><id>urn:uuid:c5c1e00d-2e36-4aff-bdea-225f89c2ac10</id><updated>2009-06-04T17:57:00Z</updated><summary type="html"><![CDATA[It was a miserable morning for anyone but ducks and farmers. There were mud puddles everywhere on the backstretch at Belmont Park and on the main track, the cones were up in case anyone was even thinking about training on the inside. ]]></summary></entry><entry><title type="html"><![CDATA[Only The Drive Is For The Birds]]></title><link href="http://www.belmontstakes.com/blog/jenny-kellner/2009/5/28/only-the-drive-is-for-the-birds/" /><id>urn:uuid:c5c1e00d-2e36-4aff-bdea-225f89c2ac10</id><updated>2009-05-28T23:49:00Z</updated><summary type="html"><![CDATA[One of the best things about getting to hang around racehorses is getting to know the people who work with racehorses. Winston Churchill once said, “Something about the outside of a horse is good for the inside of a man,” and by and large I have found he’s right – people who work with horses are nice people. ]]></summary></entry><entry><title type="html"><![CDATA[Pass The Mints, Please]]></title><link href="http://www.belmontstakes.com/blog/jenny-kellner/2009/5/21/pass-the-mints,-please/" /><id>urn:uuid:c5c1e00d-2e36-4aff-bdea-225f89c2ac10</id><updated>2009-05-21T20:29:00Z</updated><summary type="html"><![CDATA[I am convinced that Mine That Bird has bad breath. The poor little gelding can't seem to get a second date.  The Belmont Stakes (The Belmont Stakes!) is just over two weeks away and he still doesn't have a rider. ]]></summary></entry><entry><title type="html"><![CDATA[Mine That Bird: The Real Deal]]></title><link href="http://www.belmontstakes.com/blog/jenny-kellner/2009/5/17/mine-that-bird-the-real-deal/" /><id>urn:uuid:c5c1e00d-2e36-4aff-bdea-225f89c2ac10</id><updated>2009-05-17T22:31:00Z</updated><summary type="html"><![CDATA[BALTIMORE – It was maybe an hour or so after Preakness heroine Rachel Alexandra departed Pimlico Sunday morning and on her side of the stakes barn, now virtually empty, Chip Woolley was balanced on his crutches, watching closely as Mine That Bird’s groom ... ]]></summary></entry><entry><title type="html"><![CDATA[What's in a Name? Plenty!]]></title><link href="http://www.belmontstakes.com/blog/jenny-kellner/2009/5/14/whats-in-a-name-plenty/" /><id>urn:uuid:c5c1e00d-2e36-4aff-bdea-225f89c2ac10</id><updated>2009-05-14T22:44:00Z</updated><summary type="html"><![CDATA[This year, when asked, “Jenny, who do you like in the Belmont Stakes?” I will be careful to preface my response with a discussion of past performances, recent workouts, pedigree analysis, speed figures, and, most importantly, names. ]]></summary></entry><entry><title type="html"><![CDATA[Back In The Saddle]]></title><link href="http://www.belmontstakes.com/blog/jenny-kellner/2009/5/11/back-in-the-saddle/" /><id>urn:uuid:c5c1e00d-2e36-4aff-bdea-225f89c2ac10</id><updated>2009-05-11T20:16:00Z</updated><summary type="html"><![CDATA[After dozens of dank, dreary, damp and downright depressing days, Mother’s Day dawned at Belmont Park windy, dry, and with a sky so blue you’d swear it had been freshly washed. ]]></summary></entry><entry><title type="html"><![CDATA[Like Father, Like Son]]></title><link href="http://www.belmontstakes.com/blog/jenny-kellner/2009/5/7/like-father,-like-son/" /><id>urn:uuid:c5c1e00d-2e36-4aff-bdea-225f89c2ac10</id><updated>2009-05-07T18:18:00Z</updated><summary type="html"><![CDATA[To get to the training track from Barn 56 at Belmont Park, you have to cross a strip of asphalt that is infrequently referred to by its proper name, Assault Road. ]]></summary></entry></feed>