Greg Hopper

Baffert colt JUSTIFY 1/5 in his upcoming debut @santaanitapark. Wonder what his Derby odds would be at the moment as an unraced 3yo mid-Feb?

@JeffMossDSR @thestaggieman Charismatic wasn't claimed, but Rich Strike for sure!

Was Lava Man the best claim of all-time? Claimed for $50,000 17 wins over 42 starts. Winning 5.2M in earnings..

@thedungeon2025 The government is never wrong

In the course of some 35 years running a racing office, I checked about 3/4 of a million entries that crossed my desk. And I saw and dealt with every conceivable issue pertaining to EVERYTHING..and had final say. Yet, not one hisa rep solicited my opinion once on ANYTHING. That told me everything about them.

@CraigMilkowski @marktoothaker This is my point. It was the garden spot of all time. Not just a G1 but an epic one to win regardless of the weak field. Skippy had already scratched (not really a G1 horse either) and a zero-time stakes winner ended up being odds-on.

@GregHopper7 @marktoothaker I haven't looked yet, but that wasn't really a Grade 1.

The Big Cap a G4 next year?

@marktoothaker @CraigMilkowski New Orleans Classic morning line must be off, no? Westwood at 10-1, longest price in the race, after scratching out of a G1 where he would have been 8-5 and shipping cross country?

@GregHopper7 @CraigMilkowski They preferred Bourbon St over a G1 win. That’s the definition of overthinking a race. Feel sorry for the horse he would be a G1 now.

@avillanueva3rd Find an American and ask him

Y’all I got a huge dilemma currently. Do I watch March Madness or Aston Villa Europa League? Ran out of screens.

@nspector4 Repeating lies about the elephant in the room certainly doesn't help

@SireWatch It's the Berlin Wall. I'm just not sure if it's @AronWellman7 or @RepoleStable making the "tear down this wall" speech that started the momentum

Through the 50-odd years I’ve been following racing, I haven’t seen The Jockey Club take flack like it is now. The momentum building against an institution that was once quite respected is, to me, quite amazing, but not surprising. TJC hasn’t evolved with the times.

@EJXD2 I'm guessing that today's Pletcher stat correlates to yesterday's Johnny V stat and that both reflect more on the gamblers than on the rider/trainer

51 trainers have saddled at least 20 favorites in 2026. Who's hot & not. 🔥 1. D. O'Neil 56% 2. J. Avila 56% 3. S. Young 54% 4. C. David 54% 5. S. Joseph 53% 🧊 47. C. DeVaux 25% 48. M. Casse 20% 49. T. Pletcher 18% 50. J. Sadler 15% 51. J. D'Angelo 14%

Immigrant in my business right now, originally from China, who has been here 40 years says he’s going to sell his house and get out of Canada (not sure where he’s going yet). He lives in Burnaby. Says Canadians are the dumbest people alive. They know they are suffering, they know they might lose their homes, freedom of speech etc but won’t vote out the people who are destroying them. He’s not wrong. It’s Stockholm syndrome on a national scale.

@dig_with_kyle Yep. I warn my American friends about becoming Canada, Canadians about becoming the UK and everyone in the West about becoming South Africa.

I'm 41 this year. I have equity in the business and people in Canada now. Hard for me to leave. The problem is, in my lifetime, we've seen atrocities like what has happened in South Africa, there's a good chance something similar to this coming to Canada. We're a young country, people have zero fear of the worst here. They trust the government and corporations. They will all be burned. Sure hope I'm wrong about this. Let's hope the good guys win.

@roguewolf007 It's only eliminated on cash transactions but the amount still rounds up or down to the nickel. On vouchers and accounts you could still have 1 cent.

dumb question: if we eliminated the penny in currency, what are the benefits of penny breakage now?

@logan_wealth @theparthrastogi And Canada 🇨🇦

@theparthrastogi Unfortunately in Australia this is called a wash sale, and gets captured in Part IVA, anti-avoidance laws. It’s also a thing in the US 🤷‍♂️

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@racetrackandy @ParisVegas New clothes? At NHC??

C'mon @ParisVegas A couple hours ago I told security that there was a guy sprawled out and passed out in the Sky bridge to the Versailles tower. I Just came down and the poor guy is still there. How about just giving the guy a room, new clothes, and $500 ? That would be the right thing to do.

@TomRyanKY @keenelandsales 2-to-3 generations of Sam-Son Farm broodmares - No Class, Classy N Smart and maybe even Dance Smartly

Champion Serena’s Song was the gold standard in every way.. My first summer in America was back in 2000 the old days of @keenelandsales July when Demi bought Sophisticat for $3.4 million.. In my opinion Serena should make the broodmare hall of fame.. if we had one 🤨, this would be my first draft list. Ballade - Best In Show - Better Than Honour - Blush With Pride - Leslie’s Lady - Numbered Account - Personal Ensign - Toussaud - La Troienne - Lassie Dear - Courtly Dee - Weekend Surprise - Korveya - Green Room. Who should be added .. ??

@EmilyOptixEQ @justindew @NTRA Secretariat is one word AND he ended his career in a Stakes race in Canada. So it must be him

@justindew @NTRA Clue: the 🐎 name is one word

Still looking for a place to sit at the @NTRA NHC this weekend? Answer this trivia question correctly and be entered for a chance to sit at NHC Champion Justin Mustari’s table. Which former Southern California turf claimer would go on to win five times over the lawn at Turf Paradise before ending his career in stakes races in Canada?

@tommyhammer I just go for the fashion

the NHC is proof that horseplayers are generally the stupidest subset of the human species

@marktoothaker @KentuckyDerby @spendthriftfarm FWIW, last year Sovereignty ran 7- in both his FOY win and FL Derby loss while Journalism ran 5+ then 9+ in his San Felipe and SA Derby wins. The Derby win was a 6"

Looking through the sheets numbers for all the @KentuckyDerby contenders as of today this is as wide open as I can remember. I felt the Tampa Bay Derby was a phony Beyer. @spendthriftfarm Further Ado has been very consistent and coming into the race not nearly cranked up ran a very solid 9. Not consistent with a 88 Beyer. Much respect For The Puma gutting it out. Getting a 8-. Much better than his adjusted 89. Throw these horses out if you want but all these races coming back very similar. Commandment assigned a 101 Beyer 8+ on sheets, they all are 8-10 on sheets with one outlier Cherokee Nation with 100 Beyer 4 sheets. Can he repeat effort? Buckle up

@reredevaux @JimmysBugsy @Delta A non-government solution that doesn't get impacted every time congress decides to play its shutdown games

@GregHopper7 @JimmysBugsy @Delta What would a reasonable substitute be? Allow a free for all and hope everyone has good intentions and follows the rules? We are way past that and frankly I’m glad to feel safe flying.

Scenes from MSY security line. I was very early and have Clear so I was ok. Our @Delta pilot is the real hero “I understand you have all had an experience with tsa. Apparently NOLA is having issues with TSA, I guess that’s what happens when you expect people to work and not get paid” he went on to say he is delaying as long as he can to give as many people possible to get on the plane. Everyone made it on the flight

@JimmysBugsy @reredevaux @Delta It's definitely time to abolish the TSA

@reredevaux @Delta They will all get paid. They also have interest free loans available to them from their credit union, to help them through this difficult time. Politicians don’t care about their constituents, that is for sure.

I'm happy to see great connections win the Big Cap and get rewarded for taking a shot!