Today was a hot one. Blisteringly hot. The heat index, because of the humidity, was 103F. I have hypokalemia, so normally I can’t tolerate such temperatures, anyway. But today, because of… read more →
Do you like delicious food? Who doesn’t? Do you like to help others–in this case, the people without whom horse racing could not happen? Again, who wouldn’t want to do that?… read more →
If you’re reading this, you know that there are many services that horses perform for humans, and have done for millennia: plowing, packing, transporting, racing, equestrian sports. As equine… read more →
Stellar Wind broke Beholder’s eight-race win streak in the Grade 1 Clement L. Hirsch Stakes at Del Mar Saturday as the two met up for the second time in just… read more →
Well, it’s Day Three of the 2016 Saratoga race meet, and already I’m ready to kick someone in the head. I’m really not a big fan of humanity–honestly, I cannot… read more →
Driving at the speed limit up Nelson Avenue in Saratoga from the south, my heart welled with joy as I checked out Sheikh Mohammed’s Greentree Farm (Darley) on the right,… read more →
In 10 days, more-or-less (depending on when you read this), July 22 will be upon us. And here in Horse Racing Land, that means only one thing: Opening Day at… read more →
I’m having one of those moments again, when I want to slap myself for alternately hating something–and loving aspects of it. There’s a property straddled between Nelson Avenue and… read more →
Beholder, last year’s champion older mare, was facing the toughest rival she has taken on so far this year when she raced against the 2015 champion 3-year-old filly Stellar Wind… read more →
…and you should be there. Who is “you”? You are a female who’s involved in horse racing media, in any profession, at any level. You are a female who wants… read more →