This. HEADS-UP, HORSE RACING AUTHORITIES. You–yes, YOU–who run race tracks. Who sit around Board Room tables in air-conditioned suites, discussing ways to market the sport. YOU need to know this–and… read more →
I don’t do public service announcements often, but now-and-then I read or hear something that I think I should share. This is one of those times: NYRA (the New York… read more →
Has Always Dreaming been nicknamed, “McDreaming,” yet? (Many of you are fans of the lovely actor, Patrick Dempsey, and his former role in the TV serial, “Grey’s Anatomy.” Dempsey’s character–a… read more →
In 2006, I met Racing Hall of Fame Trainer, LeRoy Jolley. Almost immediately after our first hellos, I transitioned from being a big-time fan of the brilliant man–into a rabid… read more →
It’s Kentucky Derby Day, 2017. This won’t be a long one–just a short piece, to note readers that, you may be at Churchill Downs, drinking too-many Mint Juleps with… read more →
So, your kitchen faucet has a slow drip. Not much of a drip, just enough that a) you keep waiting for the other proverbial shoe to drop; b) you KNOW… read more →
The Kentucky Derby will take place tomorrow, Saturday, May 6th. But it’s the Sunday of this weekend that I care about most, because, for one thing–I won’t be hungover like… read more →
Phew! That’s a long title, isn’t it? The problem with my brain is that it’s overloaded with information…some of it useless (hence my skills at Jeopardy!)…some of it, valuable…most of… read more →
Ah, (American) Triple Crown season. The time of year when we Americans assume that the entire world focuses on our horse races, alone–to the exclusion of all other equids and… read more →
Goldikova – the only horse to win three consecutive Breeders’ Cup races – was elected Monday to the National Museum of Racing’s Hall of Fame, along with jockeys Javier Castellano,… read more →