California Chrome extended his win streak to five in what looked like the easiest of victories Saturday in the Grade 1 TVG Pacific Classic at Del Mar against highly acclaimed… read more →
Ten years ago, Hall of Fame Trainer, LeRoy Jolley posed a question to me: “Who loves a horse more than a 13-year-old girl?” He asked because he–like me–was miffed about… read more →
Gotcha. I knew that, if I wrote that Jessica Bader Leonard would be at the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame on Tuesday to sign prints, you might… read more →
“All God’s critters got a place in the choir Some sing low and some sing higher, Some sing out loud on a telephone wire, Some just clap their hands, or… read more →
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 →