The only press releases that I pass along here on Talk of the Track are those that are so darned important that I want to spread the word, far-and-wide. Other… read more →
Forty-five days after performing the song-and-dance at the Kentucky Derby that earned him a boatload of incorrect reporting–and countless articles written by people who nothing about horses–Godolphin‘s Thunder Snow showed… read more →
I was just tagged in a post by a Facebook friend, Michelle Deyette Roddy, who shared a post that was written in a state of Justifiable Rage by another friend,… read more →
Terri Keith did a lovely job of honoring the late, great Holy Bull here on Talk of the Track. I can add nothing to that homage, it’s perfect in and… read more →
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 →