Award-winning author Margaret Ransom continues her series of Stallion Stories, which occasionally focuses on geldings. Previous subjects in the series include Seattle Slew, Silver Charm, Grindstone, S...
This year marks the 40th anniversary of Seattle Slew’s Triple Crown. The big, black stallion was the first and remains the only undefeated Triple Crown winner in history and ranks as one of the most...
By Richard Rosenblatt We’re all in on Fauci. Belmont Park begins its COVID-19-delayed spring/summer meet on Wednesday (June 3), and wouldn’t you know it: a 2-year-old colt named in honor of Dr. An...
Soon after Juddmonte Farms’ Tacitus finished fourth in the Kentucky Derby (boosted to third officially after the winner’s disqualification), his Hall of Fame trainer, Bill Mott, put the Belmont St...
The California Equine Foundation (CERF), the second-ever OTTB retirement facility in the United States when founded in 1986 and once known as the gold standard for OTTB aftercare, had its 501c(3) non-...
For the past five months, like just about everyone else whose life and livelihood is entrenched in horse racing, I have watched horses at Santa Anita in California die in record numbers and the owners...
All he had to do was look out his window. Marcus Vitali grew up across the street from Narragansett Racetrack in Pawtucket, Rhode Island. His father owned horses and would race at the track in Washing...
Almost since the beginning of time, man has been fascinated by artificial selection — the idea that through careful manipulation of the breeding process, one can achieve a more desirable result, whe...
Michael House’s Grade 1 winner Hunt has been retired and the gelding will likely take up duties as a jumper for the owner’s 7-year-old grandson, Gabriel. The gray Irish-bred son of Dark Angel, who...
When you drive through the spectacular countryside of the Worthington Valley, you can’t miss it. The early style cupolas atop the signature red-roofed barns and miles of white fences dot the Glynd...
