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...
by Tara Cochran This weekend all eyes in racing are fixed on Louisville, Kentucky, as Churchill Downs plays host to the Kentucky Derby. If you are traveling here for the big event — whether it be fo...
It seems as if Mark Casse has always been around horses. His prescience has been nothing short of phenomenal, having the vision and being able to realize his dream. The Hall of Fame conditioner moved ...
by Margaret Ransom Lacombe, Alberta, isn’t exactly the place anyone would figure the next generation of jockeys would come from. The Canadian province, which actually is well-known worldwide for hor...
by Ben Baugh An older sibling, an interest in livestock and exposure to the sport at a young age, were among the variables that were critical components in helping to direct the career path Journeyman...
by John Furgele “There’s a strong left-handed whip by Pincay, he goes to it time and time again, but Ronnie Turcotte has his whip put away and Secretariat has it put away.” — Call of the 1973 ...
