Yesterday I was watching horse racing and the big news was a popular jockey going down in a horrific crash. The talk of the day was how in horse racing in this career you will fall, you will get hurt, you will break bones, horses will step on you, horses will fall over on top …
A quote from Race Day America, my morning horse racing news show, on Thanksgiving morning “The biggest question about weather today?Whether or not you have a double helping”On this 2103 Thanksgiving morning I was musing over all the things I am so very thankful for in my life.Friends, family, goat cheese, craft beers and the …
When I was a teenager I was not a rebel. I was in Choir and drama. I loved horse racing and since we lived two hours from the closest race track and my parents worked full time I was stuck watching it on T.V. Between these things and school, I had no time to revolt. Until …
Last week we took a little day trip to Santa Anita where we enjoyed dollar beers and I embarrassed myself. Just a typical day. First we took pictures of all the horse racing celebrities we saw. Here is the great jockey (Now retired) Eddie Delahousyee, next to trainer Patrick Gallager and John Henry’s Balls… …
When people ask me why I love the sport of kings I say its in my blood. My great grandpa was also a huge horse racing fan. My family migrated across the United States from Boston in the 60’s, and my great grandpa left the hard luck track, Suffolk behind for Lucky Baldwin’s beloved …