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On the authority of Spirit of Times, Fashion, one of America’s first great race mares and a member of the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame “is a rich, satin-coated chestnut, with a star, and a ring of white above the coronet of her left hind foot: on her right quarter she is marked with three dark spots, like Plenipo, and other “terribly high-bred cattle.” While the beginning of the unknown author’s description sounds less than flattering he or she states, “her great excellence consists in the muscular developments of her quarters, thighs and gaskins. The Interviews: Michael Blowen, Proprietor of Old Friends
Originally founded in 2003 by former Boston Globe film critic Michael Blowen, Old Friends today cares for more than 100 horses across three states whose racing and breeding careers came to an end. A “living history museum of horse racing”, the farm attracts nearly 20,000 tourists annually. Thoroughbred People talked to Michael about the operation.All Tracks Need To Follow Remington Park’s Example
It was refreshing to hear of Remington Park’s efforts to try to help solve the problem of horse slaughter. Trainers at Remington who are caught disposing of horses for slaughter will now lose their rights to stalls at the track, and therefore their ability to train there. Hats off to Remington Park for this. It is a step in the right direction. But it doesn’t go far enough. If tracks can implement…Australian Horse Racing Enforces Ban On Pre-Race Day Injections
US racing has a long way to go to become as clean a sport as it is in the rest of the modern world. Yet it now has even further. Australia recently implemented a complete ban on pre-race day injections of any kind. Here below is the statement from “Racing Australia”.Thoroughbred People’s Equine Legends Series: Flying Childers
Established in 1967 as the Norfolk Stakes, the Flying Childers Stakes was renamed in 1973 when another race attained the aforestated moniker and it remained a British Group I until 1979 when it transitioned to Group II status. Contested over five furlongs at Doncaster on the third day of the St. Leger Festival, the event is restricted to 2-year-olds and pays homage to the horse that is… The Interviews: Renowned California Race Caller Michael Wrona
Since coming to the USA in 1990, Michael Wrona has become one of the top racecallers in America. With an efficient, expeditious style that succintly provides both fans and industry professionals with the clarity and information they need as a race is run, Michael’s popularity has done nothing but increase over the past few years. Michael talked to us about how it all started and his experiences along the way.
The Interviews: Southern California Trainer Simon Callaghan
Up and coming trainer Simon Callaghan has made a huge impression on the Southern California racing scene since he arrived on these shores from England five years ago. If it wasn’t for a horse called American Pharoah, he would have won this year’s Kentucky Derby. Simon talked to Thoroughbred People about his experiences since coming stateside. The Interviews: Jeff Seder of EQB: Bloodstock for the 21st Century
Jeff Seder has been a pioneer in the field of equine biomechanics and the study of the physical attributes that makeup an exceptional racehorse. After developing a fascination with horses in his twenties, Jeff went on to create EQB and has since advised successful clients like Ken Ramsay, Bob Baffert and Ahmed Zayat on their purchases. He talks to Thoroughbred People.
Also referred to as Archy, Sir Archie or Archie, the dark bay son of the first Epsom victor Diomed and the Rockingham mare Castianira, was born in the spring of 1805 at the Ben Lomond Plantation near the James River in Virginia. Little did Colonel John Tayloe III and Captain Archibald Randolph know the foal they..
“I believe we lost by the absence on the occasion of one of Virginia’s best sons, who had a ‘rascally ague’ at the time,” the Honorable John Randolph of Roanoke said during a session of Congress after Sir Henry met defeat at the hooves of American Eclipse. From May 27, 1823, which was the date of “The Great Match