Name: Edward Coletti Jr.
Occupation: Trainer
Location: Maple Shade, New Jersey
What are your earliest memories of big races or/and horses?
Secretariat winning the triple crown was my earliest memory of horse racing.
How did you get involved in horse racing and how did you get started as a trainer?
Name: Austin Solis
Occupation: Jockey
Location: Monrovia, CA
What are your earliest memories of big races or/and horses? My first memories of horse racing starts the day I was born. I grew up into horse racing. My dad is Hall of Fame rider Alex Solis. I was lucky to watch him race across the world winning big races.
Name: Roberta Smoodin
Occupation: Breeder
Location: Wilds of Northern New Mexico
What are your earliest memories of big races or/and horses?
The first horse I fell in love with was Secretariat, of course. His personality, his playing to the camera, and of course, his Belmont. I remember Silky Sullivan from early childhood, because like my beloved Zenyatta much later, he came from behind to win when he seemed utterly without hope.
Name: Kody Kellenberger Occupation: Exercise Rider
Location: Lexington, KY What are your earliest memories of big races or/and horses? Watching California Chrome and American Pharoah.
How did you get involved in horse racing? I started working at RimRoc farm as a groom in Lexington KY moving from Upstate NY where I worked with show horses. Mostly reiners and then hunter jumpers. My first riding job was at Kenny Mcpeek’s Magdalena farm breaking babies.