Archive for 2002

It was just a small ad, positioned below the previous day’s racing charts, in the sports section of my local newspaper…

My wife Linda and I retired about six years ago. I was a high school teacher and coach for 31 years, while Linda was working for the United States Postal Service…

What do you get when you put a mortgage broker, a commercial printer and a racetrack president together? You get three guys who thoroughly enjoy the experience of horse ownership…

You have julep cup wishes and Derby dreams. Your savings account boasts enough money to buy a racehorse and keep it in training. The Keeneland September Yearling Sale is calling your name, but you don’t know the ropes. Here are a few suggestions that might help…

Joseph Boff has had a love affair with Saratoga since he was a kid. The Utica, New York native went racing there every summer with his grandparents. When he turned 21, Boff started to rent his own place for a few weeks during the Spa meeting…

Last year, my father’s funeral was on Breeders’ Cup morning. When everything was said and done, I ended the day at Belmont Park to see the Classic…

By a veterinarian, out of a veterinarian, Carrie Brogden was bred for Thoroughbred racing. The pretty 29-year-old expectant mother has built commercial breeding operation Machmer Hall the old fashioned way, with hard work…

Like so many people in Thoroughbred racing, Richard Wira was introduced to the sport by his father, who loved going to the track. It didn’t take long for the son to become a huge fan…

Small Thoroughbred breeding operations can be found from coast-to-coast. Monetary and space constraints are often the reasons that these breeders send only one or two mares to stud each year…

Ponce de Leon spent years sailing around Florida searching for “the fountain of youth.” Little did he know that it could have been found at Gulfstream Park or Calder Race Course…