Archive for 2004

Outside, the rain comes down in sheets, crashing off the tin roof in a deafening roar. Inside, Jim Orr can’t hear the other horses in the long rows of stalls at Reber Ranch. All he can hear is his horse’s labored breathing. He tugs gently at the halter. “C’mon Norm, let’s get turned around. Let’s go home”…

The Ferdinand family line will live on thanks to U.S. Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-Ky) who has purchased three daughters of the late Kentucky Derby (G1) winner and champion. Ferdinand died sometime in 2002, most likely in a slaughterhouse in Japan, following an unsuccessful career at stud…

On the first Sunday of February, before Beyonce belts out the national anthem, Jake Delhomme will take to the field in Houston’s Reliant Stadium for Superbowl XXXVIII. Star quarterback for the Carolina Panthers, Delhomme got to the Superbowl the old-fashioned way – he earned it…

A new course at Hofstra University examines in detail the benefits and risks of racehorse ownership as an alternative investment vehicle…