Animal Kingdom’s ride heads to Dubai
In another month, it will be about two years. . .Graham Motion stood at the rail of the dirt track at Fair Hill Training Center and waited for Wood Memorial winner Toby’s Corner.
Joe Clancy
Sheppard still plying trade
To put trainer Jonathan Sheppard’s standing in American steeplechasing in perspective, he won his first championship in 1970 and his first-call jockey for 2013, Darren Nagle, was born in 1987.
My Fantasy Nightmare Stable
I think it was my idea and it went something like this: “Hey, remember that My Fantasy Stable game ad we ran in Saratoga? Why don’t we play? Start a league, get the boys and a few other people. It will be fun.” Now look. I’m in sixth place in a contest led by an … Read more
Obituary: Jessica Gay Bell
Jessica Gay Bell, beloved wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and friend, born August 20, 1922 in Lexington, Kentucky, passed away on March 14 in Naples, Florida, after a brief illness.
Jump season coming to life
Tick, tick, tick…the alarm clock is about to go on the American steeplechase season. And you can tell by the action on the farms and tracks of the Mid-Atlantic.
Worth the Headache
If you don’t have a concussion before you take the imPACT test, you might feel like you have one afterward. The 20-minute session tests your memory, your reaction time, your ability to recall seemingly basic facts like shapes, numbers and words. But it’s not easy. To get a feel for what jockeys will deal with … Read more
Jump jocks get new concussion test
Gregg Morris thought about it a minute, but knew the answer.
A January visit to Cheltenham
“But one discarded dreams and got dressed, and made what one could of the day.”
– Dick Francis, Whip Hand
Declan’s Moon shows off for all Thoroughbreds
Fort Larned wasn’t the only Thoroughbred superstar running around loose Saturday evening. The Breeders’ Cup Classic winner (who lost jockey Brian Hernandez after a stumble at the gate in the Gulfstream Park Handicap) had company, way up in Maryland.
