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Joe Clancy In four hours, I’ll be standing in front of a University of Delaware senior-level business class talking about change in the media. How did the Internet affect your business? What shall I say? I’ll be tempted to start with saying how the last three days of emails I sent never actually got to their destination and … Read more
Snow in Virginia and parts of Maryland. Nothing but rain farther north. One point-to-point held. Another postponed.
American conqueror of the English Grand National Crompton “Tommy” Smith died Tuesday at his home in Maryland at 74. Smith rode Thoroughbred Hall of Famer Jay Trump to three victories in the Maryland Hunt Cup and then became the first American jockey to win the famed English Grand National Steeplechase at Aintree in 1965.
Still tall, still long, still observant, Mucho Macho Man stood in the back of his new stall at Fair Hill Training Center and watched. The back wall isn’t really a wall, it’s an oversized metal screen (think equine picture window), so there’s plenty to see.
As Mike Trombetta put it, “I could have started walking to the car and gone home before he’d gone an eighth of a mile.”
It’s 10:13 Monday night and she’s lying next to me, chewing an ice cube. She’s been asleep for hours, which means I probably won’t be. She grumbles, groans, yawns, stretches, rolls on her side, flips on her back, gets up, shakes, scratches, looks for that long-melted ice cube. Clearly bored – and wide awake – she … Read more
Sunday afternoon/evening. Breakfast? Check. Morning run? Check. Dog walk? Check. Kids distracted? Yes. Pull up a chair and a laptop/iPad/gizmo and dive into the old stuff. Yes, it’s Archive Sunday. We don’t have everything we’ve ever written on here, but we’ve got a few. Enjoy the rewind.
Back in November, trainer Mike Trombetta called jockey Julian Pimentel and kept it simple. “This first-timer you’re on for me today, you’re going to like him,” Trombetta said. “I don’t know what else you’re going to think of him, but you’re going to like him.”
Editor’s Note: Maggie Kimmitt goes way back with Chris Antley, the mercurial jockey who was recently named a 2013 finalist for the National Museum of Racing’s Hall of Fame. Antley won 3,480 races and dazzled the sport; he also battled demons and died too young…
Thisishorseracing.com? Sure, it’s a big name, and a big idea. It’s also a lot to live up to, and something we’re excited about. But it’s not intended to be everything to all people or even everything to horse racing.
