Here & There: Feb. 5
Winter showed its ugly face again this week in much of the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic with cold and snow leading many to daydream about warm afternoons on steeplechase courses or at racetracks in Florida and California.
Here & There: Jan. 28
Snowstorms and blizzards, blizzards and snowstorms. That’s the buzz pretty much everywhere on the eastern side of the country, not counting those hardy souls gutting it out in South Florida.
Here & There: Jan. 20
Spanning the globe – literally this week – to come up with the best quips and quotes from the world of racing.
Here & There: January 13
Racing is off to its usual fast start to January and the New Year with early buzz for the 3-year-old division, optimism that last year’s sophomores will return to form in 2015 and anticipation for the 2014 Eclipse Awards this weekend at Gulfstream Park.
Here & There: Dec. 16
The year is winding down, so what better time than to start reflecting on another season in the world of racing?
Here & There: November 5
The weekend that was saw upsets galore at the 2014 Breeders’ Cup World Championships in California and plenty of steeplechase and timber racing in Pennsylvania, Georgia and Virginia.
People’s Choice: Icabad Crane wins crown
It’s official. Icabad Crane is “America’s Most Wanted Thoroughbred.” Graham and Anita Motion’s up-and-coming event horse bested competitors from nine other disciplines Sunday at Pimlico Race Course during the Retired Racehorse Project’s Thoroughbred Makeover and National Symposium.
New Challenge for Icabad Crane
Icabad Crane is continuing his steady progress up the ladder in three-day eventing. He makes his debut at training level today at the Fair Hill Summer Horse Trials with Olympian Phillip Dutton in the saddle. During a recent visit, Dutton had plenty to say about Icabad Crane – his education, his work ethic, and his ever-burgeoning fan base.
Now he’s an ‘event horse’
Just back from international competition at the Luhmuhlen CCI four-star in Germany, Phillip Dutton was admittedly pleased and impressed with Icabad Crane’s progress over the past few weeks.
Watch Icabad Crane
Step One. Step Two. Step Three. Step Four. And so on. The process of converting a Thoroughbred racehorse to a Thoroughbred eventer requires many moments of learning, training, progressing.
