Barbara Livingston, chief photographer for the Daily Racing Form and a six-time Eclipse Award winner, opted for an extended Del Mar stay for the entire Bing Crosby Season after making the trip West for Breeders' Cup Week.
She had reasons other than it's sunny Southern California rather than New York City and “Where the Turf Meets the Surf” instead of Aqueduct where … well, there's also thoroughbred racing.
“I came out here for Cigar's race (1996 Pacific Classic) where he lost to Dare And Go, so that was sad,” Livingston recounted recently. “Then I came out for the Breeders' Cup (in 2017), and just the Breeders' Cup.
“So I wanted to come out and stay for a while this time. I know it's just the Bing Crosby meet, but it's still pretty spectacular. I can't get enough of this place.”
Racing fans have likely been aware of Livingston's work since 1971 when she first started aiming her camera and indulging a passion for horses, the people around them, horse racing, and the history and daily happenings regarding them all.
The general public got introduced to Livingston during Kentucky Derby week in 2017 when CBS sent a crew and correspondent Don Dahler for a story that wound up on the network's “Evening News” and other shows. Livingston has vision problems that she overcomes with the aid of special lenses in her cameras, enabling her to capture images that can fascinate and delight.
“Every day I wake up happy to come here (racetrack), every day I come home happy that I was here,” Livingston told Dahler at the end of piece. “Every night I go to sleep and I can't wait to get back here.”
The photos she takes during her Del Mar stay are destined for places on internet sites that bear her name or perhaps another book displaying her talents.
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