Trainer Edward O’Grady dies aged 75
Edward O'Grady was a dominant figure in Irish National Hunt racing in the late 1970s and saddled 18 winners at the Cheltenham Festival.
Sit on the track apron on a given race day and conversation is bound to turn to the merits of one particular horse versus another. Easy Goer versus Sunday Silence? Affirmed or Alydar?
Of all the horses that have made their mark at Saratoga over the course of the racetrack’s 150-plus years of horse racing, one horse became synonymous with the historic upstate New York venue more than any other.