The upcoming weekend in horse racing offers a momentary respite from high-level stakes competition, following a week of memorable events at Royal Ascot ending June 18 and with the domestic Breeders’ Cup Challenge Series set to resume during Independence Day holiday weekend when two “Win and You’re In” qualifying races are run July 2.
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Thoroughbred Makeover Diary: New Shoes, New Saddle, and a New Outlook
This month has not been the month I had hoped it would be. I envisioned lots of field trips, making progress on Fin’s canter, and several more lessons. Instead, this was the month of appointments and worries. It has been hard not to feel down about myself due to the lack of riding, but this is all still progress, just of a different kind!
Fashion Tips: Make a Style Statement at Breeders’ Cup 2022
Whether you’re a casual racing fan or a devoted enthusiast, what you wear to the Breeders’ Cup World Championships is an opportunity to make a statement. Whether that is one of classic sophistication or an opportunity to showcase your own unique style, Breeders’ Cup is the time to put your best foot – or stiletto – forward.
Thoroughbred Makeover Diary: Getting Through the Rough Patches and Building Trust
I was a freshman in high school when I fell off of my first rearing horse. The image of the mare on her hind legs in front of me, with my butt in the sand is seared into my brain: deep in the recesses, but it’s there nonetheless. I don’t remember hurting after that fall. Maybe I did but all I remember is thinking, this girl is going to fall over on top of me. She didn’t, and I don’t even remember it instilling a fear in me those following years, but here we are, over ten years later, and suddenly I’m thinking about it all the time.
