Growing up in Youngstown, a small village in upstate New York, Tanner Reisman spent more time among cows than horses. But he had a strong connection with his late grandmother, a Montana rancher, so there was ample opportunity for Reisman, who is now 23, to gain an appreciation for horses.
Tag: The Life
Jockey Juan Vargas Making Most of His Chance, Grateful for Opportunity Aboard Coal Battle
Tom Pedulla is interviewing prominent owners, trainers, and jockeys as they travel the road to the $5 million Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve on May 3 at Churchill Downs.
Rare Twin Fillies by Oscar Performance Head Home Healthy and Playful
What looked like a typical day for Lori Hendrickson, who manages her family’s Meadowbrook Farm in Shelbyville, Ky., was anything but as she discovered around 2:30 in the afternoon of March 10. Hendrickson spied one of the farm’s broodmares lying down in a paddock on a day that hinted spring is around the corner. She knew the mare, Kona Kai, owned by Surfside Stables and in foal to four-time Grade 1 and Breeders’ Cup winner Oscar Performance, was due to give birth any day so she went to check on her.
On the Rise: Jodie Vella-Gregory
With a double major in psychology and political science from the University of Alberta in Canada, Jodie Vella-Gregory pondered a career in criminal psychology, but upon graduation in 2007 she spent a summer in Lexington and everything changed.
