Before the grandstand fills and long before the day’s first race, there is a quieter rhythm on the backside. Horses move through the morning. Workers tend to the routines that keep a racetrack alive. And, often during a break in training, a voice comes over the track with a prayer — offering reflection, asking for safety, and sharing a measure of light for the day ahead.
Tag: The Life
Women in Racing: Montplaisir Nurturing the Sport’s Next Generation
Annise Montplaisir appreciates nature’s beauty and is known to work in her Lexington, Ky., garden until fading daylight makes it impossible to continue. She delights in tending to delicate young plants and watching them grow until they thrive.
On the Rise: Bella Rodrigues
Long before Bella Rodrigues became a consignor of Thoroughbreds, she was already well versed in buying and selling horses – just not racehorses.
Apprentice Taylor Kingsley Savors First Stakes Success While Pursuing Dream
Taylor Kingsley was in the midst of a smoky drive home from Delaware Park, where the races had been canceled due to poor air quality caused by Canadian wildfires, when her phone rang. “What are you up to on Monday?” her former boss, Hall of Fame trainer Bill Mott, asked. “Not much,” Kingsley replied. “Probably just breezing some horses at Fair Hill [Training Center in Maryland].”
