I have been working as a turf writer for a few years now, but long before my days at the keyboard, I was a horse-crazy kid growing up in a land of ardent college football fans. The few times I went to the racetrack were hours spent taking all of it in, absorbing every detail – the sights, the sounds, even the smells – for later, when it was all done, memories to sustain me until the next time.
Tag: The Life
Life After the Racetrack: Retired Jockey Abel Castellano Turns Investigator
The shimmering gold lettering reads, “Jockey’s Quarters” at Keeneland Race Course. It’s like a gate where riders break to catch their mounts, and willingly sign autographs upon their return. The location is an inner sanctum, and not a place that’s seen much by the outside world. Coming out into the fray, the Breeders’ Cup weekend is nothing short of a hive of activity as the Keeneland green jacket corps secure the perimeter.
Champion Whitmore Returned to Scene of Greatest Victory for NBC’s Brothers
Champion Whitmore may be retired, but he got in on the Breeders’ Cup action Nov. 5 at Keeneland Race Course nevertheless.
Thoroughbreds a Labor of Love for Connections of Japanese Filly and Mare Sprint Hopeful
There is something special about having one’s homebred horse running in the 2022 Breeders’ Cup. For prominent Japanese businessman Koji Maeda, his North Hills Co.
