LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Nov. 20, 2023) – For the 14th straight year, horse racing fans will determine the most popular Thoroughbred of the year via online voting for the Secretariat Vox Populi Award.
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Trainer Jena Antonucci Wins Big Sport of Turfdom Award
The Turf Publicists of America announced Nov. 20 that the 2023 Big Sport of Turfdom award, which recognizes a person or group of people who enhances coverage of Thoroughbred racing through cooperation with media and racing publicists, will be presented to trainer Jena Antonucci.
Ron McAnally: The Making of a Masterful Horseman
Ron McAnally remembers one element above all others from the formative years he spent at the Covington Protestant Children’s Home, an orphanage in northern Kentucky. He will never forget the view. “They tell me I used to sit at the window and stare for hours,” he said. “I wouldn’t talk to anybody.” McAnally was at the tender age of 5 when he and his four siblings were sent to the home following the death of their mother. He sought comfort wherever he could find it, even at a window.
Kentucky Derby-Winning and Hall of Fame Jockey Bobby Ussery Dies at 88
Hall of Fame jockey Bobby Ussery, a Kentucky Derby winner who was ranked fifth in career earnings when he retired in 1974, has died in South Florida, according to a Nov. 17 Gulfstream Park release. Ussery, a native of Vian, Okla., was 88.
