Racing History Highlights — September 18-30
…Sept. 23, 2000: The 13-day Keeneland September Sale concluded with gross sales of $291,827,100, topping the previous mark of $233,020,800 set last year. Sept. 23, 2001: The Keeneland September Yearling…
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Racing History Highlights – August 14-27
…in the Adirondack Stakes with his trainees Harvest Girl, Bonnie Empress and Drama Critic. Aug. 17, 1918: Samuel D. Riddle purchased the yearling Man o’ War for $5,000 in a…
Racing History Highlights – August 7-20
…Girl, Bonnie Empress and Drama Critic. Aug. 17, 1918: Samuel D. Riddle purchased the yearling Man o’ War for $5,000 in a sale of August Belmont II’s bloodstock at Saratoga….
Watch The Knees
…after a week and ride the pants off of. Many racehorses do start training late in their yearling year, with trainers arguing that galloping a young horse stimulates the knees…
Racing History Highlights – July 31-August 13
…1971: The yearling Secretariat was shod on his front feet for the first time and transferred to the Meadow training center for breaking. Aug. 3, 1989: Jockey Jorge Velasquez notched…
Chat Transcript — Louise Serio
…when the foal was six months. We taught it to wear a saddle and bridle. We walked it around. As a yearling, my daughter sat on him because he was…
Racing History Highlights – July 26-August 6
…favorites.” Aug. 2, 1969: Jockey Robyn Smith, one of the first female jockeys in the U.S., won her first career race, at Ferndale. Aug. 3, 1971: The yearling Secretariat was…
A Will To Live
…of her yearlings suffered an injury that shattered her shoulder. She was told the filly would never make it past the age of two and she should be euthanized. She…
New Weapons To Fight Lameness: 3 Case Histories
…#1: A fluoroscope find. “A few years ago, my ex-wife was looking at a yearling in Oklahoma,” recalls Dr. Donnell. “Instead of bringing the horse to my clinic for fluoroscopy,…
Horsewife
…Hamptons, we’re getting ready to hop on our polo ponies for some spirited fun before our appointment at the spa. Here’s the truth: with a husband, a yearling son, two…