Racing History Highlights – July 11-23

…Hollywood Park. July 22, 1999: Dale Baird, the winningest trainer in history, recorded his 8,000th victory at Mountaineer Race Track in Chester, W.V., sending out Midsummer Scene to take the…

Racing History Highlights – July 18-31

…race at Hollywood Park. July 22, 1999: Dale Baird, the winningest trainer in history, recorded his 8,000th victory at Mountaineer Race Track in Chester, W.V., sending out Midsummer Scene to…

Racing History Highlights – Aug. 8-20

…League’s Rochester Red Wings. Aug. 18, 1923: The Jockey Club announced that the owner of Papyrus, winner of the Epsom Derby, had accepted an invitation to compete in an international…

Racing History Highlights – Aug. 15-28

…by minor-league baseball player Jose Herrera in a 40-yard dash. The race, called the “2000 Red Wings Derby,” was held prior to a home game of the International League’s Rochester

Postcard: 2002 USET Talent Search East

…playing Blanche DuBois in “A Streetcar Named Desire.” That’s according to Judy Richter, who owns the farm in Westchester County, N.Y., where Peter rents stalls. Amy’s apparently quite a gal,…

Stop Saddle Squeak

Question:My light-colored show saddle squeaks! Any suggestions? ?Practical Horseman. All Rights Reserved. –Becky Schoeffield, Manchester, Md. Answer: Here are two squeak fixes specifically geared for light-colored show saddles, whose lack…

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Bulletin Board: 09/00

…Connecticut, although none tested positive yet. Total counts of dead birds for Nassau County on Long Island and Westchester County north of the city is over 2,000 each this year….