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The words of race caller Dave Rodman as She’s A Gold Mine, owned and bred by Live Oak Plantation was smoking her opponents by about three lengths.  Many congratulations to all.

Alice sent this photo of him playing with his ball.  He’s enjoying the California lifestyle!

Jane Buchanan bought Pulpitarian at the January Keeneland sales to go to Scotland where he will be trained by a top trainer for what they call ‘dual purpose’ racing.  That is when they run on the flat and over jumps (not at the same time)!  This is a photo of him at the farm before […]

Becky Hitchens was Better Talk Now’s hotwalker for the time he was in training.  She was 75 when she left 5 years ago and she died a couple of weeks ago at 80.  She so missed being with the horses but frailty forced her to give them up.  It’s a shame I don’t have a […]

Carrie Gilbert was visiting Florida last weekend and found out, like everyone who’s ever met him, that Animal Kingdom is a total ham!  He loves people, attention and photos!  This is him the day before his race at Palm Meadows and looking the perfection of good behaviour on race day.           […]

Two half-sisters, totally different!  Appealing Cat is on the left and Cat’s Holiday is the right.  Camille, our Assistant at Tampa took the photo just before Cat’s Holiday was about to leave to go across the state to Palm Meadows.  Incidentally, Carolann’s (holding Appealing Cat) nickname is Cat!  Both fillies are owned by George Strawbridge, […]

Kendrick Carmouche was one of a handful of the jockeys in Flash Fever’s race today who rode a sensible race.  The front runners went off like they were trying to catch a train while Kendrick brought up the rear and picked them off one by one when they started slowing down.  One jockey got off at the […]

I always say you have to ride a horse at least once to get to know them (even during morning exercise), and that showed greatly today with Animal Kingdom in the Gulfstream Park Handicap (Grade 1).  There was a slow pace up front, Joel Rosario realized it and thought he’d ‘niggle’ AK into position.  ‘Niggling’ to AK means GO.  Before […]

Leigh and Arnaud Delacour gave the following update….. Erasmo had a surgery, maybe two weeks ago, to remove a piece of skull to remove the pressure.   He has been stable and shown small signs of improvement since.   He can open his eyes and squeeze your hand.  However, due to the ventilator he has some respiratory […]

Rebecca Kelly has been a foreman at Fair Hill for the past 8 years.  Foremen get forgotten but they are an integral part of the day to day operation.  Here is Becky with her ‘helper’ Lily!  Photos by Kathee Rengert.                     Below is Robbie on Heat […]