Jonathan Thomas: Of blessings, and hunch plays
The hunch play of the weekend may be the Jonathan Thomas-trained Catholic Boy in the Florida Derby, but there’s more to his burgeoning career than that.
The hunch play of the weekend may be the Jonathan Thomas-trained Catholic Boy in the Florida Derby, but there’s more to his burgeoning career than that.
From daring barrel racer to budding breeder and pinhooker, 26-year-old Sabrina Moore has had a racing journey driven by her and her mother’s love for horses.
We asked folks in Maryland racing — breeders, trainers, executives, advocates — what was on their wishlist for the industry in 2018.
A pair of Marylanders, Gabby Gaudet and Maggie Wolfendale, have become staples on New York racing broadcasts — despite the challenges of life in the big city.
In our latest Spa Diary: bug riders can no longer ride steeplechase races at the Spa. Why? It’s nobody’s fault, but…
For Keri Brion, assistant to trainer Jonathan Sheppard, her Saratoga bow as a rider didn’t go as planned when she was thrown in a jumps race, but only her ego was bruised, she said.
Pimlico stable manager Terry Overmeier has one huge job and not much time to complete it: managing the arrival and departure of 300 ship-in horses.
Gaston Grant and Isabelle de Tomaso couldn’t be more dissimilar. But their stories, and those of their star horses, Green Gratto and Irish War Cry, merged Saturday.
Trainers Mary Eppler and Lacey Gaudet come from different generations and backgrounds. But, lives linked, both find themselves in the spotlight now.
Longtime assistant starter Dominic Garibaldi has fought off cancer and a near-fatal motorcycle accident. Now he’s finding his way back to the game he loves.