27 Dec 2010 12:46 PM
Our Mims has many famous residents boarded at its Paris, Ky. facility, including Lotka, a full sister to Alydar....
10 Dec 2010 3:54 PM
I had a really neat experience on Dec. 2. After writing this blog last winter about Thoroughbreds in Tinsel Town, and interviewing Cari Swanson of Swanson Peterson Productions, my editor informed me that Arctic Bright, a white colt I had also previously written about had been recruited by that company to train for a career in the movie business! Rex Peterson, who is well-known for training horses in...
02 Dec 2010 10:49 AM
Like some Thoroughbreds, Smarty’s Gold, a 4-year-old son of Smarty Jones, just wasn’t cut out to be a racehorse. Trained by Michael Gorham, he failed to win in eight starts on the northeast circuit, and was shelved this spring with a minor injury after campaigning for just two seasons. Smarty’s Gold’s connections decided the chestnut colt may be better suited for a different career, however, and so...