re: Tough On Turf: Glen Hill Farm - By Lenny Shulman

WinngColrz — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 15:06:31 GMT

I worked for Glen Hill Farm and Tom Proctor at Santa Anita in 1991-92. One Dreamer was a nonstarted 3 yo at the time. She had a puppy dog personality and everyone loved her. Certainly didn't expect her to turn out the way she did! She had a SW 1/2 sister named Lonely Girl who did NOT have the same personality whatsoever (and I still have the scar to prove it).

Other notable 3 yo's in the barn at the time were Media Plan (sold privately to the MC Hammer entourage), and I'm blanking out at a chestnut colt that won his first 2 starts impressively and we all thought "here's our Derby horse" then of course got hurt. He came back as an older gelding also ending up on the turf and being very successful at AP in stakes. Can't even find a media listing of prior stakes to refresh my memory (oh no!)

Anyway it was refreshing to work for such a nice farm and who nearly always had live horses you were proud of.

Lisa J

OKC

re: Tough On Turf: Glen Hill Farm - By Lenny Shulman

7 1/2 Furlongs — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 16:06:23 GMT

Lenny Shulman -

This is my first time corresponding with your column.

I hope all is well in Lexington.

My first visit to the race track occurred at the Hollywood Park

Spring/Summer Meet in 1970. One of the few races that I remember at this meet was a grass race won by a filly, named Lead Time and owned by Glen Hill Farm, at the seldom-run distance of 7.5 furlongs.

I'm able to recall this race due to the unusual distance and the distinctive colors of the silks for the winning owner.

As far as horse owners go, there have been more high-profile outfits with super star horses over the years, but Glen Hill Farm has seemingly outlasted many of them.

During my early years following horses, I remember the performances of Glen Hill runners, such as Convenience, Copying, Relaunch, and Major Impact.

Also, another real star of the Glen Hill operation was trainer Willard Proctor. He was and remains one of the most respected trainers in California racing.

I'm glad that he passed on his training skills to his son(s) and hope there are more trainers with the Proctor name to carry on the Glen Hill success.

The careers of horses, jockeys, and trainers come and go, so it's good to see a constant over forty years in horse racing like Glen Hill Farm. I'll never forget the orange-black-yellow silks.

Thank you for the great article.