Hopefully many of you were able to read the unique interview that John Shirreffs gave this morning at Keeneland. If not, here are the highlights . Shirreffs, who prefers to play things close to the vest...
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This year's Perfect Trip Award will recognize a Breeders' Cup Challenge race winner from this season's North American races that best exemplifies a "Perfect Trip". The winner will be selected from a panel...
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Balance won five stakes including three grade I races—the Santa Anita Oaks, Las Virgenes Stakes, and Santa Margarita Invitational Handicap. Raced by John and Jerry Amerman, she was trained by David Hofmanns...
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As of Monday morning, my most recent blog post, entitled " Zenyatta Wins Again -- This Time With Oprah " http://www.ntra.com/blog/index/view/MTExOQ , has received more than 6,200 page views and elicited...
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I will be the first to admit that I am not a regular reader of O, The Oprah Winfrey Magazine . However, more than 2.5 million people, mostly women, do read O each month. I also don’t often visit Oprah...
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This week, Zenyatta and Rachel Alexandra came together in a strange sort of way. On Wednesday evening, a framed photo of the Breeders’ Cup Classic winner, her halter and jockey’s autograph sold for $10...
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Life really was sweet when I recently visited Lane’s End Farm near Versailles, Ky. Their staff was wonderful about accommodating my photo requests. My plan was to photograph Life is Sweet as requested...
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When we launched the new NTRA.com in early March, we promised that additional elements would be phased in over the coming months. We soon added NTRALive! webcasts featuring broadcast quality productions...
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On Friday, the late Buster Millerick was inducted into the Hall of Fame. Be honest now, before you read about Millerick's accomplishments, how many of you knew anything about him? OK, then, how many knew...
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By Becky Johnston Evening gone to soon It is an understatement to say this sport has highs and lows. Even after 20 years, I am still surprised when the cold slap of reality strikes me firmly across the...
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