Growing up a Cincinnati Reds baseball fan, I always wanted to play shortstop like Barry Larkin. So I naturally sought after his baseball cards. Including Barry's hologram card, his rookie card and every other special/limited edition card I could find. Baseball cards were just a part of growing up for...

Rob Dyrdek has competed in the X Games , set Guinness Book of World Records, and is an amazing skater period. He was born in Kettering, Ohio and used to travel down to my hometown of Lexington, KY to skate every now and then. A few of my friends would skate with him way back in the day. With Rob's location...

So it has been a while since I actually wrote words down as a blog. How is everyone? History is the key word for the past month. The time frame has held a lot of graded stakes, some amazing performances and lots of crisp, freshly written history. The horse racing world has also lost six or more legends...

A sunny day, low 80s, a stern breeze and landscape that rivals serenity. This is the day we were provided with to shoot a video piece to accompany our magazine feature on Dixiana farms. The talent, an incredibly wise and witty Ercel Ellis led the way. We were later joined by farm manager Terry Arnold...

After covering the Keeneland Septemeber Sale yesterday, I was amazed to discover there were ZERO seven digit horses sold. Compared to at least five on the first day of last years September Sale. The breeders/sellers and those involved in the sale were expecting the market to correct itself, but that...

Jockeys 2.3 Here is a quick review of the show and I would like to hear feedback of what you thought of the newest episode. How about the Dubai World Cup? The entire story surrounding Aaron Gryder and his attempt to win the Dubai World Cup was very captivating. The story included his family, the incredible...

Jockeys Season 2 I finally watched the first episode of the new season of Jockeys on Animal Planet, and here is my review of the episode and assessment of this season. I am hopeful about this season, because I was left feeling very excited at the end of this first episode. It seems the producers finally...

A few things... Jockeys season 2 begins tonight on Animal Planet! This video was brought to my attention via TheBrockTalk, who is a recent addition to the Thoroughbred Bloggers Alliance and a fellow racing enthusiast.

Karen Johnson's take in the recap of Day 2 - this is the first mention of the mysterious bidder of hip #151 that I saw. She called him an "interloper" 9:11 am http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/videos/watch/DFFA048A-2E52-42E6-AC33-42C4DA688355 Later the story emerged as our Deirdre B. Biles investigated...

Turducken had a debut 2-year-old race on Wednesday . Watch the Replay Turducken (Maria's Mon - Cool Chicken (Tabasco Cat - Chilly Chick)) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turducken http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/paula-deen/turducken-recipe/index.html --- Piratesonthelake won!!! Congradulations to the...