A eulogy for Broodmare of the Year Leslie’s Lady
Broodmare of the Year Leslie’s Lady passed away Monday at the age of 26. Yet the doyenne of Fred Mitchell’s Clarkland Farm will live long in pedigrees. […]
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The time when a juvenile stakes overshadowed a shortened Belmont Stakes
In a news release announcing the date and distance reduction for the 2020 Belmont Stakes (G1), the New York Racing Association saved all of us a minute or two of research by noting that the […]
Lecomte: The short life but long legacy of a Louisiana racing hero
The only horse to beat the legendary racing icon Lexington About a 10 min. read. For today’s racing fans, the name Lecomte signifies the first of the Fair Grounds scoring races offering points toward the […]
Preakness, William Lakeland elected to Hall of Fame by Historic Review Committee
The National Museum of Racing’s Historic Review Committee have elected the racehorse Preakness and trainer William Lakeland for induction into the Museum’s Hall of Fame this August, joining contemporary selection Heavenly Prize. The class of […]
Racemare Correction sparked controversy in her day
by TERESA GENARO The child, sitting down with the old man close behind…had been thinking how strange it was that horses who were such fine honest creatures should seem to make vagabonds of all the […]