By Bill Steele In our July Issue of HOLD YOUR HORSES Magazine, I speculated on the outcome of a ZENYATTA vs. RACHEL ALEXANDRA year without them meeting until the Eclipse Awards. The scenario played out almost to script with the main difference being that RACHEL ALEXANDRA went for the Haskell Invitational instead of the Travers.... »
The Florida Thoroughbred Breeders and Owners Association (FTBOA) annual meeting has come and gone and the issues that were once hotbed items are just smoldering embers, except for one - the ballots. No matter where I travel throughout the county I have been approached and still... »
By BILL GIAUQUE No stranger to games of chance, particularly horse racing, Tony Goswell looked back on his life in the thoroughbred horse business. “I started playing the horses when I was about seven years old,” he said. “Before I would go to school, I would... »
By Ben Baugh It was his life’s ambition. And for over four decades Jonathan Sheppard has been living his dream as a Thoroughbred trainer. The son of a racing official, he would serve a stint in the Army and work at an investment firm in... »
In The Irons Saturday February 20, 2010 Gulfstream Park Race 8 RADIOHEAD comes with great expectations and his daddy made the surface switch rather easily, but the likes of D’FUNNYBONE will provide a stiff contest as the latter will be in good humor for getting back... »
Tampa Bay Downs Race 9 DIVA DELITE has shown talent and that she answers the bell every race and weather does not affect her. Value will be hard to find in this field, but SOUTHERN TRUTH should be included along with IMAGINARY SAINT who could... »
