My mini camcorder and I stumbled upon a fun side story at the Grand Opening at Old Friends at Cabin Creek. Resident retiree Zippy Chippy is famous for his record of 0-100. During his racing career, he gathered many fans across the northeast. When CBS Sunday Morning visited Zippy and his owner-trainer Felix Monserrate and [...]
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This is part of a series depicting my day at the Grand Opening for the Old Friends at Cabin Creek: Bobby Frankel Division equine retirement facility. You can read Part 1 here. A couple of hours after the Little Silver Charm Mini-Golf Tourney wrapped up, the festivities moved out to the farm in Greenfield, NY. [...]
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The Grand Opening celebration and dedication of the Old Friends at Cabin Creek near Saratoga Springs, NY, kicked off – er, teed off — with a celebrity pro-am, of sorts. The biggest celebrity of them all wasn’t there, but attended in spirit – Cabin Creek’s namesake and benefactor, the late Hall of Fame trainer Bobby [...]
Video showing Little Silver Charm enjoying his preferred sport – soccer Remember the days when celebrities names were attached to golf tournaments? What used to be the Bob Hope Desert Classic is now the Bob Hope Chrysler Classic. Near here, what once was the Sammy Davis Jr. Greater Hartford Open, is now the Travelers Championship. [...]
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It’s just about time for the Lexington Junior League Charity Horse Show at the Red Mile. The link to the live pay-per-view stream is below. AND … Hey, saddlebred and Kentucky horse scene fans – how many photos can you recognize? Video tour of the pictures on the wall at Fennell’s tack shop, located near [...]
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The stats are daunting. Only three per cent of the people who begin writing a novel finish, according to professional ghostwriter Victory Crayne. That statistic includes the first trip all the way through the story, often referred to as a first draft. After years of writing, research, blocks, travel, craft classes and colored sticky notes [...]
With renaissance faire season in full flower, we have a guest post from medieval mystery author Jeri Westerson. Now, it’s time to, well, get medieval. Take it away, Jeri. Man and horse was a formidable force in the Middle Ages, galloping across Europe and beyond to conquer, to destroy, to impose their will on their [...]
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Video of Dr. Bob Womack talking about TWH foundation sire Wilson’s Allen Each horse breed and equestrian discipline is the center of a universe unto itself. In each world, people the general public never hears about are well-known, even revered. Such was the case of Dr. Bob Womack, a Middle Tennessee State University education professor [...]
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The Virginia Hunt Country Stable Tour happens every Memorial Day weekend. If you can get to the Washington, DC, area, you might want to give this tour a whirl. After my friend Sheryl and I took the tour, I wrote about where we went and what we saw. But I didn’t tell you how we [...]
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Here in the nexus of Yankeemania and Red Sox Nation, in the days leading up to the 2010 Kentucky Derby, a local TV sportscaster stumbled over the name of the former Derby favorite. After the sports anchor paused, he pronounced the horse’s name – in the fine tradition of “rip and read” – by how [...]
