This month Featured Artist is Nicole Charbonnet, and she cannot be described as “emerging” in the usual sense of the word; her reputation as a leading contemporary artist has already been made. What does continue to emerge, however, is Nicole’s…
The Kentucky Derby is raced the first Saturday of May at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky, however its popularity has stretched worldwide, even in its early years. Inspired by England’s most famous horse race, the Epsom Derby, the Kentucky Derby…
The afternoon of an early August Monday at Saratoga Race Course, celebrated chef Bobby Flay spoke of his passion about Thoroughbred racing. Several hours later, he backed it up, spending half a million dollars to purchase an unnamed bay…
By Larry Tritten I was expecting banana daiquiri weather – that picture perfect postcard conception of Florida with green palm trees highlighting sky and water as blue as the colors in a Disney animated movie. But when I arrived the…
He has captured four Kentucky Derbies, three consecutive Belmont Stakes, 18 Breeders’ Cup contests and is the only trainer to be a member of the National Thoroughbred Racing Hall of Fame (1999) and the American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame…
Photographs by Barbara D. Livingston Bettors gamble on Thoroughbred racing everyday of the year at racetracks all over North America. More than 25 years ago, the Thoroughbred racing industry gambled on a brave new concept: a single afternoon of championship…