and now, for the Rest of the Story.
Yet another disappointing Triple Crown season withers into summer. Usually after the Belmont I like to go back and view, in depth, the images I made over Derby week and weekend. As with most shoots where your image count runs into the thousands, you can find hidden gems that were easily missed during the tight [...]
See Jack Play.
It’s kinda weird not shooting The Preakness, and next year I will. Just because. The track is the second oldest (Saratoga) in the U.S. , and the story behind the Woodlawn Vase is well, classic. Created as a challenge cup, the Woodlawn Vase was first won by Capt. Thomas G. Moore’s mare , Mollie Jackson [...]
Here and Gone… Derby 136
Another year , in the books. Surprising? Not really. With the exception of 2009 and Mine That Bird, us racehorse handicappers can always say that, not surprised. Super Saver and Calvin were a perfect fit for Derby 136 for several reasons. Let’s start with the trainer, Todd Pletcher. Zero for 24 in the spring classic [...]
Derby Is Here!
It’s Derby week in the Derby City. As the Kentucky Derby contenders put in their final works, the pundits, writers and hardcore handicappers start the tedius task of eliminating the pretenders, and a few contenders, to settle on their ultimate Derby Horse. With today’s exotic wager offerings, combined with the skewed odds of the Kentucky [...]
The season begins…..
The Kentucky Thoroughbred season has begun! As evidenced by the 39th running of the G2 Lane’s End Stakes at Turfway Park in Florence, KY… just outside of Cincinnati on Saturday 3/27. I must say, I visit Turfway only annually, and that’s to photograph the Lane’s End, a Kentucky Derby prep race typically run six weeks [...]
Keeneland
Keeneland Race Course is unique. Two week meets, twice yearly in the spring and fall. Some of the best thoroughbreds in the country show up at Keeneland. The fall meet is especially different with the influx of the UK students dressed to the nines
