But for longshot pacesetter Dark Star, a rough trip, and a ride that one wag suggested took him everywhere but the ladies’ room, Native Dancer would be mentioned in the same reverent tones reserved for the 11 Triple Crown winners.
Category Archive: That’s Amore horses
May 05 2011
Derby week doings
My Derby Though we won’t, alas, have a starter in the Kentucky Derby this year, we will have a minor rooting interest: three two jockeys who’ve ridden winners for That’s Amore Stable. Rosie Napravnik, aboard 20-1 Pants on Fire , the Louisiana Derby winner, has ridden several winners for us, including, notably, a 2007 race …
Apr 06 2011
They grow up so fast…
Kids, parents always say, grow up so fast. They’ve got nothing on Thoroughbred horses. By the time they’re two, human babies are saying — over and over — the word “No.” Horses, on the other hand, are working on building enough graded earnings to run in the Derby. At three, human babies toddle about, testing …
Sep 10 2010
And now, for something completely different… a sales pitch!
Ya know, I generally don’t use this platform for commercial purposes. Usually, I try to give readers perhaps an insight into what the experience of owning Thoroughbred racehorses looks and feels like. I figure that if you want to know more about the partnerships we’re offering, you can visit the Come Racing! page at right; …
May 10 2010
Happy returns, and happy endings
This past week brought a happy return and two happy endings. Happy Return There’s unlucky. There’s star-crossed. And then there’s Homefire. The four year-old daughter of Domestic Dispute has experienced the roller-coaster of racing life: the lows, and the really lows. She made her debut in September of her two year-old season. That day, she …
Sep 02 2009
The show, going on
In racing, as in show biz, the show must go on. Which is another way of saying that the show itself is paramount — more important than the individual performers. Or, to pilfer a line from show biz, our troubles don’t amount to a hill of beans in this crazy world. When people ask me …
Jun 09 2009
Up close and personal with Rocket
The handsome young fellow in the video below almost immediately earned the nickname “Rocket” from the good folks at Country Life Farm who are taking care of him and his mother, The Big Four Oh. Seems he likes to zoom around his mom, leaving her exhausted. When we were there the other day, four mare-foal …
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