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Posted on March 5, 2008. Filed under: KY, horses, writing | Tags: horses, KY, writing |
A couple of years ago, I wrote an essay on spec that I sent to a Kentucky business magazine called The Lane Report . (No relation, BTW. My married name is Lane, though.) When you read it, you’ll be able to tell that it all comes from the heart. Here’s a follow-up.
I still go for [...]
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Posted on February 26, 2008. Filed under: KY, farm tours, horses | Tags: Creator, Kentucky, Old Friends |
The horse with his eye on the ridge ahead is Creator. (Let me know if the picture is too big and too slow to load.
He lives at the Old Friends thoroughbred retirement farm. He’s handsome, egotistical (horse people call that “studly”), territorial and cheerfully willing to bite the hand that feeds him. Of course, [...]
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Posted on February 21, 2008. Filed under: Bloodhorse.com, KY, Lexington, Smarty Jones, The Bluegrass, farm tours, horse stories, horses | Tags: Bloodhorse.com, farm tours, horses, Keeneland, KY, Lexington, Smarty Jones, The Bluegrass |
Remember Smarty Jones? (A picture would be nice here, wouldn’t it? ;-> Sorry – workin’ on it! )
Smarty won the hearts of millions in his bid for the 2004 Triple Crown. Was it his comeback story from a nearly-devastating skull fracture the year before? Or his charming senior owners, The Chapmans, who showed [...]
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Posted on February 20, 2008. Filed under: KY, Kentucky Equine Education Project (KEEP), Lexington, The Bluegrass, blogs, farm tours, horses | Tags: blogs, farm tours, horses, KEEP, KY, Lexington |
Let’s say that you’re a fan of Michael Jordan. And let’s say that you find out that he offers “calling hours” every so often in his home. Wouldn’t you like to know more?
Well, if you’re a fan of champion thoroughbred race horses and if that horse is retired in the Lexington, KY, area, you just [...]
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