Descendant of Sea Biscuit Saved

ARCADIA, Calif. — By the time a Thoroughbred enters the ring at the livestock market in Chino, located only about 25 miles east of Santa Anita Park, that horse has become anonymous. It doesn’t matter where it was bred, how many times it raced, or if it won or lost. Sharp buyers might know enough to check a tattoo, if …

Tranquility Farm’s Priscilla Clark to receive Award

Midway, KY — The Officers and Board of Directors of Thoroughbred Charities of America, (“TCA”), have selected Priscilla Clark as recipient of the “TCA Industry Service Award” to be presented at the 18th Annual TCA Stallion Season and Art Auction on Nov. 30, 2007 at Keeneland. Ms. Clark is being honored for her outstanding work and lifelong commitment to the …

A Place to Go After the Applause

By Erin Spry – Del Mar Times The career of a racehorse is as hard and fast as the competitions they sprint in. By the time a horse’s age climbs to the double digits, its peak racing years are in the past. But these born-to-run athletes, with 20 or so years left to catch their breath, are far from purposeless. …

Jay Hovdey Column

ARCADIA, Calif. — Lese Majeste, officially considered age 12, awoke on the first day of the new year to a whole new world. After nine campaigns and 190 starts in places like Belmont, Saratoga, Hialeah, Calder, Gulfstream, Suffolk and Rockingham–mostly Suffolk and Rockingham–he found himself in a roomy paddock, staring at the rolling hills outside the town of Tehachapi, Calif., …