in the clear light of day

Of course the largest font on my author tag cloud in the horse fiction library is Dick Francis, who, as you most likely already know, was a champion steeplechase (or, more properly, National Hunt) jockey before he became an incredibly prolific writer. Having read all of his novels, I thought I had some idea as [...]

Read Full Post »

wow, they’re on it!

I love TheHorse.com, if only because it gives me such good blogging fodder:

California Adopts Steroid Testing Levels
by: Debbie Arrington February 29 2008, Article # 11422
The California Horse Racing Board (CHRB) took a major step towards banning supplemental anabolic steroids with the adoption of testing levels [...]

Read Full Post »

the horse chiropractor

Yesterday evening I spent at the track, holding racehorses for our chiropractor, Dr. Troy Stevens. Whoever mentioned that tapping on the forehead is a good distraction for farrier work – you were right. Although the horses like our chiropractor, we wouldn’t be calling him if they weren’t in pain, so they are generally [...]

Read Full Post »

the racing life

I am sitting in a wood shack, perhaps 6′x4′ and barely large enough for two people to stand in if they happen to be very good friends, with a portable heater running to chase away the wind that is finding its way between the cracks in the wood. There are three small windows: [...]

Read Full Post »