Day two of Equestricon started much like the first with a large variety of activities taking place around the Convention Centre, from panels to Justify's connections signing autographs. While the first day's focus for this piece was on aftercare and racing personalities, the second day's focus was on racing itself. That started in the Guardians [...]

Starting off Breeders' Cup week in downtown Louisville, Ky. Monday was the second annual Equestricon horse racing convention. The first day of the event attracted horse racing fans and owners from all walks of life attending over 15 Monday panels taking place on the Breeders' Cup stage on the Convention Floor and in rooms downstairs. [...]

When Canterbury Park started its racing club in 2009, its goal was just to educate racing fans in Minnesota about ownership. But in the near decade since it was formed, the club has proven to be an industry-changing idea with racetracks across the country following its model. “It never crossed my mind that other racetracks [...]

Nestled on a dead-end street about 20 miles from downtown Seattle in Redmond, Wash. is a facility every horse person dreams of. Passing a training track with a view of the numerous barns on the property as you drive in the gate, the Pegasus Training and Rehabilitation Center is a state of the art facility [...]

When I moved to Australia in July, I expected some things in the racing industry to be different than the U.S., but I wasn't prepared for exactly how different. I knew that speed was a main focus for many breeders, but the intensity of that focus didn't hit me until I moved to the Hunter [...]

While the weather in Portland, Oregon has been tough on horsemen, horses and jockeys alike by delaying Portland Meadow's closing day for weeks, the meet's current leading jockey is just happy to get the opportunity to ride at the track. During the last two Portland Meadows meets, 22-year-old Kassie Guglielmino sat in the top 10 [...]

Driving up the tree-lined drive at Timber Town Stables, it's hard to miss the empire Mandy Pope has created with her impressive bands of broodmares. Four of Pope's mares are turned out in front of the office, led by champions Havre de Grace and Groupie Doll. Both visited Tapit in 2015 and foaled fillies within [...]