Eddie Gregson

Tom Reynolds, a horse owner and long-time racing fan, has been named to the board of directors of the Gregson Foundation, the organization's president Jenine Sahadi announced Monday. The Gregson Foundation, named for the late Kentucky Derby-winning trainer Eddie Gregson, provides scholarships for the children of backstretch workers in California. The 501(c)(3) charity has been in existence for nearly 25 years. "I greatly admire what the Gregson Foundation accomplishes for the backstretch families," Reynolds said. "I strongly believe that, as a society, our biggest mission is to educate our children."...

As noted by colleague Bill Finley earlier in the week, we've just passed the 50th anniversary of Secretariat's sophomore debut. Yet even two years ago hardly anyone had heard of an unraced son of Tapit, meanwhile acclaimed by many as the best American Thoroughbred since. Okay, so he had been a seven-figure yearling; and everyone who had participated in his education knew that he was something special. In fact, John Sadler was so aware of the impending responsibility that he was saying nothing. For one thing, if people had any...