Dorothy Ours - Man o' War and More
Dorothy OursScratching that Thoroughbred horse racing history itch.
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Unhidden Gem
Upset's Road to Man o' War
Wednesday, May 28, 1919, Henry V. King of the New York Herald reported on “a strapping big chestnut” colt at Belmont Park who “probably will turn out to be a champion.” But King wasn’t describing juvenile marvel...
#TBT Shoemaker Said....
His stats are mind-boggling. in his 41-year jockey career, William Lee Shoemaker (Aug. 19, 1931—Oct. 12, 2003) racked up a 21.89 winning percentage from 40,350 race-rides and partnered at least 25 Hall of Fame champions. In 1993, three year...
An Odyssey:
Kelso and the Ultimate Cribbing Collar
When Kelso went gunning for his second Horse of the Year award in summer 1961, the Newspaper Enterprise Association (NEA) syndicate plastered the U.S. with a light-hearted pen portrait of Mrs. Richard...
#TBT More Than Enough
This is a previously unpublished piece I wrote after witnessing Saratoga’s Thursday, July 29, 1999 Sanford Stakes (Gr. 2). Wish I’d done lots more journaling during those living-in-Saratoga-Springs years. That era, though, felt plenty busy...
Kelso's Quest
Whisk Broom II, 1913.
Tom Fool, 1953.
Kelso…?
The question was a triple crown, but not one reserved for three-year-olds. New York’s handicap triple—the Metropolitan, Suburban, and Brooklyn—was extra-tricky. Instead of level weights for e...
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Wanted to be a horse—turned out to be a writer. Thoroughbred racing history geek. Books "Man o' War” and "Battleship" with St. Martin's Press. Chapters in “The Racetracks of America" (Saratoga's National Museum of Racing, 2025).
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