Scratching that Thoroughbred horse racing history itch.
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Twelve Furlongs, Please!
Let’s Not Chop the Belmont Stakes
September 7, 2026, the New York Racing Association floated the idea of permanently slicing the Belmont Stakes down to 1 1/4 miles, same as the Kentucky Derby. Most of horse racing Twitter aka HRT (horse ra...
#TBT Oct 4 or Oct 26?
Trainer/co-owner Harry Telford’s son aboard Phar Lap “like a pimple on a pumpkin.” Screenshot from The Mighty Conqueror (1931; NFSA Film Australia). Link to The Mighty Conqueror entire film:
Hello, all—here’s a puzzle! What day was Phar La...
#TBT Peeks from Phar Lap’s Melbourne Cup
In haste, as Mom would say—a little something #TBT. My latest writing and research tweaks touched on Phar Lap’s 1930 Melbourne Cup. And what to my wondering eyes did appear but . . . these Australian newspaper images from that legendary day...
Phar Lap, In Progress
Glimpsing a Rising Champion and My Research Process
Folks, I hope you don’t mind more Phar Lap while I focus on his extraordinary self and career (for reasons I’ll announce when that work is complete). These images from September 1929 (Aus...
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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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