all in The Life

Before the grandstand fills and long before the day’s first race, there is a quieter rhythm on the backside. Horses move through the morning. Workers tend to the routines that keep a racetrack alive. And, often during a break in training, a voice comes over the track with a prayer — offering reflection, asking for safety, and sharing a measure of light for the day ahead.

Recently retired NFL quarterback and Super Bowl champion Russell Wilson is set to make his official entry into Thoroughbred racing ownership Aug. 29, when 2-year-old colt Club Reign debuts in the first race at Saratoga Race Course.

Annise Montplaisir appreciates nature’s beauty and is known to work in her Lexington, Ky., garden until fading daylight makes it impossible to continue. She delights in tending to delicate young plants and watching them grow until they thrive.

Long before Bella Rodrigues became a consignor of Thoroughbreds, she was already well versed in buying and selling horses – just not racehorses.

Daisy Phipps Pulito knows what greatness looks like. She observed it, petted it, and fed it peppermints many times as a member of one of racing’s most distinguished families.

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