Patience, loyalty, and a rare international spirit for high-quality Thoroughbred racing are hallmarks of George Strawbridge’s Augustin Stable, and Strawbridge has reaped the benefits of all three traits this summer on both sides of the Atlantic.
Usually meant for the holidays, eggnog needs your love. You can add bourbon or rum to any store-bought eggnog, but that’s like getting the ubiquitous whiskey and Coke.
Besides, since grocers don't carry eggnog year round, you must make your own. Take a chance and be the rebel to make these out-of-season drinks.
1. Eggnog recipe from an 1897 issue of Nursing World (slightly modernized)
After months of searching, you’ve found the perfect horse. There’s only one problem … people are telling you not to buy him because he’s a “war horse.”
Perhaps one of the biggest debates when it comes to buying off-track Thoroughbreds is if buying a war horse (those with 50 starts or more) leaves you a horse with soundness issues. Not surprisingly, buyers are leery about taking that risk but New Vocations Racehorse Adoption Program’s Anna Ford says the opposite is true about soundness issues.
“A good farm to know” is the motto of Hurstland Farm in Midway, Ky. That’s been true for almost a century since the farm, owned by the Nuckols family throughout its existence, began breeding and raising Thoroughbreds.
Monmouth Park itself is often described as a hidden gem of the Garden State. However, it would not be able to live up to that title without several areas that make the racetrack special. Here’s a list of must-see places to check out when you visit Monmouth Park for the 2018 Betfair.com Haskell Invitational Stakes on July 29.
