With the Xpressbet.com Florida Derby fast approaching, there is plenty to look forward to in South Florida for local and out of town racegoers. But once the races have been made official, where are you going to go for dinner and a drink?
In the darkness, it was a dire and desperate situation. No matter how hard the mare tried, her large foal was stuck and she needed help. Horse Haven farm manager Carrie Drake remembered each moment with striking clarity. “It started out and seemed normal. But he was so big that we could not get him out. We had everyone at the farm and the neighbors. We were pulling and pulling and pulling and he was not coming out. (It’s not good) when they go that long without oxygen. He was pressing on the little umbilical cord and still hanging inside his mother. I had oxygen on him.
Fans packed the racetrack in Hot Springs, Ark. on Saturday for a St. Patrick's Day card headlined by $900,000, Grade 2 Rebel Stakes at Oaklawn Park, which serves as the final local steppingstone to the Grade 1 Arkansas Derby on April 14.
Hallway Feeds in Lexington, Ky., has a history borne out of the rich Bluegrass soil in the heart of horse country. The company was formed as an offshoot of Farmers Feed Mill, which husband-and-wife business partners Bob and Bonnie Hall bought in 1964.
With each passing week, we inch closer to the first Saturday in May. This year’s road to the Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve, like so many before it, has already been filled with twists, turns, spectacular performances and several surprises.
