Jockey Pietro Moran, 20, would make history one way or another in the $1 million King’s Plate Aug. 16 at Woodbine as he joined his father, David, as the first-ever father-son duo to ride in the first jewel of the Canadian Triple Crown.
Carrie Wood yearned for a horse when she was growing up. She used to pore through the Washington Post classified section, circle ads for horses that were for sale, and leave them on her father’s desk.
“I had hopes,” she said. “I had hopes that someday we could have a horse.”
Christon Jackson, a 24-year-old native of Lexington, was destined to become involved with horses, one breed or another. Jackson grew up surrounded by Arabians and Saddlebreds bred by his parents. From a young age, he was hands-on with horses and frequently in the saddle. The summer before entering the University of Kentucky, where he would graduate in 2023 with degrees in agricultural economics and business/managerial economics, he worked on a Kentucky breeding farm.
Kentucky native Mike Pegram, a long-time owner best known for coming within a nose of winning the Triple Crown with Real Quiet in 1998, will be honored with the Laffit Pincay Jr.
America’s Best Racing has launched a monthly series to celebrate women in racing, explore the challenges they face in what has been a male-dominated industry, and highlight their achievements.
Adversity provides the greatest test of a leader. Cate Masterson, director of the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame, aces the test.
