Horseshoe Indianapolis hosts its marquee raceday of the year this Saturday led by the 32nd running of the Grade 3 Indiana Derby, one of eight stakes races with six-figure purses on the 13-race card.
Renowned photographer Barbara Livingston suspects Thoroughbreds view her as an “odd clicking person.”
Humans would more likely describe her as a wonderful clicking person.
Make no mistake, clicking sounds emanate from her almost constantly as she strives to record the magnificence of one horse after another, all the while brightening the dawn at racetracks across the country with her smile.
As difficult to comprehend as it might be for someone living at a time when statistics have become an obsession, there’s no way of telling exactly how many races trainer Frank Y. Whiteley Jr. won in his career.
Numbers, though, are probably the least effective way of measuring the quality of his work and the tremendous respect he gained during the 48 years he spent caring for the horses in his barn.
Last weekend, there were several stakes-rich racecards across North America, most prominently at Churchill Downs on June 27. Results from those six stakes under the Twin Spires brought significant changes to earnings leaderboards in several divisions, as tabulated by Equibase.
