Author Archives: John Wilkinson

Q&A: Looking Between the Ears With Kerry Thomas

Each year, the Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale becomes the epicenter of the global thoroughbred industry. Pedigree analysts pore over thousands of pages as conformation experts dutifully examine every inch and...

Elisa Wallace Has a Ph.D. in OTTB

Elisa Wallace knows a good horse when she sees one. Problem is, she's capable of bringing out the good in every horse she encounters. So it was no surprise to find Wallace...

Arrogate Catches Chrome in The Classic

The crowd was ready. Packed into every nook and cranny of the Santa Anita grandstand on Saturday to witness America's horse, their horse, take his rightful place in the winner's circle...

Beholder’s Last Stand

Gary Stevens has seen some things. The kinds of things only visible from the saddle in a career spanning nearly four decades and 28,700 races. But in Friday's Breeders' Cup...

The Ghosts of Saratoga

Summer at Saratoga is like a spiritual revival for North American horse racing. Opened in 1863, this iconic palace of thoroughbred purity is America's oldest sporting venue still in operation. Horses thrive...

Yep, These Jumps Are Made Out of Sand

USHJA course designer Bobby Murphy has turned the Kentucky Horse Park into his very own sandbox, and he's invited the country's top riders to come play in it. The course Murphy...