Helicopter

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From September 2023 Issue

Written by Maggie Kimmitt

In a career spanning more than 40 years, Barbara Luna has influenced a multitude of facets of the Thoroughbred industry. The New Jersey native rode retired racehorses as a child and loved attending the races at Monmouth Park as a teenager. Walking hots in college led to breaking yearlings at Xalapa Farm for late trainer John Ward Jr. while attending graduate school at the University of Kentucky. Next came a job galloping horses at Keeneland and working in the research department of The Blood-Horse magazine.

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Melind's Adam

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From July 2023 Issue

Written by Maggie Kimmitt

Blame it all on Fusaichi Pegasus. Eleven-year-old Carrie Schein was watching her first Kentucky Derby broadcast in May 2000 when the image of a striking mahogany bay colt in the paddock splashed across her TV screen. At that point, all she knew about racing was that she loved Thoroughbreds. Schein immediately fell in love and declared the horse her choice to win the race.

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Tahir

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From May 2023 Issue

Written by Maggie Kimmitt

After her first trip to Aiken, S.C., in 2008, Christy Heffner put relocating to the area at the top of her bucket list. Eleven years later, she achieved the goal. 

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Leather Gloves

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From May 2023 Issue

Written by Maggie Kimmitt

Natalie Wales was almost giddy, and the smile on her face came through in her voice. 

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Ron's Partner

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From April 2023 Issue

Written by Maggie Kimmitt

Talk about a tough act to follow. Ron’s Partner, a son of Partner’s Hero and the Norquestor mare Vee Vee Star, came into this world April 15, 2004. That was the year his older half-brother, Declan’s Moon, took the West Coast by storm.

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Sam Sullivan

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From March 2023 Issue

Written by Maggie Kimmitt

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Talk Show Man

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From February 2023 Issue

Written by Maggie Kimmitt

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Lochte

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From January 2023 Issue

Written by Maggie Kimmitt

It’s a long way from the glamour of Saratoga’s select yearling sale and the glitz of the Gulfstream Park winner’s circle to the bucolic Mt. Carmel Hounds hunt field in Baltimore County, Md. Call it the road less traveled. But that’s exactly the path multiple graded stakes winner Lochte took en route to his forever home with veterinarian Dr. Trevor Wells.

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