Molly Jo & Tepin with 2018 Horse of the Year, Justify
The Paulick Report is excited to offer readers the chance to follow along with Molly Jo Rosen as she travels to Uruguay and attends the country's biggest race of the year, the Ramirez Stakes.
These folks have earned the right to sleep in, but visit any track in the morning and you’re guaranteed to see the best riders in the country on every caliber of racehorse. Because jockeys are a rare breed.
Go to any track for afternoon racing and you’ll see the pony horses lined up in the tunnel with children (and adults) petting them between races. Then there’s Cecil Borel.
Horse racing is inherently rhythmic: it is hearts pulsing and hooves pounding, heads turning and hands moving, sweat dripping and legs tangling.
Horse racing is a sport generally ignored by the mainstream news media but for maybe twice a year. So pardon me for thinking it’s a nice treat when everyone turns their focus on the biggest draw our sport has.
Mine That Bird has been a fairy tale, both for his owners and the sport in general. But whereas some people will say Cinderella, I say Paddington Bear.
