Books
Horse came from behind to become an American icon.
July 1, 2001
When Lucille Parker Wright Markey died in 1982, she was eulogized as “the Grande Dame of Racing,” the woman who for decades had presided over the country’s premiere racehorse stable, Calumet Farm.
Aug. 2, 1994
Aug. 4, 1994
Sports
It was as if the lights on the front stretch of Los Alamitos Race Course needed time to wake up so they could illuminate the larger-than-usual crowd that showed up at 5:30 a.m. to see a big chestnut horse do a high-speed practice gallop around the track.
Dec. 15, 2016
Archives
Betty Mabee dies at 88; top California racehorse breeder
Feb. 16, 2010
Harry Holiday Patton, 76, world-class farrier who shod such major stakes-winning thoroughbreds as Jaklin Klugman.
Oct. 28, 2000
Churchill Downs track now ‘fast’; Union Rags the favorite
May 5, 2012
Obituaries
She and her husband, John, won numerous awards for breeding high-quality Thoroughbreds at their Golden Eagle Farm in Ramona.
Union Rags’ trainer, Michael Matz, has had quite a ride
May 3, 2012
World & Nation
It was not merely a rags-to-riches fairy tale when Carlos Cabal Peniche suddenly emerged on the stage of international finance this year as “a corporate wizard,” a relative unknown who had built a $1-billion fortune from less than nothing in just six years.
Sept. 8, 1994