Horse Racing

History comes alive at the Library

pmg-ky2.com
 
History comes alive at the Library

Eddie Price gave a delightful performance as jockey Roscoe Tarleton Goose at the Washington County Public Library on Thursday, August 24. Price presented the life story of the famous jockey that rode a horse facing 91:1 odds to victory in the 1913 Kentucky Derby. Price, dressed in jockey silks told the story as Goose reminiscing on his life.

The program was part of the Kentucky Chautauqua program of Kentucky Humanities. Price, a retired high school history teacher, is from Hawesville and has family in the Bloomfield area. Price also worked as a part-time instructor at Owensboro Community and Technical College and is the author of the award-winning historical fiction novel “Widder’s Landing” along with several addition books including a series of children’s books. He is a member of the Kentucky Humanities Speakers Bureau and speaks or performs regularly around the state.

Play Dirty Dancing Slot
Recommended Slot Game To Play: Dirty Dancing Slot
BetOnline Casino 50% up to $1,000 Signup Bonus
Related
A Baker’s Dozen Great Books for the Horse Lover Around the Holidays

A Baker’s Dozen Great Books for the Horse Lover Around the Holidays

The winter holidays are defined by the joys and challenges of finding gifts for family and friends on your list. For many, a book is a treasure they look forward to unwrapping, one they can snuggle up with on cold winter days. Each year brings a new slate of books to add to your library, stories that immerse readers in names and places both old and…
Horse Racing
Horse Racing Picks and Odds for Mother Goose Stakes + Fayette Stakes

Horse Racing Picks and Odds for Mother Goose Stakes + Fayette Stakes

There's some highly-quality stakes races taking place at Belmont at The Big A and Keeneland this Saturday. Robert Criscola takes a deep dive into the Mother Goose and the Fayette Stakes to uncover the best value picks and plays. Photo By - USA TODAY Sports The final Saturday before the Breeders' Cup odds are decided features no shortage of…
Horse Racing
MyBookie
The Michael Jordan of sports betting learned to wager (and survive) in Louisville

The Michael Jordan of sports betting learned to wager (and survive) in Louisville

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- The scouting report says that I generally withhold book recommendation for Christmas gift suggestions. Some books can't wait that long. "Gamble: Secrets from a Life at Risk," written by Billy Walters and published Tuesday, is certainly one of those books. Some people move the pile. Walters moved point spreads. I can't…
NBA
Enduring Memories of the Great Funny Cide

Enduring Memories of the Great Funny Cide

It was less than a week ago when Santos, at the wheel and on his way from Louisville to Saratoga, considered making a detour to Kentucky Horse Park's Hall of Champions in Lexington to see Funny Cide, the 2003 Kentucky and Preakness Stakes winner ridden to victory by his father, hall of fame jockey Jose Santos. "It was tough hearing the news that he…
Horse Racing
BetOnline Casino

50% up to $1,000 Signup Bonus

Get the latest betting odds & lines for NFL Futures at BetOnline Sportsbook for betting on your favorite sport and snag a huge sign-up bonus.
5 Horse Racing Movies to Watch Before the Preakness Stakes

5 Horse Racing Movies to Watch Before the Preakness Stakes

The fabled Triple Crown of horse racing begins annually with the Kentucky Derby, followed by the Preakness Stakes and the Belmont Stakes. Only 13 horses have won all three races, most recently Justify in 2018. Horse racing has spurred many big screen features over the last century, from the Marx Brother's "A Day at the Races" (1937) to "Boots…
Horse Racing
Kentucky Derby favorite Forte scratches from race

Kentucky Derby favorite Forte scratches from race

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - Kentucky Derby favorite Forte has been scratched from Saturday's big race. Churchill Downs said that Repole Stable and St. Elias Stable's morning line favorite was scratched at 9 a.m. by the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission state veterinarian. (Story continues below) Co-owner Mike Repole said the state veterinarians had…
Horse Racing
RELATED LOCATION
State
Kentucky
State
Connecticut
State
Washington
5 Horse Racing Movies to Watch Before the Kentucky Derby

5 Horse Racing Movies to Watch Before the Kentucky Derby

The quest for the Triple Crown begins on May 6 when the 149th Kentucky Derby gets underway. The "most exciting two minutes in sports" is the first leg of the fabled Triple Crown of horse racing, followed by the Preakness Stakes and the Belmont Stakes. Only 13 horses have won all three races, most recently Justify in 2018. Horse racing has spurred…
Horse Racing
5 Movies About Horse Racing to Watch Before the Kentucky Derby

5 Movies About Horse Racing to Watch Before the Kentucky Derby

The quest for the Triple Crown begins on May 6 when the 149th Kentucky Derby gets underway. The "most exciting two minutes in sports" is the first leg of the fabled Triple Crown of horse racing, followed by the Preakness Stakes and the Belmont Stakes. Only 13 horses have won all three races, most recently Justify in 2018. Horse racing has spurred…
Horse Racing
Washington Capitals get it right with free little library

Washington Capitals get it right with free little library

The Washington Capitals look to encourage more reading across the DMV, especially among the youth. The Caps launched a free little library book sharing box located in the lobby at MedStar Capitals Iceplex, the team practice facility and headquarters. The library features various hockey titles as well as hand picked favorites by select Capitals…
NHL
Holiday Gifts for the Horse Lover: A Great Year to Give Books

Holiday Gifts for the Horse Lover: A Great Year to Give Books

As we count down to the winter holidays, the world shifts into gift-giving mode. Whether you light a menorah, gather around a nativity scene, or simply look forward to quiet time with loved ones, the focus is on finding and sharing something special with those on your list. As you plan your holiday gifts, consider the ultimate consumable for the…
Horse Racing
RELATED CATEGORIES
Category Icon
Category
Horse Racing
Category Icon
Category
Horse Racing: Kentucky Derby
Curly Jack Returns To Churchill Downs For Saturday's Kentucky Jockey Club

Curly Jack Returns To Churchill Downs For Saturday's Kentucky Jockey Club

Michael McLaughlin's $300000 Iroquois Stakes (Grade 3) winner Curly Jack headlines a field of nine 2-year-old colts that were entered in Saturday's 96th running of the $400000 Kentucky Jockey Club (G2), a "Prep Season" race on the Road to the Kentucky Derby. The Kentucky Jockey Club, run at 1 1/16 miles, will award the Top 5 finishers points on a…
Horse Racing
Undefeated Flightline leads group of nine pre-entered in BC Classic

Undefeated Flightline leads group of nine pre-entered in BC Classic

Steve Asmussen has been the trainer of record for more career victories in North American Thoroughbred racing than anybody in history. He's also has had his share of defeats, sometimes even with horses who went off at incredibly short odds, like when Jackie's Warrior lost the Forego at Saratoga Race Course two months ago as the 1-9 betting…
Horse Racing
Taking Stock: Dr. Settle's Dream is a Winner

Taking Stock: Dr. Settle's Dream is a Winner

As the story goes, sometime in late 1923 or early 1924, a Kentucky pastor, Rev. Dr. Thomas Settle, convinced some state legislators in Frankfort not to end legalized gambling in Kentucky by repealing parimutuel wagering, much to the relief of the Kentucky Jockey Club and other concerned horsemen. Most ministers may have taken the oppositie tack at…
Horse Racing
Parx Racing Picks & Odds

Parx Racing Picks & Odds

Trainer Steve Asmussen has won the Cotillion a record four times, including twice in the last three years. He sends out Society on Saturday. In what seemed at the time, and to a large degree continues to look like a very strong Kentucky Oaks field, Secret Oath was the belle of the ball. Though she has not won since that magical day at Churchill…
Horse Racing
Speaking in (horsey) tongues: an everyday language lesson in equine etymology

Speaking in (horsey) tongues: an everyday language lesson in equine etymology

A multitude of idiomatic racing phrases have long since entered common usage - as Isabelle Taylor illustrates Hidden in plain sight, horse racing expressions populate our everyday language. 'Neck and neck', 'in the frame', 'home straight', 'a run for your money' - quite simply, they're everywhere, to the extent that we've forgotten that these…
Horse Racing
Belmont Park Picks & Free Handicapping on Saturday June 25

Belmont Park Picks & Free Handicapping on Saturday June 25

With the NYRA Racing Festival complete, and Todd Pletcher's 1-2 score in Belmont Stakes now in the record books, it is time to turn our attention to the rest of the Meet. That runs through mid-July, which will in-turn, give way to celebrated Saratoga. There is much left to do in Elmont... so, tune in! Most Likely Winner: (Race 10: Sinfully Sweet…
Horse Racing
Ohio Derby, Irish Derby, Breeders' Cup qualifiers in 3 countries on weekend card

Ohio Derby, Irish Derby, Breeders' Cup qualifiers in 3 countries on weekend card

White Abarrio, seen winning the Holy Bull Stakes at Gulfstream Park, is among the Kentucky Derby contenders returning to action in Saturday's Ohio Derby at Thistledown. Photo courtesy of Gulfstream Park June 24 (UPI) -- Derby contenders from Louisville and Epsom Downs return to action in weekend horse racing and "Win and You're In" spots for…
Horse Racing
Tiz The Bomb Made 3-1 Morning Line Favorite For Kentucky Jockey Club

Tiz The Bomb Made 3-1 Morning Line Favorite For Kentucky Jockey Club

Phoenix Thoroughbreds' $1 million Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf (Grade 1) runner-up Tiz the Bomb was tabbed as the 3-1 morning line favorite in Saturday's 95th running of the G2 Kentucky Jockey Club, the featured event on Saturday's "Stars of Tomorrow II" program at Churchill Downs. Trained by two-time Kentucky Jockey Club-winning conditioner Kenny…
Horse Racing
A Decade In, How Are We Doing With Thoroughbred Aftercare?

A Decade In, How Are We Doing With Thoroughbred Aftercare?

A decade ago, the word "aftercare" was not part of the industry vernacular when talking about Thoroughbreds leaving the racetrack. There were a handful of nonprofits which had battled the tide of horses retiring from racing for years. The Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation launched in 1983, New Vocations Racehorse Adoption Program in 1992,…
Horse Racing
The best horse racing movies and documentaries of all time

The best horse racing movies and documentaries of all time

A former film student, Mary Dixon Reynolds, lists her top-rated horse racing films and documentaries. 1983 Before there were Winx and Black Caviar, Australians were transfixed by a big chestnut horse named Phar Lap. The horse reigned during the 1930s depression and gave the nation something its pride. Trainer Harry Telford, played beautifully by…
Horse Racing
Capitals Launch Little Free Library at MedStar Capitals Iceplex

Capitals Launch Little Free Library at MedStar Capitals Iceplex

Arlington, Va. - The Washington Capitals announced today the launch of a Little Free Library book-sharing box in the lobby at MedStar Capitals Iceplex (MCI) in Arlington, Va. The Capitals-themed book-sharing box launches today with various hockey titles as well as books identified by select Capitals players as a recent read or favorite book. It…
NHL
  • 18 plus
  • eCogra
  • Trusted Site
  • Game Care