Sunday, January 6, 2019

Hank the Cowdog, Trainer Hank Ack, and an Arabian Stallion Named *Zbrucz: The Brusally Ranch Connection

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By Tobi Lopez Taylor An Arizona Horse History Project Essay In 1982, a writer named John R. Erickson penned the first entry in his Hank ...
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Saturday, March 10, 2018

“Horse Racing Royalty”: Allison Janney, Ruffian, and a Ride on Secretariat

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By Tobi Lopez Taylor Just after Finest City won the 2016 Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Sprint at Santa Anita Park, NBC’s racing commentator L...
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Sunday, December 31, 2017

Celebrating the Man O’ War Centennial, Part 2: Arizona’s Own C. W. “Doc” Pardee—Plus Tom Mix, Gallant Fox, and a Handy Guy Named Sande

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By Tobi Lopez Taylor An Arizona Horse History Project Essay This essay is part of the ongoing  Arizona Horse History   Project  series, whi...
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Sunday, September 17, 2017

An Unexpected Encounter with Penny Chenery, Owner of Secretariat

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By Tobi Lopez Taylor An Arizona Horse History Project Essay This essay is part of the ongoing  Arizona Horse History   Project  series, whi...
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Monday, August 7, 2017

Celebrating the Man O’ War Centennial, Part 1: Big Red’s Arizona Son—By Hisself —Rancho Loma Verde, and the Casa Grande Ruins

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By Tobi Lopez Taylor An Arizona Horse History Project Essay This essay is part of the ongoing  Arizona Horse History   Project  series, whi...
Friday, June 30, 2017

Beauty and Class: John Schiewe’s Insights into Breeding Great Arabian Horses

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By Tobi Lopez Taylor John Schiewe (1950–2021) was well respected for his knowledge of Arabian horse pedigrees, breeders, and breeding progra...
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Thursday, May 25, 2017

Lady Anne Blunt and Her 1721 Stradivarius: A Master Horse Breeder but an “Excruciating” Violinist (According to Her Husband)

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By Tobi Lopez Taylor This esssay is part of the ongoing  Crabbet Chronicles  series, which also includes posts on Alec Guinness in Star Wars...
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