Winning Ponies

Patricia McQueen is an award-winning photographer, journalist and lifelong horse racing fan. She fell in love with the sport as a pre-teen watching Secretariat on television in 1973 and never looked back. Her first use of a camera was on a pilgrimage to see Secretariat during college, and that launched a photography career that now spans 35 years. She has never wavered in her admiration of the big red horse and followed his offspring at the racetrack whenever she could. In 1992-94, she photographed members of his last crop – at racetracks, training centers and farms. A few years ago she decided to launch a research project on Secretariat as a sire. She will tell us more. Bob Railbird Roberts will review 2017 and check out 4 graded stakes races on Saturday: the $200,000 Lecomte Stakes (G3) and the $125,000 Col. E.R. Bradley Stakes (G3) at Fair Grounds. Gulfstream Park's card is highlighted by the $200,000 Fort Lauderdale Stakes (G2) and the $150,000 Marshua's River Stakes (G3).