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What attracted you to the horse racing industry? I believe it was a combination of several things.  First, I was born and raised on a tobacco farm in Tennessee.  We had mules to work the fields and, later on, my father bought me a horse to ride.  Thirty years later when my kids were growing up, I decided to buy both of them (and one for me) horses that we could ride together.  Second, I’ve always been a sports nut.  I use to enjoy playing and now enjoy watching all kinds of sports.  Lastly, horse racing has always fascinated me. …

With tracks closed to spectators, I asked our ambassadors to find a different way to engage the community. Over the past two months, we've had an assortment of activities: a mock award ceremony held pool-side (and virtually) in Florida, online trivia contests, history discussions, and an auction of thoroughbred memorabilia. Maryland ambassador, Don Walsh, suggested this aftercare auction a few months earlier. When creative alternatives for track meetups were requested, he offered to help run this auction. From our club members we solicited 37 items. Each club member suggested an opening bid and chose what percentage to donate to aftercare…

What attracted you to the horse racing industry? The first time I visited a racetrack, my mother was pushing me around in a stroller at Belmont Park when I was 6 months old in 1991. While I have no memory of being at the 1993 Breeders’ Cup at Santa Anita, my earliest memory of being at the track was rooting Julie Krone home in the upper part of the Monmouth Park grandstand at 4 years old. My uncle has been bringing me to Monmouth since I was a toddler, and I fell in love with racing immediately. My childhood basically…

Jeff Musgrove is one of our graduate club members, meaning he buys 20% or more of our horses! What attracted you to the horse racing industry? I was lucky to have a Father and an Uncle who loved horse racing and would take me to Pimlico as a kid almost every weekend. So, I grew up loving the sport and had a goal of one-day having ownership in a racehorse. My Father and Uncle have both passed away and I have reached the goal of horse ownership as a tribute to them What aspect of horse racing do you enjoy…

What attracted you to horse racing? Jenny: The very first Derby I remember, was when I was in Elementary School, it was the year Winning Colors won. Who wouldn't be hooked after that?! I didn't grow up in a racing family or near a track, so had to figure out that there was so much more to the sport than just the Classic races. That was all pre-internet and pre-TVG, so you can imagine how hard that was. On that note, I love that my girls will be able to say that they come from a “racing family”. Dave: I…

What attracted you to the horse racing industry?   When I was 9 years old I remember watching the 1968 Kentucky Derby on TV and even then, it seemed more glamorous and so different from the team sports that I followed as a kid in PA.  I did not fully understand the aftermath of that race with the DQ of Dancer's Image (for butte) but that beautiful gray definitely made an impression and afterwards, I followed the triple crown races every year.  Then, after I attended my first Preakness in 1982 all bets were off!!  And since 1991 I have owned the same Grandstand…