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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? Karla – As a child, I devoured books on horses.  As an adolescent, I helped care for our family’s two riding mares.  I’ve loved horses my whole life and will watch just about any event connected to them.  Thoroughbred racing is probably the most exciting because it’s such a big stage.  Many of the names involved – both horses and people – are celebrities.  Like many club members, I was hooked by the sports coverage of Secretariat.  When Bruce and I had the opportunity to travel more, we visited tracks like Keeneland…

Kind of a Big Dill is happily recovered and training again, per our last update. His workouts are continuously improving and he is galloping into his first barrel series that starts in April. We are incredibly excited that KOABD, formerly Vineyard Harbour of WV Stables, has made such a wonderful recovery and is now ready to compete again. His trainer Samyi has been working hard to get him back into tip-top shape for his first competition. With only about two and a half months to go before the barrel races, he still has some work to do but is getting…

What attracted you to the horse racing industry? It seems like there was never a time in my life that I wasn’t interested in horse racing. Most of my earliest childhood memories are of spending time at the racetrack with my family watching the horses. My dad worked as a groom at Philadelphia Park for over 30 years and would regularly bring my sister and me on the backside most weekends and afternoons after school to watch the races and help out at the barn. My mom also works within the industry as a journalist and writes articles for several…

As Managing Editor of DanonymousRacing.com, John Piassek is responsible for creating and producing content, as well as managing a staff of 12 handicappers who post their picks and analyses of a wide variety of racetracks all over the United States. The site also features articles about racing from a variety of different perspectives among racing fans. John is also the columnist for Mid-Atlantic Musings, which is featured on DanonymousRacing.com. The column represents John’s passion for horse racing and an interest in ways to improve the industry from a fan’s perspective. In addition to handicapping the races at Laurel Park, John…