Barbara Livingston

There is a comfort to a traditional horse farm, the type that lacks bells and whistles and chandeliers. The moment you step onto Stone Farm, with its touches accented with grey and yellow, you feel as if you’ve stepped back in time. The farm’s simple motto: “We’re trying to raise you a good horse.”

A photographic tribute to some of our beloved Thoroughbreds who passed away in 2010 Personal Ensign (1984 - 2010) with Randy Romero up (L) in 1987 at Belmont Park and with Gus Koch at Claiborne Farm in 2006:   Proper Reality (1985 - 2010) with Jerry Bailey after 1989 Met Mile (L) and in 2005 at Kilkerry Farm:

Happy holidays from Saratoga Springs, NY!  Here's to many exciting races, and winning bets, in 2011!  Feel free to share these with others.....   - Barbara Blame: Rachel Alexandra: Zenyatta:

The genial bay gelding tosses his head when the groom unclasps the shank, then slowly wheels around and breaks into a measured jog along the fence line. In an adjacent paddock, a youngster posts a playful challenge. With that, the gelding pins his ears, drops his head and, with sycamore leaves rustling beneath his hooves, breaks into a careful gallop.

My memories of Mack Miller are not generally specific moments so much as moments in time – a time that seems surreal, with soft edges, like a Vaughn Flannery painting.