Maryjean’s view from the ‘dark side’

Former Herald-Leader racing writer Maryjean Wall, who has often been our partner when covering all things thoroughbred, worked at the recent Breeder’s Cup as *GASP* a photographer!

She outlines her days in Santa Anita working for Team Z and the Thoroughbred Times on her blog.

“But that’s what it’s like, I learned, on photo side at a major event: pressure, pressure, pressure, with far more of it than the writers experience. I’m not going to go so far as to say the writers are coddled in their press box. But they do have time to handicap and bet between races. The shooters do not.”
(Photo by Maryjean Wall, above. In photo at left: Front row from left: Enzina Mastrippolito (”Z”), Kirk Schlea, Amy Wallot, and Maryjean Wall; rear, from left, Max Morse, middle is Matt Barton, and Jeremy Lyverse.)

Hip 127, Keeneland September Yearling Sale

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Hip Number 127

Past Triple Crown Winners

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Winners of the Triple Crown from 1919 to 1978

On the brink of history?

Big Brown was business as usual the day before the race of his life.

Big Brown, Triple Crown contender

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The faces and paces of Big Brown.

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