It’s Travers Week, and we look forward to crowning the next three-year-old champion of the mile-and-a-quarter “Mid-summer Derby” this Saturday at Saratoga. The race has amassed 144 winners to date, its earliest titleholder being a colt named Kentucky in its inaugural running on …
Two Horse Racing Heroes Featured in Deep South Magazine: Duncan F. Kenner and Abe Hawkins of Ashland Plantation
The Turf Times is pleased to announce that our article about these two Louisiana horsemen is currently posted on the Deep South Magazine website here! Interested in learning even more about these heroes of Ashland Plantation? Read more on our website …
A Legacy of Triumph: More Stories of Duncan F. Kenner and Abe Hawkins at Ashland Plantation
Last fall during a return visit to Louisiana, our Times editor was fortunate to visit the grounds of Ashland Plantation, located 60 miles west of New Orleans in Ascension Parish. We hope you will first read the piece about the estate that is currently posted on the Deep South …
Looking Ahead in 2014: Spotlight Continues on Louisiana Racing; Edward Troye Art Exhibitions at National Sporting Library & Museum
Dear Readers: Happy 2014! Here's to a new year of learning more about thoroughbred racing history. The Times has compiled a short list of highlights to look forward to in the coming months: Happy Birthday Wishes: This week marks the birthdays of not one, but TWO leaders of the …
Sale of the Champions: American Eclipse, Lexington and Reality at Keeneland’s Sporting Art Auction
Three works by the antebellum equine artist Edward Troye (1808–1874) will be for sale this week on Wednesday, November 20, 2013, at The Sporting Art Auction at the Keeneland Sales Pavilion in Lexington, Kentucky. All three are of great interest to the Antebellum Turf Times, the …