The Belmont Stakes
Covering The Belmont Stakes, airing on NBC Sports. Check local listings.
The Preakness Stakes
Covering The Preakness Stakes, airing on NBC Sports. Check local listings.
Kentucky Derby & Kentucky Oaks
Covering the Kentucky Oaks and Kentucky Derby Preview, airing on NBC and NBCSN. Check local listings for time.
Book Signing in Louisville, Kentucky
Join us at Selena’s restaurant for a book signing with Donna Brothers and Henrietta Pepper! Purchase your books early, and get them signed by the authors: Inside Track, by Donna Brothers Out of the Starting Gate, by Henrietta Pepper (A portion of proceeds to be donated to Backside Learning Center and Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance.)
Book Signing in Louisville, Kentucky
Join us at Selena’s restaurant for a book signing with Donna Brothers and Henrietta Pepper! Purchase your books early, and get them signed by the authors: Inside Track, by Donna Brothers Out of the Starting Gate, by Henrietta Pepper (A portion of proceeds to be donated to Backside Learning Center and Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance.)
2020 Eclipse Award Voting
My first high-pressure assignment of the New Year: Eclipse Award voting. While it is both an honor and a privilege to have a vote, it’s important to me to get it right. I take none of these categories lightly as an Eclipse Award win (or loss) can mean the world to the people involved. While I try not to be…
ANOTHER NONPROFIT EXPOSED: A READER’S RESPONSE TO MY ARTICLE, PETA IS A BULLY
A Note From Donna: This is an article written by Amy Hoffer, in response to my last blog post “PETA is a Bully” . To be sure, neither Amy nor I are under the illusion that horse racing is perfect. It is not. We can and must do more to protect the horses. However, we are in vehement disagreement with animal rights extremist groups that…
PETA is a Bully
(I owe a debt of gratitude to Dr. Larry Bramlage and Euki Binns for their help in validating research and statistical information for this article, and to @JennyPhoto for the supporting pictures.) I can no longer remain silent about my love for horses and for horse racing for fear of backlash from PETA and other extremist organizations that claim to…
Jockeys are Doing Their Part to Save Horse Racing
Lost in the melee and the aftermath of the 145th running of the Kentucky Derby is the powerful story of how the jockeys have come together to do their part to save horse racing. These same jockeys, during and after the 2019 Kentucky Derby, landed squarely on opposite sides of the fence of what trainer Mark Casse and jockey Tyler…
Thoughts on the 145th Running of the Kentucky Derby
The 145th, known heretofore as the craziest Kentucky Derby ever! I will endeavor to clear up a few questions I’ve been asked, and in the process bust a few myths and opine here and there. I’ll try to go in chronological order. Perhaps John Steinbeck said it best—even back in 1956: “This Kentucky Derby, whatever it is—a race, an emotion, a…