Risen Star winner Mucho Macho Man has been equipped in glue-on shoes in the wake of his losing a front shoe out of the gate in the Louisiana Derby (in which he finished a close third), trainer Kathy Ritvo said.
“He’s been doing really well with them,” she said, “so that’s what we’re going to stick with.”
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I grew up in Lexington, where Keeneland was your last high-school class of the day for three weeks in the spring and fall.
An Indiana University journalism grad, I aspired to cover either college basketball and football or major-league baseball. Instead I fell into the break of my life and got the horse-racing beat for the C-J in late 1983. Two year's later, I met my husband, trainer Pat Dupuy, a New Orleans native who along with being an invaluable live-in resource for the intricacies of racing also introduced me to previously unexplored delicacies such as crawfish and ice in beer.
Defining sports endeavors: I competed for Tates Creek High School's state gymnastics champions, played on the dorm team that finished runner-up for IU's all-campus kickball title and was hooker for the original Louisville women's rugby team in the early 1980s. If pressed into action, I can hot-walk a horse.
My mantra: There's never a bad Derby, some are just better than others.
Favorite quote: D. Wayne Lukas' "People have opinions - horses have the facts."
In this space, I look to provide a mix of news tidbits, opinions and my favorite hangouts near racetracks across the country. As I do at the racetrack, I welcome reader interaction and feedback.
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