Horse Racing
Growing up in Saratoga, New York and in Kentucky, horse racing has always played a big part in my life. My father worked for the USDA Veterinary Services and regularly conducted inspections of the lavish farms around Upstate New York and Kentucky's Woodford County.
From an early age I was hooked on the sights and sounds, the action and drama, the characters and pretty ladies of thoroughbred racing. For my 10th birthday I asked to have my party at Saratoga Racetrack. What sort of kid goes to the track for his birthday, I don’t know. In high school my friends and I would play hooky, sneaking off to Keeneland for some education of a different kind.
As it turns out, ditching school has served me better than the algebra I missed. Whether by fate or coincidence, I ended up covering horse racing for Sports Illustrated, making my living capturing images of the people and places I once haunted.
