Fade Out: Hollywood Park

Time and Space

From the Track Kitchen to the Rail to the Flamingos & Ducks

1 1/8 Turf Allowance from the Chute as the Moon Rises

Stacking chairs 

The New Generation

Fun for Free

The Posse is here - and Ma too.

Dependable Jay

Blueskiesnrainbows going to work

Blueskienrainbows on to win

Blueskiesnrainbows $90,000 richer

Looking North

I hope this gets put in an honorable place 

Meeting by the Hedges

Leave No Ticket Unchecked

Legend

Where the money used to go  after leaving your hands

Peace and Quiet

Mucho Macho Man & Gary Stevens September 29, 2013

Grandeur back on US Turf for Arlington Million

Arlington Million Stakes

Saturday August 17, 2012

5:44 p.m.

One and one fourth miles on the turf.

Three-year-olds and upward.

Purse: $1,000,000.

December 15, 2012

Grandeur and Garret Gomez win the 2012 Hollywood Turf Club Stakes. 

Interaction and Joe Talamo were 3/4 length behind at the wire. 

Flags were at half mast in mourning for the children and teachers who were victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting the day before.

Owner Yvonne Jaques 

Game On Dude

Hollywood Gold Cup 2013 

One million dollar gelding Game On Dude goes 1 1/4 miles with energy to burn.

 Mike Smith in the saddle.

The 139th Kentucky Derby Winner

ORB

& 

JOEL ROSARIO

The view from Box 315 at Churchill Downs

Governor Charlie - A Kentucky Derby Possibility in 2013

Gary Stevens & Great Hot

Gary Stevens on Great Hot in his 3rd comeback Stakes win, in the Santa Maria Grade II February 16, 2013

Gary Stevens and Great Hot try again in the Santa Margarita Stakes. It was a 4th place finish this time.

Eblouissante at Santa Anita January 17, 2013

Taking after big sister Zenyatta. Race #2 in her potentially record setting career.

The sparse crowd made as much noise a they could as she came to the finish line.

Corey Nakatani looks very pleased with the situation.

Goldencents on the Brink of Stardom

At Santa Anita Racetrack January 5, 2013

Goldencents, Kevin Krigger & Doug O'Neill. Sham Stakes Winner January 5, 2013. Currently 18-1 in Las Vegas for the Kentucky Derby

2012 Breeder's Cup for Gantry - in book form

Britlyn Stable Inc.'s Gantry came to Southern California to race in the Sprint. Here is a book I put together for trainer Ron Faucheaux from images I shot during the week leading up to the November 3rd race.

Pre-Dawn at Santa Anita

The grooming of the track. 

626 Night Market

This past weekend at Santa Anita.

FITNESS FOR EVERY BODY

Fitness for Every Body

I've worked with a local gym in Studio City, called Body Women Only, for some years now. This is our most recent collaboration. 

The billboard can be seen above the entrance to the gym on Laurel Canyon Blvd, just north of Ventura Blvd.

Some of the women in the family

Marion, Juliana and Jess 

Another hot day in Albuquerque.

New Mexico September 2012

 Eastbound on the Southwest Chief 5:46 a.m.

 The Sangre de Cristos seen from backstage at the Santa Fe Opera

             See the aspen trees on the lower right.

 The changing colors of the aspens. 

Day trip to Jemez Springs Bathhouse.  We were escorted through a controlled burn just outside of Los Alamos.  At the bathhouse the water comes out of the faucet at 154º

Borderlands 2 Production at Eagle Mountain

The Good Guys

The Bad Guys

Shot July 2012

Eagle Mountain, CA

It was a 4 day shoot with temps going as high as 120º

Fare Thee Well

No Triple Crown for this duo. Last Saturday the fans of I'll Have Another, Mario Gutierrez and Team O'Neill had one more chance to see them together. On Sunday I'll Have Another went into quarantine before jetting off to Japan for his next service to the horse racing world.  

When the duo won the Santa Anita Derby in April, everyone was invited to the Turf Club for a party. There was a DJ, girls in short skirts, guys looking to pick up girls, lots of drinks and many cheers for the winners. I was sitting in an alcove sharing a table with an older couple who were clearly members of the club. Upon realizing that the general public had been invited up to the Chandelier Room to celebrate, the horrified woman said 'We are leaving" And off they went. 

I hope to see Mario again at Santa Anita. Up in The Turf Club.

Morning Beauty

Stealing a few hours, I made it out to Santa Anita.

 

Horse Crazy

I'll Have Another and Mario Gutierrez in sync at the Santa Anita Derby back in April.

I found myself at the Northridge Mall at 3 o'clock on Saturday and the salesman at the Sears electronics department was kind enough to tune one of the TV's to The Preakness Stakes.

Now it's three weeks to rest and get ready to face Union Rags and Dullahan, amongst others, at Belmont.

I lived in Baltimore for 4 years and never went to Pimlico. It was where you went to get drunk and do something you'd regret. On Saturday, this is where I'll Have Another proved to the world what it takes to win: a very big heart.