Join us for the next EHC Coffee Chat as we dive into the history of the Thoroughbred and discover some fascinating and overlooked historical elements of this… Read more “#EHC Coffee Chat- No Coal: No Thoroughbred”
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EHC Seminars: Call for Participants
This past spring, the EHC launched a new initiative to sponsor seminars. We are excited to announce the seminars for the upcoming year! These explore a subject… Read more “EHC Seminars: Call for Participants”
#SourceSaturday: Fellowships Available the Kentucky Historical Society
The Kentucky Historical Society (KHS) contains multiple collections of interest to equine history researchers, and offers short-term research fellowships for scholars. As Frankfort is conveniently located in… Read more “#SourceSaturday: Fellowships Available the Kentucky Historical Society”
#EqHist2018 Plenary
Plenary: “Breeding Rebellion, Racing to Revolution: The Mystery of Honest Tom’s Missing Stud Book; or, The Political Legacy of the Woodstock Mare.” Richard Nash, Indiana University Bloomington… Read more “#EqHist2018 Plenary”
#MemberMonday: Mike Huggins
Mike Huggins University of Cumbria Ph. D., Lancaster University, 1999 Diploma in Reading Studies, Open University, 1988 Diploma in Management Studies, CNAA, 1986 MA, CNAA, 1983 Diploma… Read more “#MemberMonday: Mike Huggins”
#SourceSaturday: Dr. Fager’s Mile
50 years ago yesterday, Dr. Fager set a new world record for the dirt mile: 1:32 1/5. America’s Best Racing calls his record “unbreakable,” and certainly it… Read more “#SourceSaturday: Dr. Fager’s Mile”
#MemberMonday: #EqHist2018 Keynote Richard Nash
We are pleased to announce our keynote speaker for Equine History 2018, Dr. Richard Nash. His work likely needs no introduction, including “‘Honest English Breed:’ The Thoroughbred… Read more “#MemberMonday: #EqHist2018 Keynote Richard Nash”
#ShelfieSunday: Here Comes Exterminator!
Review by Eric Banks In Here Comes Exterminator!, writer Eliza McGraw revisits the life of the 1918 Kentucky Derby–winning gelding Exterminator, one of the most… Read more “#ShelfieSunday: Here Comes Exterminator!”
#ShelfieSunday: Mr. Darley’s Arabian
Review by Katherine Mooney Christopher McGrath begins Mr. Darley’s Arabian in the starting gate at Newmarket and follows Frankel to victory in the… Read more “#ShelfieSunday: Mr. Darley’s Arabian”
#ShelfieSunday: Race Horse Men
Katherine C. Mooney Race Horse Men: How Slavery and Freedom Were Made at the Racetrack Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2014 Hardcover: $35.00 ISBN 9780674281424 Subject matter:… Read more “#ShelfieSunday: Race Horse Men”