Phil McEntee

Hank Nothhaft was a veteran CEO in Silicon Valley when he decided he needed to make a plan for the next phase of his life. A self-described "serial entrepreneur," he picked horse racing and now, over a decade later, he is retired from the business world and spending most of his time working on his racing and breeding operation. Through the Ballysax Bloodstock consignment, Nothhaft will offer a colt by Tapit out of the owner's most successful racehorse to date, multiple graded stakes winner Living the Life (Ire) (Footstepsinthesand {GB})...

While COVID-19 has ensured that absolutely nothing is business as usual, the permission of racehorses to continue training has provided some sense of normalcy to a business that has otherwise ground to a near halt. While Britain's major training centres remain open, some conditioners have taken measures to ease the financial burdens on their businesses and those of their owners, as well as minimize the kind of human contact that permits the spread of the virus. Yorkshire-based trainer Ruth Carr revealed on Wednesday that she has turned out her entire...