Willa on the Move

Leon Blusiewicz, a retired trainer whose charisma, enthusiasm and knowledge of Thoroughbred pedigrees far eclipsed his winning percentages, died Nov. 26 in a Maryland hospital while under hospice care for kidney failure. He was 92. David Grening of Daily Racing Form first reported Blusiewicz's passing on Sunday, recalling that the veteran conditioner stood out as a "Damon Runyon-type character." Beyond being a Grade I-caliber backstretch storyteller with a penchant for weaving colorful racetrack tales, "Blu" was known for his keen eye for horsemanship, and his reliance on old-school conditioning methods...