Monthly Archives: May 2020

At the core of long-distance, or book, writing there is stubborn determination fueled by an innate curiosity.  Hence, when I could find no information on Nearctic at Windfields,  I phoned Bill Talon, editor of the Daily Racing Form, and asked to … Continue reading →

I thought accessing information on Nearctic would be relatively simple.  I had, after-all, written both E.P.Taylor: horseman and his horses, and Northern Dancer: the legend and his legacy.  I had worked for the Taylor family as rider-in-residence at their Windfields estate.  … Continue reading →

My mission to solve the mystery of Nearctic began as a casual question: where was Nearctic when the other horses were entering the starting gate for the 1957 Queen’s Plate?  He was, after-all, the most regally-bred horse in the country.  … Continue reading →

The seeds that grew into Dark Horse took root when I was presented with two distinct challenges:  a young horse, and an old mystery.  The two entered my life almost in tandem.  Initially I thought I would solve both reasonably quickly.  … Continue reading →

There are many, many stages in the writing and the publishing of books: the glimmer of an idea; research; more research; the first draft; second draft; third draft.  This afternoon my latest book, Secret life of horses, entered the next … Continue reading →