Category: Fox Hunting

Open Letter To Three Chimneys Farm

The decision to scratch Great White behind the gate at the Kentucky Derby was the wrong decision.

“I’m sure the horse is shook a little bit, but it didn’t appear like he thumped his head on anything …” -Jerry Bailey

Horses suffer falls harder than that while playing out in the field!

The Sport of Kings is the sport of champions- a competition showcasing the unity between horse and man.

Scratching Great White is a black eye inflicted upon an already beaten-down industry!
Horseracing has genuflected to the fascism of bureaucratic red tape in the guise of “safety”.

Greetings, Fellow Horsemen,

While witnessing the scratch of Great White behind the gate during post time of the running of the 2026 Kentucky Derby, I vehemently disagreed with the decision to scratch him!
I was greatly appalled, heartbroken and stricken with grief for our beloved sport!
I mourn over your loss! The whole team of Three Chimneys Farm has been deprived of being able to reap the rewards of its work: the stall muckers, the grounds keepers, assistants, foremen, secretaries, investors (and all of the little people who nobody’s ever heard of whom keep the Operation running smoothly,) the efforts of Thoroughbred Conditioner John Ennis and of Journeyman Jockey Alex Achard.


‘Tis a Great Loss to Three Chimneys Farm!
‘Tis a Greater Loss to Horseracing!

‘Tis an unaccountable Void in History’s Great Record Book!

The decision to scratch Great White pierced the thin veil of truth and integrity which protects the Sport of Horseracing!

Question:

What part of Great White’s body did the Vetrinarian claim there was not enough time to evaluate at that moment in time? His head? An ankle? Which part?

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Seek Ancient Wisdom

“… Stand at the crossroads and look;
ask for the ancient paths,
ask where the good way is, and walk in it,
and you will find rest for your souls. …”-JEREMIAH 6:16

“…ask for the ancient paths,
ask where the good way is, and walk in it,…”

“ …as they ride on their horses;
they come like men in battle formation …”JEREMIAH 6:23

With Anticipation at Springdale Racecourse 
(circa. 1999 A.D.)

–Words of God-


“Flee for safety, people of Benjamin!
    Flee from Jerusalem!
Sound the trumpet in Tekoa!
    Raise the signal over Beth Hakkerem!
For disaster looms out of the north,
    even terrible destruction.
I will destroy Daughter Zion,
    so beautiful and delicate.
Shepherds with their flocks will come against her;
    they will pitch their tents around her,
    each tending his own portion.” 

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Annual Beekeepers’ Meeting Today!

Noted Speakers in Attendance:
Dr. Zac Lamas (University of Maryland),
Dr. Robyn Underwood (Penn State),
Fred Dunn (The Way
to Bee)
and
Dr. Humberto Boncristiani (InsidetheHive.TV).

Chester County Bee Keepers Association Annual Conference
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Horsemen’s Prayer Council Stable Gate

Horsemen Praying for Fellow Horsemen!

Click Alfred, You Girl Scout!

Writing Sample

Which training method did Jonathan Sheppard employ?

When somebody complained how Jonathan Sheppard would never explain his training program to them, this was my response:

Well, some of us understood his training program which was essentially reverse-engineered in congruency with the horse’s running date, its condition, the competition it would be up against, along with the expectations of its upcoming performance while always keeping the race AFTER that performance in mind.

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Lazy Racetrakers

These people do not like me, because I do what the boss would want done when the boss is not around!

The Bullshit I Put Up With

I do what the boss would want done when the boss is not around. That is why coworkers do not like me. I am a guy who, “pulls the wooden shoe out of the cogs of the gear.”

The Lazy Racetracker

Nobody wants the boss or the boss’s son around all the time; and the Lazy Racetracker wants a promotion for doing nothing.

Example;

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Blythe Miller’s Advice

Setting Your Horse Up for Every Next-Jump

Heels: DOWN and OUT in front of you!!!

Blythe Miller

A Leveled-Up Experience

There are moments when an athlete experiences this:

Not “Doing” it:

… the feeling of floating-

watching it all happen as
from the outside,
looking-in;

(Like watching a movie)

… not doing it,

but watching your body do it

and learning from it.
Chip Van Hassel

Legend of Clermont College

“…have no relation to Apprentice, Fellow Craft, and Master- degrees, which were constructed for the general class of Masons. …”

Legend of Clermont College

Snapshot

PRINCES OF the SYMBOLIC JERUSALEM

“man may make the woods and mountains his Churches and Temples, and worship God with a devout gratitude, and with works of charity and beneficence to his fellow-men.”

“We no longer expect to rebuild the Temple at Jerusalem. To us it has become but a symbol. To us the whole world is God’s Temple, as is every upright heart. To establish all over the world the New Law and Reign of Love, Peace, Charity, and Toleration, is to build that Temple, most acceptable to God, in erecting which Masonry is now engaged. No longer needing to repair to Jerusalem to worship, nor to offer up sacrifices and shed blood to propitiate the Deity, man may make the woods and mountains his Churches and Temples, and worship God with a devout gratitude, and with works of charity and beneficence to his fellow-men. Wherever the humble and contrite heart silently offers up its adoration, under the overarching trees, in the open, level meadows, on the hill-side, in the glen, or in the city’s swarming streets; there is God’s House and the New Jerusalem.”

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Trick Or Treason!

“…The change that has occurred within the racing industry is not something that is lasting.”

-Retired Journeyman, Christopher Van Hassel

I had always planned to train racehorses after I retired from my riding career, but I had not predicted that the racing business would change the ways in which it has. The change that has occurred within the racing industry is not something that is lasting. Why do I say that?

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