The story of Black BessNot to toot my own horn, but, in 1973 when I was editor of The Thoroughbred Record, I was invited to Panama for the Clasico Internacional del Caribe, because the organizers wanted a "distinguished journalist" to cover the event for an international publication.
Arnold Kirkpatrick (October 2011 - Issue Number: Issue 22)

When Pope Gregory I consolidated the eight 'evil thoughts'of the 4th Century Christian monk Evagrius Ponticus into the Seven Deadly Sins, he perpetuated what I believe may be one of the classic errors of all times by excluding "Arrogance"from the list. In my opinion, "Arrogance" should not only be on the list, it should be .
Arnold Kirkpatrick (11 December 2008 - Issue Number: 9)

The Members of Congress were clearly bored and frustrated.One commented, The six members of this panel can't even agree on what to do; why should you expect us to believe that racing can handle this problem on its own? Another yawned.
Arnold Kirkpatrick (14 October 2008 - Issue Number: 10)

It was just a small item buried in the middle of the Thoroughbred Times TODAY, last November 19, but it aroused in me a deep sense of foreboding as an omen of a dark future for racing:;Mountaineer Race Track, the Chester, West Virginia, track officially has changed its name from Mountaineer Race Track and Gaming Resort to Mountaineer Casino Resort and Racetrack."
Arnold Kirkpatrick (14 February 2008 - Issue Number: 7 )

Among the myriad of adages that aficionados of the Thoroughbred game have devised over the years in an attempt to explain our complex and often perverse sport, one of the most enduring is "It's not the size of the horse that’s important; it’s the size of the heart in the horse".
Arnold Kirkpatrick (01 December 2007 - Issue Number: 6 )

As this issue of The Trainer reaches its readers, the Thoroughbred industry will be approaching its single most important day of the year-not January 1, not Derby Day, not Breeders' Cup Day - I'm talking about the beginning of the major yearling sales season.
Arnold Kirkpatrick (01 October 2007 - Issue Number: 5 )

I've been to the Kentucky Derby 27 times -16 as a member of the press as part of a team of writers and photographers who covered it for the Thoroughbred Record, and the others in every capacity from a drunk in the infield to the ultra-exclusive box reserved for heads of state and some of the biggest bigwigs invited to the race.
Arnold Kirkpatrick(01 July 2007 - Issue Number: 4 )

">Pan•a•ce•a [pànnə sée ə] (plural pan•a•ce•as) noun.  supposed cure-all: a supposed cure for all diseases or problems.

Arnold Kirkpatrick (19 May 2007 - Issue Number: 3 )