by Steve Haskin (Author)No racehorse of modern times was so good for so long. Racing until the age of nine,... Read more
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by Steve Haskin (Author)
No racehorse of modern times was so good for so long. Racing until the age of nine, Kelso won thirty-nine of sixty-three races. Much like Seabiscuit thirty years earlier, Kelso kept getting better as he got older, earning legions of fans with every passing year.
Steve Haskin has been national correspondent for Daily Racing Form and senior correspondent forThe Blood-Horse and provided lead coverage of the Triple Crown for more than twenty years. He now covers the Triple Crown for Secretariat.com. His weekly Derby Dozen and Kentucky Derby Rankings have been a fixture in The Blood-Horse and on Secretariat.com for a quarter of a century. He also is the author of multiple books, including Tales from the Triple Crown, Horse Racing's Holy Grail: The Epic Quest for the Kentucky Derby, and profiles of the racehorses Kelso, Dr. Fager, and John Henry. Haskin has won numerous awards for his writing and career achievements and was elected to the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame's Media Roll of Honor in 2016. He lives in Rocky Hill, Connecticut.