Journalists Wandering Eyes Posted April 30 Journalists Share Posted April 30 With a lot of the negative news we often confront in racing, sometimes it's important to also see the good, like how taking just five minutes to talk to a young person who is just beginning their journey in the racing business can be. By my estimate, each person listed below graciously spent five to 10 minutes of his or her time during a very busy Derby week visiting with a dozen students from Bluegrass Community and Technical College's Equine Studies program. Yet the impressions they left will last far, far longer than those five minutes. Until Tuesday morning, many of these young newcomers to racing NEVER thought that someday they might actually have a chance to meet these stars of our sport. And now they have. And hearing from Todd Pletcher himself that, yes, like each of them, he too had to muck stalls when he was starting out, now makes reaching their career goals somehow…reachable. Last year's Derby winning jockey Brian Hernandez (center, purple t-shirt) meets with the BCTC students | KCTSC Marketing That small but powerful one-on-one connection is something that can never be taught from a book or in a classroom lecture. So thank you to: Wayne Lukas, Bill Mott, Steve Asmussen, Todd Pletcher, Bob Baffert, Brian Hernandez, Jr., Ken McPeek, Steve Cauthen, Gary Stevens, Randy Moss, Jerry Bailey, Michelle Lovell, Erica Herrforth (BCTC Equine Alumna), Churchill Downs's Mike Ziegler and Andie Biancone. You made a difference. Remi Bellocq, Dixie Kendall and Amy Heitzman BCTC Equine Program The post Letter to the Editor: Paying it Forward appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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