More than a vet

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From August 2019 Issue

Written by Linda Dougherty

Through a long career, Hogan fills vital role from New Jersey base

Nestled in the heart of Cream Ridge, a small town that, with its green fields and white fencing, bears more of a resemblance to Kentucky than its central New Jersey location, is Fair Winds Farm, a longtime Standardbred nursery.
Down the long, shady lane, past broodmares and their new foals, is the Hogan Equine veterinary practice, in what used to be the farm’s breeding shed. There’s a bicycle outside the office door, on which Dr. Patty Hogan rides to work many days when the weather is nice. She’s fortunate to be able to live so close to her practice, which she designed and decorated, taking the breeding shed and transforming it into a state-of-the-art equine medical facility for surgery and recovery.

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Locals Only: West Virginia-bred Runnin'toluvya nabs big score on home track

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From June 2019 Issue

Written by Tom LaMarra

Despite eight consecutive victories and 11 overall, all at his home track, the West Virginia-bred gelding Runnin’toluyva had something to prove in the most lucrative race of the year at Hollywood Casino at Charles Town Races.
A little more than six months after a smooth front-running score in the $300,000 West Virginia Breeders Classic for state-bred runners, Runnin’toluvya was asked to take on the challenge of the $1 million Charles Town Classic, a Grade 2 event that has attracted its share of big-name invaders with previous wins at the top level of United States racing.

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Hotshot

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From September 2019 Issue

Written by Cindy Deubler

Maximum Security wins Haskell in delayed scorcher

It’s a bizarre world for this year’s 3-year-old crop. The adventures continued for the 52nd running of the Haskell Invitational at Monmouth Park.
Kicking off the second half of the season with a division still seeking a leader – after the first six months saw disqualifications, loose horses, and champions and classic winners falling by the wayside – the Haskell drew a solid field of seven, led by the most talked-about 3-year-old of the year, Maximum Security.
The Haskell had been moved up one week and a day from its traditional Sunday to accommodate NBC television coverage – as luck would have it, the new date, July 20, was a day of near triple-digit heat and high humidity that shut down every daytime track in the northeast, save one.

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Strong Fabric

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From April 2019 Issue

Written by Joe Clancy

West Virginia sire Fiber Sonde continues to climb

At Keeneland November in 2007, the sales catalog listed 31 horses as stallion prospects. You don’t know 30 of them. Eleven didn’t sell. One brought $130,000. Another just $1,000.
The one you do know, West Virginia phenom Fiber Sonde, sold for $8,000. Looking to expand the stallion roster at their Beau Ridge Farm near Charles Town, John McKee and Cyndy O’Bannon made the successful bid – and unknowingly changed their lives.

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