Posts tagged Desert Orchid

A horse from another world

Trainers have been heard talking up their horses since the dawn of the Thoroughbred, so when Serge Foucher, the man who trained Kauto Star when he raced in France, described the horse as “The Extraterrestrial” it sounded like another dose of hype. He was quoted as saying: “I have not seen a horse like him. [...]

Grey legacy still casts giant shadow

As colours go, grey gets a pretty raw deal. Try as it might, in most people’s eyes it only conjures up a drab component of the spectrum somewhere between black and white. It is very hard to set the pulses racing or stir the emotions when your dictionary definition includes words such as “dull” and [...]