Breeding racehorses is an expensive and risky hobby, and even the most successful rarely get much in the way of public accolades. Taylor, the late great Canadian industrialist whose breeding operation at Windfields Farm near Toronto created Northern Dancer, the greatest thoroughbred stud ever. The bookies’ favourite, Without Parole is as yet unbeaten after four starts, most recently winning the St. James’s Palace Stakes at Royal Ascot in June. No one could steer me right but Mama tried.”Thoroughbred horse racing arose from the 17th-century practice of mating English mares with Arabian stallions. He’s a big, strong horse and I’m delighted to get the ride on him.”• Email: jbrean@nationalpost.com | Twitter: josephbrean

Source: National Post August 01, 2018 00:56 UTC