Meredith Daugherty

California native Keith Doleshel can count on one hand, or with one finger, the number of times he visited the racetrack as a child.  Growing up in San Jose, Calif., Thoroughbred racing existed as a sport of the periphery of Doleshel’s personal interests. That was until the year he found himself with a part-time job, […]

California Retirement Management Account (CARMA) executive director Lucinda Lovitt remembers a time when a career in the Thoroughbred racing industry was the furthest thing from her mind. An Arizona native who grew up riding competitively on the show circuit, what she remembers from her early work with horses was her passion for the animals, and […]

There is an old adage in American society that says, “you can never go home again.” It’s a saying that speaks of nostalgia, how the places and the memories we made in childhood are always cast in a rosier hue than reality remembers.    But sometimes, just sometimes, home is exactly how one remembers it […]

As the general manager of content management solutions for NYRA (New York Racing Association), Joe Longo understands a thing or two about what it takes behind the scenes to keep racing running. “What I do is business development for NYRA, and I represent 16 different racetracks in buying and selling content on their behalf, including […]

In the decades since Ann McGovern made her first professional foray into the Thoroughbred horse racing, the New Jersey native and avid horse lover has seen the industry pass through several iterations. A racetrack manager for much of her career, McGovern has weathered the highs and lows of racing, acquired a lifetime of experience in […]

It is an inevitable truth that at some point in every child’s early adolescence, an adult is going to ask the all-encompassing — and often overly broad — question, “What do you want to be when you grow up?” For most of us, the answer changes yearly based on whim and circumstance, but for kids […]

As the COVID-19 pandemic worked to grind the sport of Thoroughbred racing to a halt, Jim Mulvihill made the decision in 2020 to leave his position as senior director of betting information at Churchill Downs for a new start in Colorado. While the move was a necessary one, the worry in Mulvihill’s mind became his […]

Taylor Owens did not pass her childhood years with any certain expectation that she would work with Thoroughbreds. Born in New York and raised largely in Iowa, Owens’ family was only peripherally connected to the Thoroughbred racing industry through her father’s uncle, who owned and ran a handful of horses at Prairie Meadows. “Some of […]