Originally written a few years ago, this seems like a fitting re-run after Point Given passed away on September 11. With the Kentucky Derby taking place in a few days, it seemed like the perfect time to salute my original racehorse love – Point Given. While I was...
In this series, Melissa talks about the horses who have helped shape her career and create Pyrois Media. Most people probably have a faint memory of Z Dager, who was on the 2012 Kentucky Derby trail but for me, the horse is one takes a big spot in my memory. I was...
In this series, Melissa talks about the horses who have helped shape her career and create Pyrois Media. Nothing makes me feel as old as realizing that exactly 17 years ago, I was continuously staring at Crystal waiting for her to release her hostage – the horse we...
St Nicholas Abbey (Number 1- white/purple silks) making his move at the top of the stretch in the 2011 Breeders’ Cup. There are very few racehorses you’ll hear me talk about with more reverence than Irish superstar St Nicholas Abbey, even seven years after his...
In this series, Melissa talks about the horses who have helped shape her career and create Pyrois Media. If you’re a horse(wo)man, you know that there are some horses you don’t even have to touch to change your life. Baseball Girl is one of those horses for me. I only...
Every year on December 13, equestrians throw a celebration for the important horses in their lives for National Day Of The Horse. My horses aren’t a big fan of celebrations unless it comes with unlimited treats – an amount that they can’t have...
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