By MIKE MULLANEY Features Editor, Daily Racing Form When told of Exceller’s demise, Charlie Whittingham, the horse’s trainer in 1978 and early 1979, said, “It’s a sad thing . . . you’d expect more from people. He sure ran some awfully big races for me.” Before he came to Whittingham, the Kentucky-bred was trained in […]
By MIKE MULLANEY Features Editor, Daily Racing Form Go for Wand was “Wanda” to those who knew her – she had a nickname, she had a family and she was loved, and her death created an inestimable hole in the hearts of those who spent day after day with her. The on-track demise of Go […]
By MIKE MULLANEY Features Editor, Daily Racing Form Exceller’s name was listed on the ballot for election to the Hall of Fame in April. Also that month, if the account of two people close to the horse is to be believed, his name went on the list of equine martyrs. Best remembered as the only […]
