Word: horsewoman
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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McGuane, who has not had a drink in nine years, also credits his healthier frame of mind to the life-affirming influence of his wife Laurie, who is the mother of their daughter Annie, 9. An expert horsewoman in her own right, Laurie helps McGuane deal with his correspondence and critiques his first drafts. If she admits to noticing a change in her husband over the past few years, it is simply that he has become "less cynical...
...completed the first half of their 17-day trip to Italy. Meanwhile, back in England, Princess Anne joined 16 male and female amateur jockeys on the famous mile-and-a-half Derby course at Epsom to benefit one of her favorite charities, Riding for the Disabled Association. An accomplished horsewoman in her first flat race, she did quite nicely, finishing fourth. Down south in Sardinia, Diana took first place in the eyes of charmed Italians, who were treated to a profusion of lovely clothing changes at each of the dozens of stops. The only stir was caused by what...
...college students in Oklahoma. She married one of Pickens' fraternity brothers, but they divorced in 1969. Pickens describes his life with Beatrice as "the perfect deal." She is almost as sure a shot as Pickens (an award-winning marksman), with whom she likes to hunt quail. A skilled horsewoman, she is also deeply interested in her husband's work. The year they were married, 1972, she enrolled in a geology course at Amarillo College and earned...
While Madden and her circle have always been the subject of gossip and raised eyebrows, most people have not lost sight of what really makes Lexington run: its Thoroughbreds. "We take it [breeding] seriously," says Horsewoman Mary Jane Gallaher. "It's more important whether a foal is upside down in a mare than whether a few flake-out Louies are playing weird games on the side...
...feel blessed," grins Elsie Berger, 72, at being named the first Horsewoman of the Year by Horseman and Fair World magazine. She was certainly a long shot, for men had won the honor the previous 24 years. Starting with little more than a dream-a mare named Niagara Dream, to be exact-Berger turned a mom-and-pop stable into a racing powerhouse. Her ticket to the winner's circle was Niatross, a strapping bay regarded as the swiftest standard-bred in the history of the sport. In two years, he took top laurels on 37 of 39 trips...