Secretariat’s Meadow – The Land, The Family, The Legend

Tag: Secretariat

  • A Good Hand on a Horse…the Grooms of Meadow Stable

                                            In honor of February as Black History Month, we’d like to share some stories about the African-American grooms of The Meadow in Doswell, Virginia, birthplace of Secretariat.  Though they were never well known like Secretariat’s racetrack groom Eddie Sweat and exercise rider Charlie Davis,  the grooms in Doswell were the first to take care of Big Red and the other…

  • Author Adventures with Big Red on the Red Carpet

      In the spirit of Secretariat’s record-smashing performance in the Derby, you could call the Kentucky leg of our “Barnstorming Book Tour” the “Every Furlong Faster” tour. Kate arrived in the Bluegrass State direct from the red carpet, having attended the “Secretariat” movie premiere in Hollywood.  Her first book event was the Secretariat Festival in Paris, KY on October 2.  Our…

  • Secretariat’s Meadow Galloping into Kentucky

    Our Barnstorming Book Tour is going along at a fast clip!  October will kick off with a crowded field of events! First,  Kate and Penny will be going to LA for the long-awaited premiere of the Secretariat film on Sept. 30. We will look for them on the red carpet!  Or maybe it will be…

  • A Rocky Mountain High for Secretariat’s Meadow

    Have been on a “Rocky Mountain high” since our whirlwind trip to Denver for the advance screening of the Secretariat movie on Sunday September 12.  Over 400 guests of the Chenery family attended and so did Entertainment Tonight! They interviewed Penny and Kate and shot a lot of footage of the crowd.  The LA premiere is September 30…

  • Secretariat’s Meadow – Out of the Gate and onto Amazon Bestseller List in Horse Books

    This glory may be fleeting but I’m going to savor the moment. At this writing, Secretariat’s Meadow is ranked #1 in several categories on Amazon:  bestseller overall in Horses and Horse Racing books and bestseller in  new releases for Horses and Horse Racing books.  Not a bad way to kick off our Barnstorming Book Tour! Once I learned…

  • We’re on Blog Talk Radio

    We now have our own channel on Blog Talk Radio called Free Rein Radio. It gives us “free rein” to talk about our favorite subject…”Secretariat’s Meadow,” along with other horse-related and book-related topics. Kate and I will use it to recount our author adventures on our “Barnstorming Book Tour.” The show will also offer Big…

  • Kicking off our Barnstorming Book Tour!

      And they’re off!”    We are out of the starting gate for our “Barnstorming Book Tour” to promote “Secretariat’s Meadow – The Land, The Family, The Legend.”  Kate Chenery Tweedy and I are the co-authors of this new pictorial history about Secretariat and his Virginia birthplace, The Meadow. This blog will be our report from…