Happy Birthday in Heaven, Daddy 💗One of the greatest blessings in my life is being your daughter. Your confidence, wisdom, bravery, and fortitude inspire. I marvel at how you risked your life to save the land of your birth. You are an eternal hero; a champion of God 🙏🏻
My father passed away yesterday. I wrote this as a way to honor him, though nothing feels sufficient. I will love him always and am so blessed to be the daughter of Najib Hakim...
Just read the statement released on the passing of Cody Dorman. Sobbing. I can’t even imagine… but what I know in my heart is that Cody was, and will always be, a blessing to all of us. There is NO DOUBT he was born for a purpose and that the connection he had with the colt who
We are all better for knowing Cody Dorman and Cody’s Wish.
Cody’s Wish fought all the way to the finish in his career finale and defended his Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile title.
#BC23
#BreedersCup
Having bred & raised horses, I always marveled at how the 1st time moms just knew what to do. Didn’t know how I would take to motherhood, but one week in, wow’d by how instincts kick in & the intensity of love you feel for someone you can’t even converse with yet💗💗💗
#Thankful
Please join me in wishing this amazing man a Happy Birthday!!! BLESSED to be your wife!!! 🙏🏻💗 P.S. The dinosaur isn’t an old reference. Ava just really thought it’d be cool. 😉🥳🥳🥳
Honor Code... champion son of Hall of Famer A.P. Indy... How exciting that, in his first crop, he has sired a G1 winning
@KentuckyDerby
hopeful, aptly named HONOR A.P.!!! 🌹🏇🌹
To those who’ve offered prayers and condolences on the passing of my father, thank you. Your kindness means more than I can say. Today is his funeral...I pray for my dad, and for the strength to represent him as he would want me to...
I assure you, while he isn’t wearing a costume,
@MattCTVG
is Superman. After yesterday’s shift at Anita, he went straight to the airport to fly back, getting in this morning, just to make memories with our lil girl before heading back for
@BreedersCup
🥲🌟💗👱🏻♂️💗
Lady Shipman foaled a spectacular Uncle Mo filly yesterday - a full sister to 2-time
@BreedersCup
Champion GOLDEN PAL 🌟🏇🌟 I am honored that Randall Lowe has kindly let me share this heart melting photo of her basking in the Easter Sunday sunshine! Welcome, you stunner!!! 😍
I find it appalling that an event which is supposed to celebrate excellence around the globe would go out of its way to try to mock what I, and billions the world over, hold as sacred.
Happy Birthday in Heaven, Daddy 💗One of the greatest blessings in my life is being your daughter. Your confidence, wisdom, bravery, and fortitude inspire. I marvel at how you risked your life to save the land of your birth. You are an eternal hero; a champion of God 🙏🏻
So thankful for all the tweets, texts, etc... congratulating us on our little girl! As y’all can imagine, with her early arrival, it’s been a whirlwind! Got to go home yesterday & definitely behind on replies -as well as sleep!- but know our hearts are filled with gratitude🙏🏻💗
Profound thanks to everyone who congratulated us on our 10 year anniversary. Genuinely moved by your kindness and so very thankful to be thought worthy of it. 🥹🙏🏻💗
Still beaming for D. Wayne Lukas! It’s crazy to put time into perspective. I was 1 when he won the Preakness with Codex 🫢. He’s one of the very few people, of any profession, in whose presence I have felt star-struck. Think of all the great horses and trainers to be conditioned
Gun Runner…nearly $16M in earnings… strung together 5 consecutive G1 victories - won a total of 6 G1s. Never off the board in 19 starts. 12 wins. Super sire…
@nmrhof
first ballot Hall of Fame worthy, indeed! 💗🏇💗
On a serious note, it’s strange to post anything with what is happening in the world. Providing selections/analysis is my job, but my heart hurts for all the innocent people who are in peril. I am saddened and angry, and I pray for a peaceful resolution 🙏🏻
Read a kind post today from someone who referred to
@MattCTVG
as one of the pioneers of
@FanDuel_Racing
, and it reminded me that, in the whirlwind of Derby week, I forgot to recognize that he just had his !!!25th!!! anniversary with the company on 5/1. Congratulations, Matt! Your
I am so BLESSED to have such a supportive husband. I’m actually the one on assignment this time, and Matt is Mr. Mom, staying back at the hotel, reading stories, feeding bottles, and changing diapers... Seriously, brings tears of thankfulness to my eyes 💗
So, after years of talking about it, research, and preparation, we’ve decided to expand our fam - with a great dane. I figure it’s the closest thing I can get to a horse in the house 🤣 Everyone, meet Grace, who will be joining us after Christmas 🙏🏻💗
My dad immigrated to the U.S. from Iraq when he was 15, went to college, earned two MBAs, became a land owner, business owner, family man, and, in my eyes, hero. Blessed to be the daughter of a brave man who pursued opportunity and never took it for granted.🙏🏻 Happy
#4thofJuly
🇺🇸
I try to space out posting baby pix, because I don’t want to be one of “those parents” 😉, but figured, at 12 weeks, 1 day, it was time for an Ava update. Behold the adorableness! Matt stamps ‘em like Tapit 👱🏻♂️🤣 😍😍😍
#DaddysGirl
Been up since 2am journeying to
@OaklawnRacing
ahead of Saturday’s Apple Blossom. As tired as I am, opening the blinds and seeing this beautiful view?! Invigorating!
The latest edition of the
@BloodHorse
has a feature on
@MattCTVG
! It’s wonderful to see Matt’s work recognized. He’s been
@TVG
since DAY 1, & worked in simulcast long before that. He works tirelessly & with integrity & yet I still feel like he’s 1 of racing’s best kept secrets👱🏻♂️
I don’t care that she lost. Secret Oath got knocked around out of gate, made such a big move on the backside, and then could just not get a straight path with Cyberknife being drifted to block her momentum. That’s racing - but what an effort! 💗🏇💗
Not only did
@ljlmvel
take the Oaks/Derby double, but, remarkably, he rode Malathaat’s mom, Dreaming of Julia, favored in the 2013 Oaks, and Medina Spirit’s sire, Protonico, in G2 Alysheba on the 2015 Oaks undercard. Loooove the symmetry! 🌷🌹
.
@MattCTVG
is too humble to post, by I snuck a screen shot of that bada$$ P5 score of his at Aqueduct - singling a 12-1ML shot!! Oddly, and frustratingly, the P4 returned more than the P5 🤣 CONGRATS to the 🐐😘👱🏻♂️
Never wanted to believe the rumors, because how could anyone do harm to these majestic creatures, imperil the lives of jockeys, & livelihood of of all those employed by this sport? The implications were too heinous to accept as possible, but their own words admit it. Sad & ANGRY
It’s crazy how happy & sad you can feel all at once... Again, thank you all for the congrats on Shahkaar’s win. Still trying to reconcile that he was claimed. He’s been my baby boy from the start..That typed, I will continue to follow Shahk’s career & wish new connex best 💗🏇💗
Y’all knew I had to stop for dinner at the Cracker Barrel I grew up going to with my parents. I still get a kick outta the fact that those photos have been on the walls since I was a little girl 💗🏇
What a difference a year makes... Around this time last year, we publicly announced we were expecting. What an amazing feeling it is to hold an answered prayer in your arms 💗💗💗
So sad to hear of Funny Cide’s passing. We JUST saw him at the
@KyHorsePark
on Ava’s birthday, and he and his handler made the afternoon all the more special. You can see in the screen grab below how Ava gazed on at Funny Cide in appreciative wonder. Condolences to all… Run
In my eyes, there is nobody better than
@MattCTVG
!! $4,338.95 - should have returned more with winners paying $50, $24, and $26, but so it goes with posting tickets. People play them 😉 CONGRATS!!!!
Overwhelmed by all the bday love 🥲 Will address you more personally tomorrow, but in the meantime, I feel blessed and am grateful for each and every acknowledgement. You all made my day all the more special. And what an amazing meal!
@TheRealJeffRuby
-your Lexington staff ROCKS!
I can’t make anyone care, but my Iraqi-born father served as a cultural advisor for many years after the second war. I can’t imagine if he were trapped as so many are in Afghanistan... Out of my undying love for him, I can’t sit silently by. It did NOT have to be this way!!!
Been meaning get a racing/
#Pedigeek
logo for some time, and the amazing crew at Sidekick Creative in Glens Falls, NY, knocked it out of the park! 🙌🏻 🏇
Belated thanks to everyone who wished us a Happy Anniversary the other day. Truly appreciate the kindness from you, and those who enabled us to make the day extra special - you know who you are. 🙏🏻💗
Today is Richard Grunder’s last day on the mic at
@TampaBayDownsFL
. As we close in on the wire, I just want Richard to know how much he has meant to us... as I wrote when the news first came out:
Richard, you made every pole a winning one 🙏🏻💗🏇
Had to find this old clip of me rooting on my boy Pi. Pity anyone who might be standing next to us if
@BritneyEurton
and I are ever together, cheering for the same horse 🤣 Though we be small, our pipes and fists are mighty!
Now that Saratoga and Del Mar’s meets have concluded, gotta say my favorite race of the summer has to be Midnight Bisou and Elate throwing it down in the Personal Ensign 🙌🏻 Yours?
Racing has many epic stories. This one brought me to tears... from laughing so hard. 😂 Ever wonder how
@NormCasse
and
@Gabby_Gaudet_
met? It involved an assist from
@larrycollmus
and some time to “let it marinate...” 🤣🤣🤣
Can’t believe the amount of jokes and memes being posted regarding the OceanGate tragedy. Heartsick at the lack of empathy. Whether they should have been there or not, bottom line is people have died!
A scene from today’s “office” at Coolmore’s Ashford Stud. 📸 Being home to some of racing’s biggest stars, including two Triple Crown champions, it’s fitting they should bring in Maximum Security 😉🙌🏻🌟🏇
Saez’s ride on Max was neither flagrant or negligent to this equestrian’s eye. To say he failed to control his mount boggles my mind. Good luck seemlessly controlling a SPOOKED 1,000lb animal going nearly 40mph. He did all he could to correct, but faces suspension on top of DQ 😕
Just wanted to express profound thanks to all of you who have reached out in love and support of me and my family. I echo love and prayers back to you, as I know many of you have suffered the agony of loss, too. Your kindness, again, means more than words can convey 🙏🏻💗
Took this video of Ava on Wednesday, and didn’t get around to posting, but it’s too cute not to share! She turned 8 weeks yesterday, and is already trying to talk 😍 Unsurprising, perhaps, considering her loquacious parents 🤣👱🏻♂️🧒🏼👩🏻
I am SO STOKED for these American Pharoah babies! He is truly SPECIAL, from talent to conformation to demeanor... and still the most efficient mover I have seen in years 🙌🏻👑👑👑👑🏇🙌🏻
#SireaDynasty
Unsurprisingly, my favorite moments of our Monmouth trip involve Ava... 1. Watching her eyes grow wide & mouth drop open as Maximum Security raced past 2. The smile that drew across her face trying soft serve for the 1st time on the boardwalk 3. Interacting w/friends like this:
Broke my heart that Ava’s time with my father was brief, but she made it count, showing such compassion at just 18mos old. I took this during our Christmas trip. I didn’t post it then, as Dad didn’t want people to see weakness. I post it now, as I see beauty and strength 💗🙏🏻
Crushed to learn that my beloved Uncle Alman, whose kindness & strength were a Godsend after my father’s passing, left us this morning... He was a blessing our lives and always will be...Prayers for my auntie & cousins greatly appreciated 🙏🏻