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Horsetalk.co.nz Share Renowned US racing veterinarian Gary Lavin has died at the age of 83 at his home in Louisville, Kentucky. Lavin had been afflicted by cancer for several years, but had successfully maintained quality of life and had been planning when he would return to his second home in South Carolina, the US Jockey Club said. He died on February 27. Tributes have flowed from the racing world, indicative of Lavin’s standing in the industry. Lavin was a vice-chairman of the Grayson-Jockey Club Research Foundation and a former president of the American Association of Equine Practitione...

Sponsored by: Dr. Gary Lavin Dr. A. Gary Lavin, a distinguished equine veterinarian, Thoroughbred breeder, and exemplar of leadership in his profession, passed away at his home in Louisville, Ky., on Feb. 27. He was 83. Dr. Lavin had been afflicted by cancer for several years, but had successfully maintained quality of life and had been planning when he would return to his second home in South Carolina. Dr. Lavin is survived by his wife of 60 years, Elizabeth (Betsy), sons Allan (Susan) and Kevin (Amy), and granddaughters (known by the family as “The Cousins”) Catherine, Alexand...

The word “cockney” conjures up a plethora of London-based cultural expectations. Maybe you envisage the muted criminality of Only Fools and Horses, which epitomises the centuries-old depiction of cockneys as the “playful rogue”. Or maybe you think of ’er indoors: headstrong kitchen matriarchs bustling over dusty, shoeless children who dart in and out of labyrinths of alleys and cobbled streets. Or perhaps what comes to mind is the legend of the Bow Bells in the City of London, within whose earshot a true cockney is supposedly born. Or maybe you think of Dame Barbara Windsor, who die...