Donna Keen Archives - Lady and The Track
From Monster To Magic: One Gelding’s Journey From Ugly Duckling To Gutsy Goober
November 25, 2017 | Margaret RansomBy Margaret Ransom In 2002, trainer Donna Keen (then Donna Gowdy, as she’d yet to marry husband Dallas Keen) was early into what is now known as her passion — saving discarded and slaughter-bound former racehorses from kill pens in Texas, rehabbing them and finding them new homes with second careers. Long before she founded […]
Trainer Keen Eyes Success With Pair of One-Eyed Runners
July 21, 2017 | track-admin(Del Mar Stable Notes) Trainer Dallas Keen had experiences at Lone Star Park in Texas recently that make for top-rate story telling around the backstretch here, or anywhere else the widely-travelled veteran may be stationed. Within a nine-day period, Keen saddled two one-eyed horses to win races. One from the No. 1 post. “I don’t […]
