Kip Elser has been educating racehorses for more than four decades, and while his roles have changed, the joy Elser gets from working with young Thoroughbreds has not waned. Elser started Kirkwood Stables, a full-service breaking and training operation that also offers consignments and lay-up/rehab services, at Springdale Racecourse in Camden, S.C. Graduates of Kirkwood include Alphabet Soup, Smoke Glacken, Memories of Silver, Winter Memories, Keeper Hill, and Plum Pretty. Elser spoke with BloodHorse Marketwatch to discuss his program, the recent success of Darby Dan’s Manitoulin in the Hollywood Turf Cup Stakes (G2T), and more.
