Ten years ago, when I produced a tip sheet for Lone Star Park, Lights On Broadway was always a reliable pick for a ticket at the North Texas track, where he was named  2001 Texas Horse of the Year. But last year, the Texas-bred gelding was on a fast track to the final finish line.

Click here to read Gary West’s excellent article in the Fort Worth Star Telegram about Lights On Broadway, who was rescued from slaughter and is now at home with race trainer Dallas Keen (pictured in 2001) and his wife, Donna, who retrain former racehorses for new careers.