Giving thanks for Stevens’ four decades of excellence

Gary Stevens picked an apropos time to announce his retirement.
What better time than the week of Thanksgiving, when we give thanks for all the blessings in our lives?
As a horse racing fan for more than 40 years, I am thankful for the opportunity to have watched Stevens in action since he came to ride regularly in California in the ’80s.
The 55-year-old Stevens told Jay Privman of the Daily Racing Form this week that he’s retiring after a doctor told him that he’d risk permane