Shane Sellers Speaks From My Bully Pulpit (get it Pulpit!)

As you may know by now, handicapping the Derby ain’t easy.
That’s why you may have noticed that I refrain from subjecting you (as much as humanly possible) to how I have come up with my many Derby winners (Charismatic, Monarchos, the list goes on and on). Figures, fractions, track surfaces, post positions, [...]

Daddy Dearest

I have to admit there were many times while I was reading Shane Seller’s memoir, Freedom’s Rein that I couldn’t get the movie Mommie Dearest out of my head.
In this autobiography co-written with Trish Psarreas, Sellers begins by recounting his childhood in rural Louisiana. These early years can only be described as a Cajun version [...]

Freedom’s Rein Interviews

Check out the interviews over on the Freedom’s Reins site with some industry people who normally don’t get such a public forum.

Shane Sellers Launches Website To Support Freedom’s Rein

The news about Randy Romero this week reminds us all of the price some people in the sport pay to pursue their dreams.
Next month Shane Sellers, along with co-author Trish Psarreas, will publish a very revealing and disturbing book called Freedom’s Rein that will address, among other things, his struggles with making weight and [...]

Shane Sellers Launches Website To Support Freedom’s Rein

The news about Randy Romero this week reminds us all of the price some people in the sport pay to pursue their dreams.
Next month Shane Sellers, along with co-author Trish Psarreas, will publish a very revealing and disturbing book called Freedom’s Rein that will address, among other things, his struggles with making weight and [...]

Shane Sellers Launching Website and Blog To Support Freedom’s Rein

I am sure glad that Shane Sellers took no umbrage with me when I referred to him as The Ex Lax Cowboy in a post I wrote a while ago. In fact, both Shane and his co-author Trisha Psaareas were very happy I took an interest in Freedom’s Rein, a tell-all autobiography which [...]

Autobiography or Pulp Fiction?

Whether Shane Sellers will be remembered as a activist whistle blower battling the status quo or a disgruntled mudslinging opportunist, out to make a buck at anyone’s expense remains to be seen when his tell-all autobiography, Freedom Reins is published next spring.
Sellers describes his book as being “like Jose Canseco’s (Juiced) times 10″.
You may [...]

Jockey Briefs

Freedom’s Rein: Shane Seller’s Tell-All Book
I got a few comments over the weekend to The Ex Lax Cowboy, a post I wrote about a tell-all book Shane Sellers is penning as we speak. One commenter who says he’s a friend of Shane’s took issue with my assumption that Seller’s music career has been left at [...]

The Ex Lax Cowboy

He never made it to the cover of a box of Wheaties but as jockeys go Shane Sellers was a very good one. After retiring in 2004, Sellers pursued his dream to be a country music artist but a visit to his label’s website indicates Sellers is no longer listed on the artist roster for [...]