Active in the racing industry, he and his wife had a thoroughbred racing stable for twenty-eight years. They raced in Northern California, Southern California, Arizona, Nebraska, Iowa, and at Caliente in Mexico. They had a small horse farm, where they raised yearlings and laid-up horses from the track due to injuries or needing rest. He was born in Arkansas and retired there to be in close proximity to Oaklawn Park racetrack. He continued writing there, including a weekly column in the Sentinel-Record. He has had short stories and poetry published and entered several writing contests, winning or placing in all of them, including first place for Call to Post in the Ozark writers' conference. After his wife, Barbara, died, he moved back to Orlando and California.
