Come on in, make yourself at home, get a feel for the place!

THE STORY: Get up to date with the back story of THE DIVA.

CONTACT: Become one of DIVA’s adoring fans by joining her Facebook fan page. (If you need to contact the artist or have questions about the cartoon, there’s info for that too…)

XTRA: A little of this and a little of that—sites of interest for us horse racing types.

THE UNDERCARD: Categories of posts.

PAST PERFORMANCES: Old categories worth a second look.

Enjoy hot news from THE RACING POST and commentary for the Thoroughbred Bloggers Alliance.

And most importantly… if you’ve enjoyed your visit, please share on Twitter or Facebook and help get the good word out about OFF THE PACE!

Weekly cartoon sketches, bi-weekly gags, Horse Racing commentary, spotlight charities, guest blog posters and more, soon to come!

Rail birds, chalk players, punters, touts, cappers, professional horsemen and to those somewhere in between—welcome! Horse Racing is our passion and thanks to its inclusiveness of cultures and continents, our diverse backgrounds forge common bonds for sharing in our happy addiction.

As racing fills every niche of our popular media…I find myself wondering…where’s the comic? Not the strip with a generic horse for a panel or two or that one panel box with the caption ‘this jockey walks into a bar’…I mean, where’s the actual comic? Racing has hosted brilliant editorialists (Bellocq, Mullin, Hollreiser, etc.) but where was racing’s continuous story? Where’s its characters you come to know like family?

Well, it got me wondering… and then the wondering got me thinking…

Many thanks to those whom returned often and waited patiently for this site to launch. Like all new ventures, this will be a journey. Thanks for traveling it with me.

Best wishes to All!
Ann E. Sabo