It’s not often you find things with the Sachem name outside of the walls of our community on Long Island. A horse named Sachem Spirit ran at Belmont State Park over the weekend and placed third in its race.
Raced by jockey Julien R. Leparoux, Sachem Spirit is a 2009 Chestnut Colt out of Woodford Racing in Lexington, Kentucky. Career earnings for the horse are more than $100,000.
Sachem Schools’ connection to the horse racing world is Diane Nelson, an alum who is an accomplished equestrian and a member of the Suffolk County Sports Hall of Fame.
-Words by Chris R. Vaccaro