Cleaning Up After Four-Legged Superstars

The Alejandro and fellow grooms at Three Chimneys Farm. (Courtesy of Three Chimneys Farm)

The California Thoroughbred Horsmen Foundation. (Cynthia Cunniff)

Inside the California Thoroughbred Horsmen Foundation clinic at Santa Anita Racetrack. (Cynthia Cunniff)

Gregorio Ochoa and son, Jesse. (Cynthia Cunniff)

On the way to the starting gate - Keeneland Race Track. (Cynthia Cunniff)

Groom and Big Brown. (Cynthia Cunniff)

Horse in pasture, Three Chimneys Farm. (Cynthia Cunniff)

Groom and horse. (Cynthia Cunniff)

Groom with Big Brown at Three Chimneys. (Cynthia Cunniff)

Three Chimneys Barn. (Cynthia Cunniff)

Point Given - Three Chimneys Farm. (Cynthia Cunniff)

Bales at Santa Anita. (Cynthia Cunniff)

Keeneland Racetrack in Lexington, Kentucky. (Cynthia Cunniff)

View from Breeding Barn at Three Chimneys. (Cynthia Cunniff )

Versailles, Kentucky. (Cynthia Cunniff)

Alejandro showing Flower Alley, sire of 2012 Triple Crown contender I'll Have Another, who lost his shot at the Belmont Stakes after an injury. (Cynthia Cunniff)