Read online: By Emily Shields When Stephanie Wedge first met trainer Jef Bonde in 2013, she didn’t know a furlong from a farrier. After marrying Bonde, helping manage her husband’s business, and buying racehorses of her own, Wedge-Bonde is now well on her way to mastering the once incomprehensible racing jargon. A full-time real estate agent from Northern California, Wedge-Bonde was taking in the races at Pleasanton when she met the trainer. “I thought all horses were Kentucky Derby horses when I first met him,” she said. “I was the most novice of novices.” The ambitious Wedge-Bonde decided the best way to learn was to jump in with both feet. She invested in Lady Wedge, a $16,500 purchase who went on to earn $34,315. “When she doubled the money, I was hooked,” Wedge-Bonde said. Another driving factor was that at the time, Bonde was training a filly named She’s a Tiger, one of the leading juveniles of 2013. She’s a Tiger won the Del Mar Debutante Stakes (G1) and ran... ...
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