During the court contest last year about the guardianship of Brooke Astor, an unsettling, though charitable, thought loomed over the proceedings: In her diminished mental and physical state, with ...

A young person who’s just moved to New York can hardly ignore the name Astor. It spans only one block, but Astor Place is frequently invoked by 23-year-olds, as it connects Broadway to St. Marks Place ...

Sire: LOOKIN AT LUCKY, b, 2007. Raced 2 yrs, 13 sts, 9 wins, $3,307,278. Champion 2yo colt and champion 3yo colt. Won Preakness S (G1), Izod Haskell Invitational S (G1), CashCall Futurity (G1), ...

She liked to say, “People expect to see Mrs. Astor.” For her it was a matter of good manners. It She liked to say, “People expect to see Mrs. Astor.” For her it was a matter of good manners. It was ...

The author of a well-known biography of legendary socialite Brooke Astor called out CNN host Anderson Cooper for relying too heavily on her work in his own forthcoming book on the heiress and her ...

Mrs. Astor got back on the beam for trainer Jonathan Thomas Sunday when rolling to an authoritative five-length victory under Umberto Rispoli in the $100,000 Santa Barbara for older fillies and mares ...

Trainer Jonathan Thomas appears locked and loaded for Friday’s feature at Santa Anita, the $100,000 Robert J. Frankel (G3) for fillies and mares going 1 1/8 miles on turf. Thomas has three of the ...