CALL ME SPINSTER: (Singing) Our feet are dirty, and the sheets are clean. GRABER JACOBS: I think I did truly have dirty feet or dirtier than I would have liked. It's definitely one of my things.

Spinster, singlewoman or singleton: None of those terms openly refers to an absent partner. But self-partnered evokes a missing better half.

Juddmonte's champion homebred mare Idiomatic has her eyes set on more Breeders' Cup glory, with her next stop along that path a familiar one in the $600,000 Spinster Stakes (G1) at Keeneland Oct. 6.

Idiomatic drew away inside the final furlong to best her win margin in last year's Spinster by 2 1/4 lengths. She also bested her final time by 0.78 seconds, completing the 1 1/8 miles this year ...

Stephen Lewis, originally from Brooklyn, N.Y., is a retired English professor and writer whose books include his recently published memoir and three mysteries set in northern Michigan. Reach Lewis ...