Kimberly A. Rinker is an award-winning journalist, Ohio State University graduate and trainer-driver of Standardbreds, representing the United States in the 1995 International Drivers Championship in Moscow, Russia. Her features have appeared in Horsemen & Fair World, Hoof Beats, Sports Eye, the Chicago Tribune, Midwest Thoroughbred, and Illinois Standardbred. She is the author of Chicago’s Horse Racing Venues, Arlington Park Racetrack, An Adventure Guide to Switzerland, and Immigration from the Dominican Republic. Currently, Rinker administers the Ohio Standardbred Development Fund, supervising the $8 million Ohio Sires Stakes program, and is president of the United States Harness Writers Association.