Kimberly A. Rinker, a 1983 graduate of the Ohio State University, has been involved with Chicago horse racing since 1984aboth as a writer and as a participant. A licensed trainer-driver of Standardbreds, Rinker represented the United States in the International Drivers Championship in Moscow, Russia, in 1995. Rinker is also an award-winning journalist whose features have appeared in the Horseman and Fair World, the Harness Edge, Sports Eye, the Chicago Tribune, Illinois Racing News, and Hoof Beats.